Duke Blue Devils men's basketball

Duke Blue Devils
2011–12 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

University Duke University
Conference ACC
Coastal Division
Location Durham, NC
Head coach Mike Krzyzewski (31st year)
Arena Cameron Indoor Stadium
(Capacity: 9,314)
Nickname Blue Devils
Student section Cameron Crazies
Colors Duke blue and White

             
Uniforms
Home
Away
Alternate
NCAA Tournament champions
1991, 1992, 2001, 2010
NCAA Tournament runner up
1964, 1978, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1999
NCAA Tournament Final Four
1963, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010
NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen
1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
NCAA Tournament appearances
1955, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011
Conference tournament champions
1938, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1946, 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011
Conference regular season champions
1940, 1942, 1943, 1954, 1958, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1979, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2010

The Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team is the college basketball program representing Duke University in the Atlantic Coast Conference of NCAA Division I. It is the fourth-winningest men's basketball program of all-time[1] and is presently coached by Mike Krzyzewski.

Duke has won four NCAA championships (fifth all-time) and appeared in 10 Championship Games (second all-time) and 15 Final Fours (third all-time), and has an NCAA-best .750 NCAA tournament winning percentage. Eleven Duke players have been named the National Player of the Year, while 71 players have been selected in the NBA Draft. In the 2008–2009 NBA season, Duke had more former players on NBA rosters than any other school.[2] Additionally, Duke has had 55 All-Americans and 14 Academic All-Americans. Duke has been the Atlantic Coast Conference Champions a record 19 times. The program also lays claim to 19 ACC regular season titles.[3] Prior to joining the ACC, Duke won the Southern Conference championships five times. Duke has also finished the season ranked No. 1 in the AP poll seven times and is second, behind only UCLA, in total weeks ranked as the number one team in the nation by the AP with 121 weeks.[4] Additionally, the Blue Devils have the second longest streak in the AP Top 25 in history with 200 consecutive appearances from 1996 to 2007, trailing only UCLA's 221 consecutive polls from 1966–1980.[5] ESPN recently named Duke the most prestigious NCAA Division I men's basketball program of the modern college basketball era.[6]

Contents

Players awards

National Players of the Year

ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year

ACC Rookies of the Year

National Defensive Player of the Year

ACC Defensive Player of the Year (since 2005)

Retired Jerseys

By the Numbers

Team history

Retired basketball jerseys[7]
Number Player Year
10 Dick Groat 1952
43 Mike Gminski 1980
24 Johnny Dawkins 1986
35 Danny Ferry 1989
25 Art Heyman 1990
32 Christian Laettner 1992
11 Bobby Hurley 1993
33 Grant Hill 1994
44 Jeff Mullins 1994
31 Shane Battier 2001
22 Jason Williams 2003
23 Shelden Williams 2007
4 J. J. Redick 2007

Adapted from Duke University Archives[8]
In 1906, Wilbur Wade Card, Trinity College's Athletic Director and a member of the Class of 1900, introduced the game of basketball to Trinity. The January 30 issue of The Trinity Chronicle headlined the new sport on its front page. Trinity's first game ended in a loss to Wake Forest, 24–10. The game was played in the Angier B. Duke Gymnasium, later known as The Ark. The Trinity team won its first title in 1920, the state championship, by beating the North Carolina State College of Agriculture and Engineering (now NC State) 25 to 24. Earlier in the season they had beaten the University of North Carolina 19–18 in the first match-up between the two schools. Trinity college then became Duke University.

Billy Werber, Class of 1930, became Duke's first All-American in basketball. The Gothic-style West Campus opened that year, with a new gym, later to be named for Coach Card. The Indoor Stadium opened in 1940. Initially it was referred to as an "Addition" to the gymnasium. Part of its cost was paid for with the proceeds from the Duke football team's appearance in the 1938 Rose Bowl. In 1972 it would be named for Eddie Cameron, head coach from 1929 to 1942.

In 1952, Dick Groat became the first Duke player to be named National Player of the Year. Duke left the Southern Conference to become a charter member of the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1953. The Duke team under Vic Bubas made its first appearance in the Final Four in 1963, losing 74–71 to Loyola in the semifinal. The next year, Bubas' team reached the national title game, losing to the Bruins of UCLA, who claimed 10 titles in the next 12 years.

The basketball program won its 1000th game in 1974, making Duke only the eighth school in NCAA history to reach that figure. In a turnaround, Coach Bill Foster's 1978 Blue Devils, who had gone 2–10 in the ACC the previous year, won the conference tournament and went on to the NCAA championship game, where they fell to Kentucky. Mike Gminski ('80) and Jim Spanarkel ('79) ran the floor.

