Duke Blue Devils men's basketball

Duke Blue Devils
2016–17 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
University Duke University
Conference ACC
Location Durham, NC
Head coach Mike Krzyzewski (36th year)
Arena Cameron Indoor Stadium
(Capacity: 9,314)
Nickname Blue Devils
Student section Cameron Crazies
Colors Duke blue and White[1]
         
Uniforms
Home
Away
Alternate
NCAA Tournament champions
1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015
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, 2015
NCAA Tournament Elite Eight
1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010, 2013, 2015
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, 2013, 2015, 2016
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, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
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. The team is fourth all-time in wins of any NCAA men's basketball program,[2] and is coached by Mike Krzyzewski.

Duke has won 5 NCAA Championships (tied with North Carolina and Indiana for third all-time behind UCLA and Kentucky) and appeared in 11 Championship Games (third all-time) and 16 Final Fours (fourth all-time behind North Carolina, UCLA, and Kentucky), and has an NCAA-best .755 NCAA tournament winning percentage. Eleven Duke players have been named the National Player of the Year, and 71 players have been selected in the NBA Draft. Additionally, Duke has 36 players named All-Americans (chosen 60 times) and 14 Academic All-Americans. Duke has been the Atlantic Coast Conference Champions a record 19 times, and also lays claim to 19 ACC regular season titles. 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.[3] 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.[4] As a result of such success, ESPN, in 2008, named Duke the most prestigious college basketball program since the 1985-86 season, noting that "by any measure of success, Duke is king of the hill in college basketball in the 64-team era of the NCAA tournament."[4] Since that designation, Duke has won two additional national titles in 2010 and 2015.

By the Numbers

Team history

Retired basketball jerseys[5]
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[6]
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 94–75 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. Bob Verga was Duke's star player in 1967.

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. Gene Banks, Mike Gminski ('80) and Jim Spanarkel ('79) ran the floor.

Mike Krzyzewski era

Main article: Mike Krzyzewski
Mike Krzyzewski

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

  • 5 National Championships
  • 12 Final Fours (most since 1984–85) as well as five in a row from 1988 to 1992. Now tied for most all time with John Wooden at 12.
  • 23 Sweet Sixteens (most since 1984–85) and nine straight from 1998–2006
  • 31 NCAA tournament berths
  • 88 NCAA tournament wins (most ever)
  • 13 No. 1 seeds
  • 25 conference titles (12 regular season, 13 tournament), 10 of the 13 ACC Tournament Titles from 1998-99 through 2010-11
  • 14 30-win seasons
  • 30 20-win seasons
  • Number 1 AP ranking in 17 of the past 28 seasons
  • 7 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[7]
  • 23 NBA Draft first round picks
  • 1018 Career wins

Krzyzewski's teams made the Final Four in 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2010 and 2015.

Duke upset the heavily favored UNLV Runnin' Rebels 79–77 in the Final Four in 1991, a rematch of the 1990 final in which Duke lost by 30 points. 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.[8][9][10][11] 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 one dribble and nailed a turn-around jumper at the buzzer to send Duke into the Final Four with a 104–103 victory. Duke went on to defeat the Sixth-seeded Michigan 71–51 to claim its second NCAA Championship. They would later meet Kentucky for another classic regional final game, but blow a 17-point second half lead in losing to the Wildcats. The Blue Devils would lose the 1994 title game to Arkansas and their "Forty Minutes of Hell" defense. The next two seasons would see them fall to just 31-31, though they made the 1996 tournament with an 18-12 record, 8-8 in conference play. They would also fall in the 1999 title game, this time to Jim Calhoun and the UCONN Huskies. 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. On April 6, 2015 Duke's Men's Basketball won their fifth NCAA Championship by defeating Wisconsin 68-63.

Highly ranked recruit Jabari Parker signed with Duke before the start of the 2013-2014 season. He was ranked as the second best recruit by ESPN.[12] He has the record for most 20 point games by a Blue Devil in their Freshman year.

Duke has been ranked as the #1 team in the nation 235 weeks in their history.

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, Shavlik Randolph, Shelden Williams, Corey Maggette, Luol Deng, Josh McRoberts, Gerald Henderson, Austin Rivers, Lance Thomas, Kyle Singler, Miles Plumlee, Mason Plumlee, Nolan Smith, Jason Williams, Jabari Parker, Rodney Hood and Kyrie Irving 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), Chris Collins (Northwestern), Johnny Dawkins (Stanford), Quin Snyder (Missouri), and Steve Wojciechowski (Marquette) 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 (1980–2016)

Jon Scheyer vs. Long Beach State (December 2009)
For the entire season-by-season results, see List of 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 Round of 32
1984–85 Mike Krzyzewski 23–8 8–6 T-4th NCAA Round of 32
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 Round of 32
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 Round of 64
1996–97 Mike Krzyzewski 24–9 12–4 1st NCAA Round of 32
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-3rd 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 Round of 64
2007–08 Mike Krzyzewski 28–6 13–3 2nd NCAA Round of 32
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 27–7 13–3 2nd NCAA Round of 64
2012–13 Mike Krzyzewski 30–6 14–4 2nd NCAA Elite Eight
2013–14 Mike Krzyzewski 26–9 13–5 3rd NCAA Round of 64
2014–15 Mike Krzyzewski 35–4 15–3 2nd National Champions
2015–16 Mike Krzyzewski 25-11 11-7 T-5th NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Mike Krzyzewski: 970–262 388–159
Total: 970–262

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

NCAA Tournament seeding history

The NCAA began seeding the tournament with the 1979 edition.

