2012–13 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

2012–13 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball

Battle 4 Atlantis Champions
NCAA Tournament Midwest Region 2 Seed, Elite Eight
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#5
AP	#6
2012–13 record	30–6 (14–4 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Krzyzewski
Assistant coach	Chris Collins
Assistant coach	Steve Wojciechowski
Assistant coach	Jeff Capel
MVP	3 Seth Curry Ryan Kelly Mason Plumlee
Captain	Seth Curry
Captain	Ryan Kelly
Captain	Mason Plumlee
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium

	Conf				Overall
2012–13 ACC men's basketball standings
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
#5 Miami (FL) †	15	–	3	.833	29	–	7	.806
#6 Duke	14	–	4	.778	30	–	6	.833
North Carolina	12	–	6	.667	25	–	11	.694
Virginia	11	–	7	.611	23	–	12	.657
NC State	11	–	7	.611	24	–	11	.686
Florida State	9	–	9	.500	18	–	16	.529
Maryland	8	–	10	.444	25	–	13	.658
Boston College	7	–	11	.389	16	–	17	.485
Georgia Tech	6	–	12	.333	16	–	15	.516
Wake Forest	6	–	12	.333	13	–	18	.419
Clemson	5	–	13	.278	13	–	18	.419
Virginia Tech	4	–	14	.222	13	–	19	.406


† 2013 ACC Tournament winner As of April 2, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012–13 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski. The team played its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They won the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas, defeating Louisville in the championship game. The Blue Devils posted four victories against top 5 opponents (at the time of the game) and were undefeated (16-0) at home. Completing the season with 30 wins (and 6 losses; 14-4 in ACC play), Duke finished in second place in the ACC regular season standings. Duke was ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll all season long, including five weeks at #1. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament to Maryland and subsequently received a two seed in the 2013 NCAA Tournament. They defeated Albany in the Round of 64, #22 Creighton in the Round of 32, and #9 Michigan State in the Sweet Sixteen to reach the Elite Eight. Duke lost to #1 overall seed and eventual NCAA champion Louisville in the Elite Eight in Indianapolis who reversed the game result from the meeting earlier in the season.

Class of 2012 signees

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Rasheed Sulaimon SG	Houston, TX	Strake Jesuit College Prep	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Feb 10, 2011
Rasheed Sulaimon SG	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 97
Amile Jefferson PF	Philadelphia, PA	Friends Central	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	May 15, 2012
Amile Jefferson PF	Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 96
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "Duke Basketball Commitment List". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 16, 2013. "2012 Duke Basketball Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved April 16, 2013. "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 16, 2013. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved April 16, 2013. "2012 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 16, 2013.

Roster

2012–13 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	High School/Junior College	Home town
1.5 !G	2	Cook, QuinnQuinn Cook	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 72 !6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 175 lb (79 kg)	2.0 !So	Oak Hill Academy	Bowie, Maryland
1.5 !G	3	Thornton, TylerTyler Thornton	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 195 lb (88 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Gonzaga	Washington, D.C.
3.5 !F	5	Plumlee, MasonMason Plumlee	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 235 lb (107 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Christ School	Warsaw, Indiana
3.5 !F	12	Murphy, AlexAlex Murphy	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 220 lb (100 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	South Kingstown	Wakefield, Rhode Island
3.5 !F	13	Hood, RodneyRodney Hood	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 205 lb (93 kg)	2.0 !So	Meridian	Meridian, Mississippi
1.5 !G	14	Sulaimon, RasheedRasheed Sulaimon	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 190 lb (86 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Strake Jesuit College Prep	Houston, Texas
3.5 !F	15	Hairston, JoshJosh Hairston	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 235 lb (107 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Montrose Christian	Fredericksburg, Virginia
1.5 !G	20	Dawkins, AndreAndre Dawkins	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 200 lb (91 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Atlantic Shores Christian	Chesapeake, Virginia
3.5 !F	21	Jefferson, AmileAmile Jefferson	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 80 !6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 195 lb (88 kg)	1.0 !Fr	Friends Central School	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1.5 !G	30	Curry, SethSeth Curry	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 180 lb (82 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Charlotte Christian	Charlotte, North Carolina
3.5 !F	34	Kelly, RyanRyan Kelly	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 230 lb (104 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Ravenscroft	Raleigh, North Carolina
3.5 !F	40	Plumlee, MarshallMarshall Plumlee	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 83 !6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 225 lb (102 kg)	1.5 !RS Fr	Christ School	Warsaw, Indiana
3.5 !F	52	Zafirovski, ToddTodd Zafirovski	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	style="text-align:right; white-space:nowrap; font-size:90%; \| 240 lb (109 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Lake Forest Academy	Lake Forest, Illinois

