Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski confirmed that Kyrie Irving will return to the court for Duke’s first round matchup with Hampton.

“I feel like I’m around 95 [percent],” Irving said to a hoard of media in Duke’s locker room. “The other 5 percent will come when I actually play out there. Just raising my game to the occasion, the other 5 percent will come.”

Krzyzewski doesn’t anticipate any problems reintegrating Irving into the team.

“I can only think of advantages,” the coach said. “We never thought that this could happen, and the fact that it is happening, we need to the advantage of it and go from there. He’s a really smart player. The game comes easier to great players than other players, and this kid will be a great player.”

Irving is confident he’ll be able to contribute against the 16th-seeded Pirates.

“I can basically do everything I did before I got hurt,” he said. “I’m feeling really good.”