1971–72 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

1971–72 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball

Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
1971–72 record	14-12 (6-6 ACC)
Head coach	Bucky Waters
Home arena	Duke Indoor Stadium

The 1971-72 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University in the 1971-72 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The head coach was Bucky Waters^[1] and the team finished the season with an overall record of 14-12 and did not qualify for the NCAA tournament.^[2]

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
1.5 !G	21	Burdette, JeffJeff Burdette	71 !5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	2.0 !So	Governor Livingstone	Buena Park, CA
1.5 !G	15	Doughty, PatPat Doughty	70 !5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	4.0 !Sr	—	Tempe, AZ
1.5 !G	11	Edwards, ZenoZeno Edwards	73 !6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	2.0 !So	Washington	Washington, NC
1.5 !G	25	Melchionni, GaryGary Melchionni	75 !6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Bishop Eustace	Woodbury, NJ
3.5 !F	12	O'Connor, RichieRichie O'Connor	76 !6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	3.0 !Jr	St. Michael's	Union City, NJ
3.5 !F	53	Redding, ChrisChris Redding	81 !6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	2.0 !So	Archbishop Carroll	Bethesda, MD
3.5 !F	32	Righter, RonRon Righter	79 !6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	2.0 !So	Doylestown	Chalfont, PA
5.0 !C	50	Shaw, AlanAlan Shaw	82 !6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	3.0 !Jr	Millville	Millville, NJ
1.5 !G	30	West, RobbyRobby West	74 !6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Colombia	South Orange, NJ
3.5 !F	35	Yarbrough, StuStu Yarbrough	77 !6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	4.0 !Sr	Jordan	Durham, NC

Head coach

Bucky Waters

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2015-05-10

Schedule

Date Time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site City, State
December 1* 8:00 p.m.	Richmond	W 54–42	1–0	Duke Indoor Stadium (7,325)
December 4 8:00 p.m.	Virginia	L 77–86	1–1 (0–1)	Duke Indoor Stadium (7,800)
December 7* 8:00 p.m.	#10 Pennsylvania	L 49–50 ^OT	1–2	Duke Indoor Stadium (6,950)
December 11* 8:00 p.m.	East Carolina	W 71–62	2–2	Duke Indoor Stadium (6,850)
December 17*	vs. NC State Big Four Tournament	L 62–67	2–3	Greensboro Coliseum (11,818)
December 18*	vs. Wake Forest Big Four Tournament	W 70–58	3–3	Greensboro Coliseum (14,312)
December 23* 8:00 p.m.	Dayton	W 68–66	4–3	Duke Indoor Stadium (5,300)
December 27*	vs. St. Peter's ECAC Holiday Festival	L 74–77	4–4	Madison Square Garden (5,326)
December 28*	vs. Syracuse ECAC Holiday Festival	L 72–74	4–5	Madison Square Garden (1,795)
January 5* 8:00 p.m.	vs. Virginia Tech	W 83–73	5–5	Charlotte Coliseum (1,420)
January 12 8:00 p.m.	at NC State	L 58–85	5–6 (0–2)	Reynolds Coliseum (10,300)
January 15 8:00 p.m.	Clemson	W 71–69	6–6 (1–2)	Duke Indoor Stadium (7,200)
January 19* 8:00 p.m.	Canisius	W 86–58	7–6	Duke Indoor Stadium (6,475)
January 22 2:00 p.m.	#3 North Carolina Rivalry	W 76–74	8–6 (2–2)	Duke Indoor Stadium (8,800)
January 26 8:00 p.m.	Wake Forest	W 77–66	9–6 (3–2)	Duke Indoor Stadium (7,100)
February 5 8:30 p.m.	at Maryland	L 58–77	9–7 (3–3)	Cole Field House (14,585)
February 9 8:00 p.m.	at Wake Forest	L 57–62	9–8 (3–4)	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum (7,400) Winston-Salem, NC
February 12* 8:00 p.m.	William & Mary	W 87–69	10–8	Duke Indoor Stadium (5,850)
February 16* 8:15 p.m.	at Davidson	L 72–74	10–9	Charlotte Coliseum (6,579)
February 19 8:00 p.m.	at #6 Virginia	W 86–76	11–9 (4–4)	University Hall (8,250)
February 23 8:00 p.m.	NC State	W 74–73 ^OT	12–9 (5–4)	Duke Indoor Stadium (8,200)
February 26 2:00 p.m.	#12 Maryland	W 68–59	13–9 (6–4)	Duke Indoor Stadium (8,600)
March 1 8:00 p.m.	at Clemson	L 40–59	13–10 (6–5)	Littlejohn Coliseum (7,300)
March 4 2:00 p.m.	at #3 North Carolina	L 48–63	13–11 (6–6)	Carmichael Auditorium (8,800)
March 9*	vs. NC State ACC Tournament	W 73–60	14–11	Greensboro Coliseum (15,362)
March 10*	vs. #3 North Carolina ACC Tournament	L 48–63	14–12	Greensboro Coliseum (15,362)
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

^[3]

References

↑ "1971-72 Duke Blue Devils Roster and Stats". Retrieved 13 October 2013.
↑ "1971-72 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". Retrieved 13 October 2013.
↑ GoDuke.StatsGeek.com. Retrieved 2015-May-10.

Duke Blue Devils men's basketball

Venues	The Ark (1906–1923) Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (1924–1930) Card Gymnasium (1930–1939) Cameron Indoor Stadium (1940–present)

Rivalries	North Carolina (Carlyle Cup) Maryland Michigan

Culture & lore	"Blue and White" Cameron Crazies Champions Classic 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

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