ESPN is honoring longtime broadcaster Dick Vitale with a big-time college basketball matchup featuring Duke in Charlotte.

The Duke Blue Devils will play the Texas Longhorns this fall at Spectrum Center in the inaugural Dick Vitale Invitational. Why it matters: Duke's men's basketball is one of the country's most prestigious and well-recognized programs in the country.

The Duke Blue Devils are lining up plenty of power conference foes to play next basketball season, starting with the Texas Longhorns in Charlotte at the Dick Vitale Invitational.