Years → '79 '80 '84 '85 '86 '87 '88 '89 '90 '91 '92 '93 '94 '96 '97 '98 '99 '00 '01 '02 '03 '04 '05 '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16
Seeds → 2433152232132821111131116221122314

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
2015 Mike Krzyzewski Wisconsin Badgers 68–63 35–4
National Championships 5
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
2015 NCAA Tournament Results
Round Opponent Score
Round #1 #16 Robert Morris 85-56
Round #2 #8 San Diego St 68–49
Sweet 16 #5 Utah 63–57
Elite 8 #2 Gonzaga 66-52
Final 4 #7 Michigan St 81-61
Championship #1 Wisconsin 68–63

Final Four history

1963–Third Place 1964–Finalist 1966–Third Place 1978–Finalist
1986–Finalist 1988–Semifinalist 1989–Semifinalist 1990–Finalist
1991–Champion 1992–Champion 1994–Finalist 1999–Finalist
2001–Champion 2004–Semifinalist 2010–Champion 2015–Champion

Complete NCAA tournament results

The Blue Devils have appeared in the NCAA Tournament 40 times. Their combined record is 105–35.

Year Seed Round Opponent Result
1955 First Round Villanova L 73–74
1960 First Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight 		Princeton
St. Joseph's
NYU 		W 84–60
W 58–56
L 59–74
1963 Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National 3rd Place Game 		NYU
St. Joseph's
Loyola–Chicago
Oregon State 		W 81–76
W 73–59
L 75–94
W 85–63
1964 Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship 		Villanova
Connecticut
Michigan
UCLA 		W 87–73
W 101–54
W 91–80
L 83–98
1966 Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National 3rd Place Game 		St. Joseph's
Syracuse
Kentucky
Utah 		W 76–74
W 91–81
L 79–83
W 79–77
1978 First Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship 		Rhode Island
Penn
Villanova
Notre Dame
Kentucky 		W 63–62
W 84–80
W 90–72
W 90–86
L 88–94
1979 #2 Second Round #10 St. John's L 78–80
1980 #4 Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight 		#12 Penn
#1 Kentucky
Purdue 		W 52–42
W 55–54
L 60–68
1984 #3 Second Round #6 Washington L 78–80
1985 #3 First Round
Second Round 		#14 Pepperdine
#11 Boston College 		W 75–62
L 73–74
1986 #1 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship 		#16 Mississippi Valley STate
#8 Old Dominion
#12 DePaul
#7 Navy
#1 Kansas
#2 Louisville 		W 85–78
W 89–61
W 74–67
W 71–50
W 71–67
L 69–72
1987 #5 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen 		#12 Texas A&M
#13 Xavier
#1 Indiana 		W 58–51
W 65–50
L 82–88
1988 #2 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four 		#15 Boston University
#7 SMU
#11 Rhode Island
#1 Temple
#6 Kansas 		W 85–69
W 94–79
W 73–72
W 63–53
L 59–66
1989 #2 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four 		#15 South Carolina State
#7 West Virginia
#11 Minnesota
#1 Georgetown
#3 Seton Hall 		W 90–69
W 70–63
W 87–70
W 85–77
L 78–95
1990 #3 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship 		#14 Richmond
#6 St. John's
#7 UCLA
#1 Connecticut
#4 Arkansas
#1 UNLV 		W 81–46
W 76–72
W 90–81
W 79–78OT
W 97–83
L 73–103
1991 #2 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship 		#15 Northeast Louisiana
#7 Iowa
#11 Connecticut
#4 St. John's
#1 UNLV
#3 Kansas 		W 102–73
W 85–70
W 81–67
W 61–78
W 79–77
W 72–65
1992 #1 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship 		#16 Campbell
#9 Iowa
#4 Seton Hall
#2 Kentucky
#2 Indiana
#6 Michigan 		W 82–56
W 75–62
W 81–69
W 104–103OT
W 81–78
W 71–51
1993 #3 First Round
Second Round 		#14 Southern Illinois
#6 California 		W 105–70
L 77–82
1994 #2 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship 		#15 Texas Southern
#7 Michigan State
#6 Marquette
#1 Purdue
#3 Florida
#1 Arkansas 		W 82–70
W 75–63
W 59–49
W 69–60
W 70–65
L 72–76
1996 #8 First Round #9 Eastern Michigan L 60–75
1997 #2 First Round
Second Round 		#15 Murray State
#10 Providence 		W 71–68
L 87–98
1998 #1 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight 		#16 Radford
#8 Oklahoma State
#5 Syracuse
#2 Kentucky 		W 99–63
W 79–73
W 80–67
