The Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represents

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and competes in the

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(ACC). The team is fourth all-time in wins of any NCAA men's basketball program, and is currently coached by

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. Duke has won five national championships (tied with

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for fifth all-time behind

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and

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), and appeared in 11 national championship games (third all-time) and 18

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(third all-time). Duke 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

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. Additionally, Duke has had 36 players named

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(60 total selections) and 14 players named

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ns. Duke has been the Atlantic Coast Conference Champions a record 23 times, and also lays claim to 21 ACC regular season titles. Prior to joining the ACC, Duke won the

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championships five times. Duke has also finished the season ranked No. 1 in the AP poll eight times and is the all-time leader in total weeks ranked as the number one team in the nation by the AP with 145 weeks. Additionally, the Blue Devils have the third longest streak in the AP Top 25 in history with 200 consecutive appearances from 1996 to 2007, trailing only Kansas' 231 consecutive polls from 2009 to 2021, and UCLA's 221 consecutive polls from 1966 to 1980.

Team history

Early years (1906–1953)

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

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) 25 to 24. Earlier in the season they had beaten the

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19–18 in the first match-up between the two schools. Trinity college then became Duke University.

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, 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,

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became the first Duke player to be named National Player of the Year. Duke left the

to become a charter member of the

in 1953. The Duke team under

Vic Bubas Victor Albert Bubas (January 28, 1927 – April 16, 2018) was an American college basketball coach for Duke University and the first commissioner of the Sun Belt Conference.

made its first appearance in the

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1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

, losing 94–75 to

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in the semifinal. The next year, Bubas' team reached the national title game, losing to the Bruins of UCLA, which claimed the first of that program's 10 titles in the next 12 years.

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was Duke's star player in 1967.

Bill Foster (1974–1980)

The basketball program won its 1000th game in 1974, making Duke only the eighth school in

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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

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('80) and

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('79) ran the floor.

Mike Krzyzewski (1980–2022)

Mike Krzyzewski Michael William Krzyzewski ( , ; born February 13, 1947), nicknamed "Coach K", is an American former college basketball coach. He served as the head coach at Duke University from 1980–81 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team, 1980 to 2021� ...

was at Duke from 1980 to 2022. :*5 National Championships – 2nd most all time, the last being in 2015 :*13 Final Fours as well as five in a row from 1988 to 1992 :*17 Elite Eights :*26 Sweet Sixteens and nine straight from 1998–2006 :*36 NCAA tournament berths :*101 NCAA tournament wins (most ever) :*14 No. 1 seeds :*28 conference titles (13 regular season, 15 tournament), 10 of the 13 ACC Tournament Titles from 1998–99 through 2010–11 :*15 30-win seasons :*36 20-win seasons :*Number 1 AP ranking in 17 of the past 28 seasons :*8

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Awards :*9 National Defensive Players of the Year Awards :*26 AP

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ns :*14 consensus first team All-Americans :*11 NBA top-10 picks: T-1st :*23 NBA Draft first round picks :*1,202 career wins Krzyzewski's teams made the Final Four in

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1989 1989 was a turning point in political history with the "Revolutions of 1989" which ended communism in Eastern Bloc of Europe, starting in Poland and Hungary, with experiments in power-sharing coming to a head with the opening of the Berlin W ...

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

1991 It was the final year of the Cold War, which had begun in 1947. During the year, the Soviet Union Dissolution of the Soviet Union, collapsed, leaving Post-soviet states, fifteen sovereign republics and the Commonwealth of Independent State ...

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

1999 1999 was designated as the International Year of Older Persons. Events January * January 1 – The euro currency is established and the European Central Bank assumes its full powers. * January 3 – The Mars Polar Lander is launc ...

