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The Duke Blue Devils have made a major scheduling change and will not play Michigan in basketball in the coming season as a part of its Amazon Prime package, according to a published report.
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The Blue Devils and Wolverines were to face off in December, but Duke instead will play Texas Tech on Dec. 21 in New York’s Madison Square Garden, Matt Norlander of CBS Sports reported Friday,
Michigan and Duke met late last season in a nonconference game in Washington, D.C., the Blue Devils beating the then-No. 1 Wolverines. Duke took the top spot in the polls and was the No. 1 overall seed in the 2026 NCAA Tournament, only to have Michigan win the national championship.
The Duke-Michigan rematch this season was to be a part of a precedent-setting three-game Duke package to be shown by Amazon Prime Video. But blowback from the Big Ten and its TV partners about the Amazon arrangement has led the game to be cancelled, CBS Sports reported.
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Texas Tech handed Duke its first loss last season in a game played last December in Madison Square Garden as Christian Anderson led the Red Raiders to an 82-81 victory.
Duke and Amazon announced in April that Prime Video would show Blue Devils games against Connecticut in Las Vegas on Nov. 25, Michigan on Dec. 21 in New York and Gonzaga on Feb. 20, 2027 in Detroit. After more complaints from the Big Ten’s TV partners, the Michigan game tentatively was to be moved from New York to Miami because Big Ten TV partners claimed rights to a game in one of their home markets. New York qualifies because Rutgers is a Big Ten school. Miami would have been outside Big Ten territory.
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Neither Duke nor Michigan has confirmed the scheduling shift.