Head coach

Mike Krzyzewski

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Depth chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1
C	Mason Plumlee	Marshall Plumlee
PF	Ryan Kelly	Amile Jefferson
SF	Rasheed Sulaimon	Josh Hairston
SG	Seth Curry	Alex Murphy
PG	Quinn Cook	Tyler Thornton

Schedule

Date	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (Attendance)
Exhibition
October 27, 2012*	#8	Western Washington	W 105–87		22 - Kelly, Plumlee	11 - Plumlee	4 - Kelly	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
November 1, 2012*	#8	Winston-Salem State	W 69–45		19 - Plumlee	10 - Plumlee	3 - Kelly	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Non-Conference Regular Season
November 9, 2012*	#8	Georgia State	W 74–55	1–0	19 - Plumlee	14 - Plumlee	4 - Kelly, Sulaimon	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
November 13, 2012*	#9	vs. #3 Kentucky (Champions Classic)	W 75–68	2–0	23 - Curry	6 - Sulaimon	5 - Sulaimon	Georgia Dome (22,847)
November 18, 2012*	#9	Florida Gulf Coast	W 88–67	3–0	28 - Plumlee	9 - Kelly, Plumlee	9 - Cook	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
November 22, 2012*	#5	vs. Minnesota (Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals)	W 89–71	4–0	25 - Curry	17 - Plumlee	4 - Cook	Imperial Arena (3,511)
November 23, 2012*	#5	vs. VCU (Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals)	W 67–58	5–0	17 - Plumlee	10 - Plumlee	9 - Cook	Imperial Arena (3,474)
November 24, 2012*	#5	vs. #2 Louisville (Battle 4 Atlantis championship)	W 76–71	6–0	16 - Plumlee	7 - Plumlee	6 - Cook	Imperial Arena (3,511)
November 28, 2012*	#2	#4 Ohio State (ACC-Big Ten Challenge)	W 73–68	7–0	21 - Plumlee	17 - Plumlee	8 - Cook	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
December 1, 2012*	#2	Delaware	W 88–50	8–0	18 - Kelly, Plumlee	11 - Plumlee	10 - Thornton	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
December 8, 2012*	#2	vs. Temple	W 90–67	9–0	23 - Curry	14 - Plumlee	7 - Sulaimon	Izod Center (12,157)
December 19, 2012*	#1	Cornell	W 88–47	10–0	20 - Curry	9 - Plumlee	12 - Cook	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
December 20, 2012*	#1	Elon	W 76–54	11–0	21 - Plumlee	15 - Plumlee	4 - Sulaimon, Thornton	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
December 29, 2012*	#1	Santa Clara	W 90–77	12–0	31 - Curry	13 - Plumlee	5 - Cook, Plumlee	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
January 2, 2013*	#1	at Davidson	W 67–50	13–0	18 - Kelly	7 - Kelly, Plumlee, Sulaimon	3 - Curry	Time Warner Cable Arena (13,607)
ACC Regular Season
January 5, 2013	#1	Wake Forest	W 80–62	14–0 (1–0)	22 - Curry, Kelly	12 - Plumlee	14 - Cook	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
January 8, 2013	#1	Clemson	W 68–40	15–0 (2–0)	27 - Cook	13 - Plumlee	5 - Cook, Plumlee	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
January 12, 2013	#1	at #20 NC State	L 76–84	15–1 (2–1)	22 - Curry	11 - Plumlee	7 - Cook	PNC Arena (19,557)
January 17, 2013	#3	Georgia Tech	W 73–57	16–1 (3–1)	24 - Curry	13 - Plumlee	5 - Cook	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
January 23, 2013	#1	at #25 Miami (FL)	L 63–90	16–2 (3–2)	16 - Sulaimon	11 - Plumlee	5 - Cook	BankUnited Center (7,972)
