Duke–Michigan men's basketball rivalry
The Duke–Michigan men's basketball rivalry is a college basketball rivalry between the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team of Duke University and Michigan Wolverines men's basketball team of the University of Michigan. The two teams played annual, regularly scheduled contests between 1963 and 1970 and between 1989 and 2002. They also scheduled meetings in 2007 and 2008 and had a 2013 ACC–Big Ten Challenge contest as the most recent meeting. In addition, the teams have had five unscheduled meetings in tournaments, three of which were in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament including the 1992 National Championship Game. Two of the five tournament meetings occurred in 2011.
Michigan Wolverines
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| First meeting | December 21, 1963 Michigan 83, Duke 67 |
| Latest meeting | December 3, 2013 Duke 79, Michigan 69 |
| Next meeting | TBD |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 30 |
| All-time series | Duke leads, 22–8 |
| Largest victory | Duke, 108–64 (1998) |
| Longest win streak | Duke, 7 (1998–2008) |
| Current win streak | Duke, 3 (2011–present) |
In March 2011, the rivalry was refueled by media commentary related to the ESPN Films documentary entitled The Fab Five. The latest meeting between the teams occurred in the 2013 ACC–Big Ten Challenge, a game on December 3, which Duke won, 79–69.