L 84–86
1999 #1 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship 		#16 Florida A&M
#9 Tulsa
#4 SW Missouri State
#6 Temple
#1 Michigan State
#1 Connecticut 		W 99–58
W 97–56
W 78–61
W 85–64
W 68–62
L 74–77
2000 #1 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen 		#16 Lamar
#8 Kansas
#5 Florida 		W 82–55
W 69–64
L 78–87
2001 #1 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship 		#16 Monmouth
#9 Missouri
#4 UCLA
#6 USC
#3 Maryland
#2 Arizona 		W 95–57
W 94–81
W 76–63
W 79–69
W 95–84
W 82–72
2002 #1 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen 		#16 Winthrop
#8 Notre Dame
#5 Indiana 		W 84–37
W 84–77
L 73–74
2003 #3 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen 		#14 Colorado State
#11 Central Michigan
#2 Kansas 		W 67–57
W 86–60
L 65–69
2004 #1 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four 		#16 Alabama State
#8 Seton Hall
#5 Illinois
#7 Xavier
#2 Connecticut 		W 96–61
W 90–62
W 72–62
W 66–63
L 78–79
2005 #1 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen 		#16 Delaware State
#9 Mississippi State
#5 Michigan State 		W 57–46
W 63–55
L 68–78
2006 #1 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen 		#16 Southern
#8 George Washington
#4 LSU 		W 70–54
W 74–61
L 54–62
2007 #6 First Round #11 VCU L 77–79
2008 #2 First Round
Second Round 		#15 Belmont
#7 West Virginia 		W 71–70
L 67–73
2009 #2 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen 		#15 Binghamton
#7 Texas
#3 Villanova 		W 86–62
W 74–69
L 54–77
2010 #1 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship 		#16 Arkansas–Pine Bluff
#8 California
#4 Purdue
#3 Baylor
#2 West Virginia
#5 Butler 		W 73–44
W 68–53
W 70–57
W 78–71
W 78–57
W 61–59
2011 #1 Second Round
Third Round
Sweet Sixteen 		#16 Hampton
#8 Michigan
#5 Arizona 		W 87–45
W 73–71
L 77–93
2012 #2 Second Round #15 Lehigh L 70–75
2013 #2 Second Round
Third Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight 		#15 Albany
#7 Creighton
#3 Michigan State
#1 Louisville 		W 73–61
W 50–66
W 61–71
L 63–85
2014 #3 Second Round #14 Mercer L 71–78
2015 #1 Second Round
Third Round
Sweet Sixteen
Elite Eight
Final Four
National Championship 		#16 Robert Morris
#8 San Diego State
#5 Utah
#2 Gonzaga
#7 Michigan State
#1 Wisconsin 		W 85–56
W 68–49
W 63–57
W 66–52
W 81–61
W 68–63
2016 #4 First Round
Second Round
Sweet Sixteen 		#13 UNC Wilmington
#12 Yale
#1 Oregon 		W 93-85
W 71-64
L 68–82

NIT results

The Blue Devils have appeared in the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) five times. Their combined record is 5–6.

Year Round Opponent Result
1967 Quarterfinals Southern Illinois L 63–72
1968 First Round
Quarterfinals 		Oklahoma City
Saint Peter's 		W 97–81
L 71–100
1970 First Round Utah L 75–78
1971 First Round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd Place Game 		Dayton
Tennessee
North Carolina
St. Bonaventure 		W 68–60
W 78–64
L 69–73
L 88–92
1981 First Round
Second Round
Quarterfinals 		North Carolina A&T
Alabama
Purdue 		W 79–69
W 75–70
L 69–81

Key statistics

Overall
Years of basketball 110
First season 1905-06
Head coaches (all-time) 19
All Games
All-time record 2062-853 (.707)
Home record 935-189 (.832)
20+ win seasons 47
30+ win seasons 14
Conference Games
Conference Record 770-370 (.765)
Conference Regular Season Championships 22
Conference Tournament Championships 24
NCAA Tournament
NCAA Appearances 39
NCAA Tournament wins 105
Sweet Sixteens 28
Elite Eights 20
Final Fours 16
Championship Games 11
Championships 5
Accurate as of 4/6/2015

Cameron Indoor Stadium

Cameron Indoor Stadium, home of the Blue Devils

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.[13] 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,[14] and USA Today referred to it as "the toughest road game in the nation".[15]

Player 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)

Blue Devils in the NBA

See also

References

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