Mike Krzyzewski era

Main article: Mike Krzyzewski

Mike Krzyzewski has been at Duke since 1980. His many accomplishments include:

  • 4 National Championships
  • 11 Final Fours (most since 1984–85) as well as five in a row from 1988 to 1992
  • 20 Sweet Sixteens (most since 1984–85) and nine straight from 1998–2006
  • 27 NCAA tournament berths
  • 79 NCAA tournament wins (most ever)
  • 12 No. 1 seeds
  • 25 conference titles (12 regular season, 13 tournament), 10 of last 13 ACC Tournament Titles
  • 12 30-win seasons
  • 26 20-win seasons
  • Number 1 AP ranking in 16 of the past 27 seasons
  • 9 Naismith College Player of the Year Awards
  • 9 National Defensive Players of the Year Awards
  • 26 AP All-Americans
  • 14 consensus first team All-Americans
  • 11 NBA top-10 picks: T-1st[9]
  • 23 NBA Draft first round picks
  • 912 Career wins ( most wins by a coach in Mens' Division 1 basketball)

Krzyzewski's teams made the Final Four in 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004 and 2010.

Duke upset the heavily favored UNLV Runnin' Rebels 79–77 in the Final Four in 1991, a rematch of the 1990 final. The team, led by Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley, Grant Hill, and Thomas Hill went on to defeat Kansas 72–65 to win the university's first NCAA Championship. Ranked #1 all season and favored to repeat as national champions in 1992, Duke took part in a game "acclaimed by many [as] the greatest college basketball game ever played," according to ESPN.[10][11][12][13] In the Elite Eight, Duke met the Rick Pitino-led Kentucky Wildcats. It appeared Kentucky had sealed the win in overtime when guard Sean Woods hit a running shot off the glass in the lane to put Kentucky up by one with 2.1 seconds left on the clock. After a timeout, Duke's Grant Hill threw a full-court pass to Christian Laettner. Laettner took a dribble and nailed a turn-around jumper at the buzzer to send Duke into the Final Four with a 104–103 victory. To the Duke faithful, this play will forever be known as "The Shot." The shot was named the most memorable basketball shot of all-time (including the NBA, college, and high school) by the Best Damn Sports Show Period in 2007[14] and the fifth most unforgettable sports moment of all-time across all sports in 2006.[15] Duke went on to defeat the Sixth-seeded Michigan 71–51 to claim its second NCAA Championship. Duke defeated Arizona 82–72 to win its third NCAA Championship in 2001, becoming one of a handful of teams in NCAA Tournament history to defeat all of their tournament opponents by double digits. Krzyzewski was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame later that year. On April 5, 2010 Duke Men's Basketball won their fourth NCAA Championship by defeating Butler 61–59.

Duke has been ranked as the #1 team in the nation 235 weeks in their history. That is as many as Michigan State, Syracuse, UConn, Louisville, Ohio State, NC State, Arkansas, Georgetown, Maryland, Florida, Marquette, Villanova, and California combined. These thirteen programs have been to 63 Final Fours (2 vacated) and 17 National Titles.

Former Duke stars such as Alaa Abdelnaby, Johnny Dawkins, Cherokee Parks, Bobby Hurley, Antonio Lang, Roshown McLeod, William Avery, Trajan Langdon, Grant Hill, Danny Ferry, Christian Laettner, Brian Davis, Elton Brand, Shane Battier, Carlos Boozer, Chris Duhon, Mike Dunleavy, Dahntay Jones, Daniel Ewing, J.J. Redick, Shelden Williams, Corey Maggette, Luol Deng, Josh McRoberts and Jason Williams have gone on to play in the NBA. Many of Krzyzewski's assistants and former players, such as Tommy Amaker (Seton Hall, University of Michigan and Harvard), Bob Bender (Illinois State University and University of Washington), Mike Brey (Delaware and Notre Dame), Jeff Capel (VCU and Oklahoma), and Johnny Dawkins (Stanford) Quin Snyder (Missouri),have become head basketball coaches at major universities, while Pete Gaudet is now the head coach of the India women's national basketball team.

Results by season (1980–2012)

