1978–79 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

1978-79 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
ACC Regular Season Co-Champions
NCAA, Second Round, L 78–80 vs. St. John's
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1978-79 record	22–8 (9–3 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Foster (5th year)
Assistant coach	Terry Chili
Assistant coach	Steve Steinwedel
Assistant coach	Bob Wenzel
MVP	Jim Spanarkel
Captain	Jim Spanarkel
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium

The 1978–79 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1978-79 college basketball season.

Schedule

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site
November 25*	#1	at Western Kentucky	W 78–53	1-0
November 27*	#1	SMU	W 86–80	2-0	Cameron Indoor Stadium
December 1*	#1	vs. #6 North Carolina State (Big Four Tournament)	W 65–63	3-0
December 2*	#1	vs. #14 North Carolina (Big Four Tournament)	W 78–68	4-0
December 5*	#1	La Salle	W 66–42	5-0	Cameron Indoor Stadium
December 13*	#1	#12 USC	W 79–65	6-0	Cameron Indoor Stadium
December 29*	#1	vs. Ohio State (ECAC Holiday Tournament)	L 84–90	6-1
December 30*	#1	vs. St. John's (ECAC Holiday Tournament)	L 66–69	6-2
January 2*	#1	at Davidson	W 77–59	7-2
January 5*	#5	vs. #15 Long Beach State (Holiday Doubleheader)	W 79–78	8-2
January 6*	#5	vs. Tulane (Holiday Doubleheader)	W 74–64	9-2
January 10	#7	Clemson	W 73–54	10-2 (1-0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium
January 13	#7	at #3 North Carolina	L 68–74	10-3 (1-1)
January 18	#8	Wake Forest	W 81–69	11-3 (2-1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium
January 21	#8	at #14 North Carolina State	W 75–69	12-3 (3-1)
January 24	#7	at Virginia	W 84–66	13-3 (4-1)
January 28*	#7	#13 Marquette	W 69–64	14-3 (4-1)	Cameroon Indoor Stadium
January 31	#3	at Wake Forest	W 75–60	15-3 (5-1)
February 3	#3	#17 Maryland	W 87–78	16-3 (6-1)	Cameroon Indoor Stadium
February 6	#3	Virginia	W 64–63	17-3 (7-1)	Cameroon Indoor Stadium
February 10*	#3	Pittsburgh	L 69–71	17-4 (7-1)	Cameroon Indoor Stadium
February 14	#5	North Carolina State	W 66–48	18-4 (8-1)	Cameroon Indoor Stadium
February 16	#5	at Maryland	L 68–70	18-5 (8-2)
February 18*	#5	vs. #9 Louisville	W 88–72	19-6 (8-2)
February 21	#6	at Clemson	L 49–70	19-7 (8-3)
February 24	#6	#4 North Carolina	W 47–40	20-6 (9-3)	Cameroon Indoor Stadium
March 1*		vs. Wake Forest (ACC Tournament • Quarterfinals)	W 58–56	21-6
March 2*		vs. North Carolina State (ACC Tournament • Semifinals)	W 62–59	22-6
March 3*		vs. North Carolina (ACC Tournament • Final)	L 63–71	22-7
March 11*		vs. St. John's (NCAA Tournament • Second Round)	L 78–80	22-8
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

↑ 1978-79 schedule. GoDuke.com Retrieved 2012-11-20.

Duke Blue Devils men's basketball

Venues	The Ark (1905–1930) Card Gymnasium (1930–1940) Cameron Indoor Stadium (1940–present)

Rivalries	North Carolina (Carlyle Cup) Maryland Michigan

Culture & lore	"Blue and White" Cameron Crazies Dixie Classic "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!" Krzyzewskiville "The Shot" Tobacco Road

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics