1977–78 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

1977–78 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Final Four
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	#9
AP	#7
1977–78 record	27–7 (8–4 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Foster
Assistant coach	Bob Wenzel
Assistant coach	Lou Goetz
Assistant coach	Ray Jones
MVP	Jim Spanarkel
Captain	Jim Spanarkel
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium

The 1977–78 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The Head Coach was Bill Foster. The team played its home games in the Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

NCAA basketball tournament

West
- Duke 63, Rhode Island 62
- Duke 84, Pennsylvania 80
- Duke 90, Villanova 72
Final Four
- Duke 90, Notre Dame 86
- Kentucky 94, Duke 88

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Team players drafted into the NBA

No one from the men’s basketball team was selected in the 1978 NBA Draft.^[2]

References

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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