For the entire season-by-season results, see Duke Blue Devils men's basketball seasons.
Season Coach Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Mike Krzyzewski (Atlantic Coast Conference) (1980–Present)
1980–81 Mike Krzyzewski 17–13 6–8 T-5th NIT Quarterfinals
1981–82 Mike Krzyzewski 10–17 4–10 T-6th —
1982–83 Mike Krzyzewski 11–17 3–11 7th —
1983–84 Mike Krzyzewski 24–10 7–7 T-3rd NCAA Second Round
1984–85 Mike Krzyzewski 23–8 8–6 T-4th NCAA Second Round
1985–86 Mike Krzyzewski 37–3 12–2 1st NCAA Finalist
1986–87 Mike Krzyzewski 24–9 9–5 3rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1987–88 Mike Krzyzewski 28–7 9–5 3rd NCAA Final Four
1988–89 Mike Krzyzewski 28–8 9–5 T-2nd NCAA Final Four
1989–90 Mike Krzyzewski 29–9 9–5 T-2nd NCAA Finalist
1990–91 Mike Krzyzewski 32–7 11–3 1st National Champions
1991–92 Mike Krzyzewski 34–2 14–2 1st National Champions
1992–93 Mike Krzyzewski 24–8 10–6 T-3rd NCAA Second Round
1993–94 Mike Krzyzewski 28–6 12–4 1st NCAA Finalist
1994–95 Mike Krzyzewski
Pete Gaudet		 13–18 2–14 9th —
1995–96 Mike Krzyzewski 18–13 8–8 T-4th NCAA First Round
1996–97 Mike Krzyzewski 24–9 12–4 1st NCAA Second Round
1997–98 Mike Krzyzewski 32–4 15–1 1st NCAA Elite Eight
1998–99 Mike Krzyzewski 37–2 16–0 1st NCAA Finalist
1999–2000 Mike Krzyzewski 29–5 15–1 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2000–01 Mike Krzyzewski 35–4 13–3 T-1st National Champions
2001–02 Mike Krzyzewski 31–4 13–3 2nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2002–03 Mike Krzyzewski 26–7 11–5 T-2nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2003–04 Mike Krzyzewski 31–6 13–3 1st NCAA Final Four
2004–05 Mike Krzyzewski 27–6 11–5 3rd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2005–06 Mike Krzyzewski 32–4 14–2 1st NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2006–07 Mike Krzyzewski 22–11 8–8 T-6th NCAA First Round
2007–08 Mike Krzyzewski 28–6 13–3 2nd NCAA Second Round
2008–09 Mike Krzyzewski 30–7 11–5 T-2nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2009–10 Mike Krzyzewski 35–5 13–3 T-1st National Champions
2010–11 Mike Krzyzewski 32–5 13–3 2nd NCAA Sweet Sixteen
2011–12 Mike Krzyzewski 12-1 0-0
Mike Krzyzewski: 839-226 323-137
Total: 843-240

      National champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference tournament champion
      Conference regular season & conference tournament champion       Conference division champion

NCAA Tournament seeding history

The NCAA began seeding the tournament with the 1979 edition.

Years → '79 '80 '81 '82 '83 '84 '85 '86 '87 '88 '89 '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '95 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11
Seeds → 2 4 - - - 3 3 1 5 2 2 3 2 1 3 2 - 8 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 6 2 2 1 1

National Championships

Year Coach Opponent Score Record
1991 Mike Krzyzewski Kansas Jayhawks 72–65 32–7
1992 Mike Krzyzewski Michigan Wolverines 71–51 34–2
2001 Mike Krzyzewski Arizona Wildcats 82–72 35–4
2010 Mike Krzyzewski Butler Bulldogs 61–59 35–5
National Championships 4
1991 NCAA Tournament Results
Round Opponent Score
Round #1 #15 Northeast Louisiana 102–73
Round #2 #7 Iowa 85–70
Sweet 16 #11 Connecticut 81–67
Elite 8 #4 St. John's 78–61
Final 4 #1 UNLV 79–77
Championship #3 Kansas 72–65
1992 NCAA Tournament Results
Round Opponent Score
Round #1 #16 Campbell 82–56
Round #2 #9 Iowa 75–62
Sweet 16 #4 Seton Hall 81–69
Elite 8 #2 Kentucky 104–103
Final 4 #2 Indiana 81–78
Championship #6 Michigan 71–51
2001 NCAA Tournament Results
Round Opponent Score
Round #1 #16 Monmouth 95–52
Round #2 #9 Missouri 94–81
Sweet 16 #4 UCLA 76–63
Elite 8 #6 USC 79–69
Final 4 #3 Maryland 95–84
Championship #2 Arizona 82–72
2010 NCAA Tournament Results
Round Opponent Score
Round #1 #16 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 73–44
Round #2 #8 California 68–53
Sweet 16 #4 Purdue 70–57
Elite 8 #3 Baylor 78–71
Final 4 #2 West Virginia 78–57
Championship #5 Butler 61–59

Final Four history

1963–Semifinalist 1964–Finalist 1966–Semifinalist 1978–Finalist
1986–Finalist 1988–Semifinalist 1989–Semifinalist 1990–Finalist
1991–Champion 1992–Champion 1994–Finalist 1999–Finalist
2001–Champion 2004–Semifinalist 2010–Champion

