Backstage Duke Basketball Footage Reveals 'immaculate Vibes'

Unchecked egos look nonexistent erstwhile Jon Scheyer's 4th Duke hoops squad is hanging retired together. That overmuch is evident successful scenes from nan Blue Devils' travels connected nan autobus successful California past week.

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The latest Duke Blue Planet episode, which nan program's societal media squad posted connected Thursday night, highlights nan friends interactions and all-in-all bully times that nan No. 5-ranked Blue Devils (17-1, 6-0 ACC) enjoyed successful betwixt their commanding roadworthy wins complete nan Cal Golden Bears and nan Stanford Cardinal:

"You perceive nan vibes connected nan bus," freshman guardant Nikolas Khamenia noted to freshman constituent defender Cayden Boozer during nan conception focusing connected Duke's travel from Cal to Stanford. "It's conscionable immaculate vibes correct now. I emotion this team. Just being connected nan roadworthy is truthful nosy — emotion these guys, man."

While discussing really each spends his free clip unsocial positive individual nutrient preferences distant from home, smiles and laughter abounded among nan Blue Devils, moreover erstwhile joking astir which teammate each subordinate would slightest want to room pinch during nan group's edifice stays aliases whenever 1 of them uttered thing that could beryllium judged arsenic alternatively corny.

"I emotion spending clip pinch y'all," sophomore halfway Patrick Ngongba II expressed to his roadworthy roommate, freshman powerfulness guardant Cameron Boozer, who was seated crossed from him adjacent nan backmost of nan bus. "You conscionable don't get that clip back, for real...It doesn't get amended than this."

It judge sounds for illustration Cameron Boozer was successful afloat statement pinch that sentiment.

"It doesn't get amended than this," nan reigning ACC Player of nan Week and ACC Rookie of nan Week confirmed. "And if you guys don't know, Patrick is my roommate connected nan road. What a guy, man. What a guy."

Upcoming Duke Basketball Games

Before heading to adjacent Chapel Hill for a roadworthy bout against nan archrival No. 22 UNC Tar Heels connected Saturday, Feb. 7, astatine 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN), nan Blue Devils look a four-game slate that includes 3 location outings.

That agelong originates against nan visiting unranked Wake Forest Demon Deacons (11-8, 2-4 ACC), now group to extremity disconnected astatine noon ET Saturday (The CW Network) — initially slated for 5:45 p.m. — owed to nan forecast of inclement wintertime upwind for Saturday nighttime successful Durham.

Duke past hosts nan No. 23 Louisville Cardinals (13-5, 3-3 ACC) successful Cameron Indoor Stadium astatine 7 p.m. ET Monday (ESPN) earlier battling nan unranked Virginia Tech Hokies (15-5, 4-3 ACC) connected Saturday, Jan. 31, astatine noon ET (ESPN) and welcoming nan unranked Boston College Eagles (9-10, 2-4 ACC) to Coach K Court connected Tuesday, Feb. 3., astatine 7 p.m. ET (ACC Network).

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