Why Duke will win the 2025 National Championship

The Duke Blue Devils have the best roster that they have had in years. Realistically, Duke should be able to blow right by everybody in the ACC.

The toughest part of their schedule is their non-conference schedule which has teams like Arizona, Auburn, Kansas and Kentucky.

The only team that will give Duke a little bit of trouble in the ACC is North Carolina.

The Duke Blue Devils are ranked No. 6 in the country which I think is way too low. The Atlantic Coast Conference is one of the best basketball conferences of all time and Duke is the best team in the ACC.

The only schools that should be above Duke are Kansas, the consensus No. 1, and UConn who are the reigning national champions.

People have always had faith in Gonzaga and Alabama over the last few years, but they always fall short and never win when it matters most.

While Auburn did upset Houston, I don’t think that it was a big enough win to put them above Duke, especially with the talent that Duke’s roster has to offer.

Duke’s starting lineup looks like something out of a video game. Having six projected draft picks with three projected to go in the top 10 on the same team is crazy

A stacked freshman team with big names like Cooper Flagg, Kon Knueppel and Khaman Maluach should be illegal

Not to mention the experience of Tyrese Proctor and Caleb Foster brings this team to a whole other level.

They were also able to acquire some key transfers in the offseason; most notably Sion James from Tulane, Mason Gillis from Purdue and Maliq Brown from Syracuse.

A huge part of Duke’s game that we have seen so far his season is their 3-point shooting.

Duke is the top three-point shooting team in the ACC with 28 in two games and tied for third with Iowa among power four schools, only behind Utah and Illinois.

With both Proctor and Knueppel averaging 3.5 3-pointers per game and being on the top three-point shooting teams in the country, Duke can punish teams with the amount of points they score per game.

Duke is one of the best offensive and defensive leaders in the ACC and has the highest point differential which will play a big role in winning the games they need to and winning the games that will be challenging.

They are also one the most effective rebounding teams in the ACC and the country.

Having a high rebounding margin is crucial to winning games. Duke is able to have a lot of rebounds while limiting their opponent to a much smaller number of rebounds.

A major factor that plays a role in limiting a team to fewer rebounds is being efficient on the court.

Because Duke is such a high-scoring team, their opponents won’t have many opportunities to get a lot of rebounds.

March Madness 2025 will be the 10-year anniversary of the last time the Duke Blue Devils won the national championship.

With Duke’s talent, shooting and coaching, they will not only be going to dance, but the Duke Blue Devils will be your 2025 National Champions.

Massimo Buonagurio is a first-year majoring in broadcast journalism. To contact him, email mkb6750@psu.edu.