Duke enters 2026-27 with the nation's top-ranked recruiting class, a fully healthy roster featuring Caleb Foster and Patrick Ngongba, and an elite coaching staff under Jon Scheyer. SIU-Edwardsville is an Ohio Valley Conference mid-major that got blown out 40-78 by Houston in their lone NCAA Tournament appearance — they are simply overmatched at every level. The Blue Devils are a blue-blood program playing at home against a program that has zero business being on the same floor, and talent of this magnitude covers spreads this large.