Former Duke males’s basketball standout Bobby Hurley will return to his alma mater for the primary time in an official capability later this yr.
The present Arizona State head coach will lead his Solar Devils into Cameron Indoor Stadium on Oct. 27 for an exhibition match, introduced Wednesday on X by Duke College.
Proceeds from the Blue Satan-Solar Satan showdown will go to learn Duke Youngsters’s Hospital.
“Bobby’s one of many all-time nice gamers to ever play right here,” Duke head coach Jon Scheyer stated in a video on X. “To get a man like him again to Duke, to have fun what he is executed, to have fun the brotherhood, it’s going to be a extremely particular factor.”
Hurley posted a press release on X saying the return to his alma mater might be “particular” and that the exhibition partnership is “significant.”
Hurley was a two-time nationwide champion and a primary workforce all-American beneath former Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski from 1989-93, and he nonetheless holds the NCAA all-time assists file with 1,076, according to ESPN.
Arizona State has made three journeys to the NCAA event in 9 seasons with Hurley on the helm and at present boasts one of many top recruiting classes in the nation.
