Duke men’s basketball sophomore Kyle Filipowski has been named to the preseason All-America team by the Associated Press.
Filipowski is the lone underclassman on the five-player team, joining seniors Hunter Dickinson (Kansas), Zach Edey (Purdue), Tyler Kolek (Marquette) and graduate Armando Bacot (North Carolina).
Filipowski returns to Duke for his sophomore campaign after being named ACC Rookie of the Year, ACC Tournament MVP, an honorable mention All-American and the Kyle Macy National Freshman of the Year following the 2022-23 season. He led the Blue Devils in scoring and rebounding, averaging 15.1 and 8.9, respectively. Filipowski began his time at Duke as the program’s first freshman with three consecutive double-doubles to open a career and became the ACC’s first freshman all-time to win the league’s Rookie of the Week award in the season’s first four weeks.
He finished the year with 31 double-digit scoring efforts and his 15.1 points per game were seventh most by a freshman nationally. Filipowski led all Division I freshmen with his 16 double-doubles, which ranked 11th in the NCAA overall, while his 322 rebounds were tied for the third most by a Duke freshman all-time and ranked 20th nationally.
In Duke’s run to the ACC Tournament title, the freshman averaged 19.7 points and 7.0 rebounds while shooting 24-of-36 (.667) from the field, including a 20-point, 10-rebound performance in the championship game win over Virginia. He became the program’s ACC-leading 21st winner of the ACC Tournament MVP trophy, seventh overall freshman to do so and just the fourth ACC player to earn rookie of the year and conference tournament MVP honors in the same season.
Filipowski was also named Preseason First Team All-American, by the Blue Ribbon College Basketball Yearbook, in late August.
The Blue Devils, ranked No. 2 in the AP preseason poll, open the regular season on Monday, Nov. 6 at 9 p.m., versus Dartmouth at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Prior to the season opener, Duke takes on UNC Pembroke, in an exhibition, on Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m.
