Duke basketball announces it will play in new jerseys

The Duke basketball program plans to reveal some new threads next time out.

Duke basketball’s official Twitter account has entered tease mode. Judging by its most recent tweets and a change to its profile pic, the No. 2 Duke Blue Devils (10-1, 0-0 ACC) will wear a much-anticipated uniform of “The Brotherhood” variety when they host the unranked Virginia Tech Hokies (8-4, 0-1 ACC) at 9 p.m. ET Wednesday.

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On Saturday, following Duke’s 87-56 home win over the Elon Phoenix to cap off the Blue Devils’ non-conference slate, the program informed its followers that a new uniform would debut in the next game if the following tweet received at least 5,000 likes:

Giving Duke basketball fans what they want

The above tweet has since garnered more than 8,000 likes. And now, consider the gothic-D profile pic that the Duke basketball account switched to on Monday morning and then the tweet it sent out minutes later:

Yes, it seems abundantly clear that the new uniforms in question will be the home-white version of the gothic-style outfit with a dark shade of navy lettering.

Duke first used the road-dark version of “The Brotherhood” jerseys during the 2019-20 season and produced this video at the time to explain its symbolic meaning:

Perhaps this latest uni reveal is meant, in part, as a way to honor the final first ACC game of a season under head coach Mike Krzyzewski. He announced in June his plan to retire at the end of this campaign, which marks the all-time wins leader’s 42nd in Durham.

Although the Blue Devil social media team hinted at using the home-white version before last season began, it’s probably best they did not. After all, that squad’s 13-11 record fell well short of “The Brotherhood” standard.