For the second time in six seasons, a heralded Duke basketball newcomer will play in one of the program's 13 retired jersey numbers.
In 2017-18, five-star big man Marvin Bagley III received permission from late-1980s Duke great Danny Ferry to wear his No. 35 as a Blue Devil.
Skip ahead to Tuesday. The program revealed that five-star combo forward Mark Mitchell will sport No. 25, which the now-late Art Heyman made famous in Durham during the early 1960s while averaging 25.1 points and 10.9 rebounds across three seasons on the varsity squad.
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Perhaps one of Heyman's relatives gave Mitchell the go-ahead. Or maybe not. Either way, it is what it is.
Duke's reloaded roster consists of 12 scholarship talents, including only two from last season's bunch, plus three walk-ons.
Here are the seven freshmen's jersey numbers:
Two sophomores:
Two juniors:
And the four graduate students:
The Blue Devils begin their 2022-23 campaign — and Jon Scheyer's tenure as Duke's first new head coach in more than four decades — at home on Nov. 7 against Jacksonville.
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