Key statistics

Overall
Years of basketball 106
First season 1905-06
Head coaches (all-time) 19
All Games
All-time record 1953-828 (.702)
Home record 860-185 (.823)
20+ win seasons 46
30+ win seasons 12
Conference Games
Conference Record 768-370 (.675)
Conference Regular Season Championships 22
Conference Tournament Championships 25
NCAA Tournament
NCAA Appearances 35
NCAA Tournament wins 96
Sweet Sixteens 26
Elite Eights 18
Final Fours 15
Championship Games 10
Championships 4
Accurate as of 04/18/2010

Cameron Indoor Stadium

Cameron Indoor Stadium was completed on January 6, 1940, having cost $400,000. At the time, it was the largest gymnasium in the country south of the Palestra at the University of Pennsylvania. Originally called Duke Indoor Stadium, it was renamed for Coach Cameron on January 22, 1972.[16] The building originally included seating for 8,800, though standing room was sufficient to ensure that 12,000 could fit in on a particularly busy day. Then, as now, Duke students were allowed a large chunk of the seats, including those directly alongside the court. Renovations in 1987–1988 removed the standing room areas and added seats, bringing capacity to 9,314.

Duke's men's basketball teams have had a decided home-court advantage for many years, thanks to the diehard students known as the Cameron Crazies. The hardwood floor has been dedicated and renamed Coach K Court in honor of head coach Mike Krzyzewski, and the tent city outside Cameron where students camp out before big games is what is known as Krzyzewskiville. In 1999, Sports Illustrated ranked Cameron the fourth best venue in all of professional and college sports,[17] and USA Today referred to it as "the toughest road game in the nation".[18] Today, it continues to be one of the toughest arenas to play in, evidenced by Duke's current 39 game win streak it currently has.

Current roster

Name Position Year No. Height Weight Hometown Prep School
Seth Curry G Jr. 30 6–2 180 Charlotte, N.C. Charlotte Christian
Quinn Cook G Fr. 2 6–0 175 Hyattsville, Md. Oak Hill Academy (Va.)
Andre Dawkins G Jr. 20 6–4 200 Chesapeake, Va. Atlantic Shores Christian
Michael Gbinije G/F Fr. 13 6–7 205 Chester, Va. Benedictine
Joshua Hairston F So. 15 6–7 235 Fredricksburg, Va. Montrose Christian
Ryan Kelly F Jr. 34 6–11 230 Raleigh, N.C. Ravenscroft (N.C.)
Alex Murphy F Fr. 12 6–8 220 Wakefield, R.I. St. Mark's School
Marshall Plumlee F Fr. 40 6–11 225 Warsaw, Ind. Christ School (N.C.)
Mason Plumlee F Jr. 5 6–10 235 Warsaw, Ind. Christ School (N.C.)
Miles Plumlee F Sr. 21 6–10 245 Warsaw, Ind. Christ School (N.C.)
Austin Rivers G Fr. 0 6–4 200 Winter Park, Fla. Winter Park
Tyler Thornton G So. 3 6–1 195 Washington, D.C. Gonzaga
Todd Zafirovski F Jr. 52 6–9 240 Lake Forest, Ill. Lake Forest Academy
Mike Krzyzewski Head Coach
Steve Wojciechowski Associate Head Coach
Chris Collins Associate Head Coach
Jeff Capel Assistant Coach

Current players in the NBA

See also

References

  1. ^ "All-Time Winningest Teams". NCAA.com. http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/m_basketball_RB/Reports/alltimewinningest.pdf. Retrieved 2008-11-22. 
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ ACC Champions. Accessed on 29 June 2006.
  4. ^ NCAA stats from NCAA.org
  5. ^ Florida runaway preseason No. 1. Associated Press. Accessed on 6 Nov 2006.
  6. ^ Prestige Rankings
  7. ^ Retired Jerseys. D'Amico Information Systems, LLC. URL accessed 6 Jun 2006.
  8. ^ Above the Rim: Chronology. Duke University Archives. URL accessed 7 Jun 2006.
  9. ^ [2]:Duke Begins 08-09 with NCAA-Best 14 Alums in the NBA
  10. ^ ESPN.com: NCB – '92 loss to Duke proved UK could win again
  11. ^ FOX Sports on MSN – NFL – Ten Best Damn unforgettable sports moments
  12. ^ Sports – The Enquirer – March 22, 1998
  13. ^ Kentucky vs. Duke (March 28, 1992)
  14. ^ Best Damn Sports Show Period. Aired March 14, 2007.
  15. ^ FOX Sports on MSN – Television – Best Damn's Top 50 Unforgettable Sports Moments
  16. ^ Edmund M. Cameron 1902–1988
  17. ^ SI's Top 20 Venues of the 20th Century. Sports Illustrated. 7 June 1999.
  18. ^ Playing With the Big Boys: Duke to Host CU. Columbia Spectator. 5 September 2006.

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