January 26, 2013	#1	Maryland	W 84–64	17–2 (4–2)	25 - Sulaimon	9 - Jefferson	9 - Cook	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
January 30, 2013	#5	at Wake Forest	W 75–70	18–2 (5–2)	32 - Plumlee	9 - Plumlee	7 - Cook	LJVM Coliseum (12,603)
February 2, 2013	#5	at Florida State	W 79–60	19–2 (6–2)	21 - Curry	5 - Plumlee, Cook	6 - Cook	Donald L. Tucker Center (12,100)
February 7, 2013	#4	NC State	W 98–85	20–2 (7–2)	30 - Plumlee	9 - Plumlee	6 - Thornton	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
February 10, 2013	#4	at Boston College	W 62–61	21–2 (8–2)	19 - Plumlee	10 - Plumlee	3 - Cook, Curry	Conte Forum (6,709)
February 13, 2013	#2	North Carolina (Carolina–Duke rivalry)	W 73–68	22–2 (9–2)	18 - Plumlee, Cook	11 - Plumlee	5 - Sulaimon	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
February 16, 2013	#2	at Maryland	L 81–83	22–3 (9–3)	25 - Curry	4 - Sulaimon	6 - Cook	Comcast Center (17,950)
February 21, 2013	#6	at Virginia Tech	W 88–56	23–3 (10–3)	22 - Curry	12 - Plumlee	5 - Plumlee, Thornton	Cassell Coliseum (7,585)
February 24, 2013	#6	Boston College	W 89–68	24–3 (11–3)	27 - Sulaimon	15 - Plumlee	4 - Plumlee	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
February 28, 2013	#3	at Virginia	L 68–73	24–4 (11–4)	28 - Curry	7 - Plumlee	2 - Cook, Sulaimon, Thornton	John Paul Jones Arena (14,593)
March 2, 2013	#3	#5 Miami (FL)	W 79–76	25–4 (12–4)	36 - Kelly	7 - Kelly	5 - Cook	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
March 5, 2013	#3	Virginia Tech	W 85–57	26–4 (13–4)	20 - Curry	9 - Kelly	5 - Kelly, Plumlee	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
March 9, 2013	#3	at North Carolina (College GameDay)	W 69–53	27–4 (14–4)	23 - Plumlee	13 - Plumlee	5 - Cook	Dean E. Smith Center (21,750)
2013 ACC Tournament
March 15, 2013	#2	vs. Maryland (Quarterfinals)	L 74–83	27–5	19 - Plumlee	7 - Plumlee	3 - Curry	Greensboro Coliseum (22,169)
2013 NCAA Tournament
March 22, 2013*	#6 (2 MW)	vs. (15 MW) Albany (Second Round)	W 73–61	28–5	26 - Curry	8 - Plumlee	11 - Cook	Wells Fargo Center (20,125)
March 24, 2013*	#6 (2 MW)	vs. #22 (7 MW) Creighton (Third Round)	W 66–50	29–5	21 - Sulaimon	6 - Thornton	6 - Cook	Wells Fargo Center (20,125)
March 29, 2013*	#6 (2 MW)	vs. #9 (3 MW) Michigan State (Sweet Sixteen)	W 71–61	30–5	29 - Curry	7 - Kelly, Plumlee	2 - Cook, Kelly, Thornton	Lucas Oil Stadium (35,520)
March 31, 2013*	#6 (2 MW)	vs. #2 (1 MW) Louisville (Elite Eight)	L 63–85	30–6	17 - Plumlee	12 - Plumlee	5 - Cook	Lucas Oil Stadium (34,657)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. ( ) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is Seed with Region MW=Midwest.

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP Poll^[1]	8	9	5	2 (18)	2 (20)	2 (20)	1 (62)	1 (63)	1 (63)	1 (62)	3 (14)	1 (39)	5	4	2 (20)	6	3	3 (5)	2 (11)	6
Coaches' Poll^[1]	8	9	5	2 (4)	2 (6)	2 (6)	1 (30)	1 (30)	1 (30)	1 (30)	3 (7)	1 (20)	5	4	1 (18)	6	3	4	2 (2)	7

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "2012-13 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved October 22, 2012.

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