Now, both the Recruiting Prediction Machine and Crystal Ball point to the Duke basketball program as the favorite to reel in Deron Rippey Jr.

The No. 3 Duke Blue Devils face the No. 19 Texas Tech Red Raiders in a men’s college basketball game on Saturday, Dec. 20, 2025 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

The Blue Devils are 10-0 and own victories vs. Michigan State, Florida, Kansas and Arkansas so far this season

Christian Anderson scored 23 of his 27 points in the second half, including the tiebreaking free throw with 3.4 seconds left, and No. 3 Texas Tech rallied from 17 down to beat third-ranked Duke 82-81 at Madison Square Garden.

Here’s a breakdown of where Duke is in the latest college basketball polls as of Dec. 15:

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Every number on the scoreboard and every line on the stat sheet indicated No. 19 Texas Tech was in serious trouble.

Jaeda Norman, battling cancer, had a behind-the-scenes view of the Blue Devils’ men’s and women’s teams via Dream On 3.