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

2015 2015 was designated by the United Nations as: * International Year of Light * International Year of Soil __TOC__ Events January * January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...

and

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1986 Duke v Kansas - Johnny Dawkins drive against Cedric Hunter

In Krzyzewski's first season, the Blue Devils would finish the season with a 17–13 overall record and 6–8 record in ACC play. The team would later play in the NIT tournament advancing to the quarterfinals. Despite having a good record the previous season, the Blue Devils would struggle during the next two seasons finishing with 10 wins in 1982 and 11 wins in 1983. The 1984 team, led by

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, would bounce back in strong fashion finishing 24–10 and was ranked the No.14 in the AP and Coaches poll, but lost in the second round of the NCAA tournament to the Washington Huskies (having earned a first-round bye). In 1985 Duke defeated Pepperdine in the first round of the NCAA tournament, for Krzyzewski's first tournament win, but lost to Boston College in the second round 74–73. The next season the Blue Devils made their first

under Krzyzewski. They beat Kansas to advance to the title game against Louisville, where they ultimately lost 72–69. Duke upset the heavily favored

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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

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, 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

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"acclaimed by many sthe greatest college basketball game ever played," according to

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. In the Elite Eight, Duke met the

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-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 (The Shot). Duke went on to defeat sixth-seeded

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, led by the Fab Five as freshmen starters including

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and

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, 71–51 to repeat as national champions. Following the successful repeat, Laettner was the only collegiate player to be chosen for the Dream Team that won Olympic gold in Barcelona, while Krzyzewski was an assistant coach under

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of the

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in a precursor to his becoming Team USA coach in 2006 and coaching them to two gold medals. 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

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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. Coach K announced that the 2021–22 season would be his last coaching for Duke. Making it to the Final Four one last time, Duke fell just short of the championship game losing to the

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81–77 in the first ever meeting between the rivals in the NCAA Tournament.

Jon Scheyer (2022–present)

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, Cherokee Parks,

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, William Avery,

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, Kenny Dennard, Brian Davis,

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, Chris Duhon,

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, Shavlik Randolph,

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, Andre Dawkins,

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, Lance Thomas,

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, Quinn Cook,

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, Jason Williams,

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, Matt Jones, Amile Jefferson,

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, Harry Giles, Frank Jackson, Gary Trent Jr.,

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, Mark Williams,

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Trevor Keels Trevor Jamaal Keels (born August 26, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Iowa Wolves of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. Keels was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top s ...

, AJ Griffin and Dereck Lively II have gone on to play in the NBA. Many of Krzyzewski's assistants and former players, such as

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and

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), Chuck Swenson at William & Mary,

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and Notre Dame),

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( VCU,

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), Chris Collins ( Northwestern),

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, UCF),

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( Marquette), and

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) have become head basketball coaches at major universities and the NBA, while Pete Gaudet is now the head coach of the

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Team captains

* Greg Newton *

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* Josh Hairston *

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* Quinn Cook * Amile Jefferson *

* Matt Jones *

Javin DeLaurier Javin Que DeLaurier (born April 7, 1998) is an American professional basketball player who last played for Promitheas Patras B.C., Promitheas Patras of the Greek Basketball League (GBL) and the Basketball Champions League (BCL). He played four ye ...

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Joey Baker Joseph William Baker (born September 13, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for the Joondalup Wolves of the NBL1 West. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils and the Michigan Wolverines. Baker was a four-star rec ...

Jeremy Roach Jeremy Hunter Roach (born November 1, 2001) is an American college basketball player for the Baylor Bears of the Big 12 Conference. He previously played for the Duke Blue Devils. High school career As a freshman in 2016–17, Roach averaged 11.1 ...

* Tyrese Proctor

Results by season (1980–2024)

NCAA tournament seeding history

''The

began seeding the tournament with the 1978 edition.''

National championships

Final Four history

Complete NCAA tournament results

The Blue Devils have appeared in the NCAA tournament 47 times. Their combined record is 130–42.

NIT results

The Blue Devils have appeared in the

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(NIT) five times. Their combined record is 5–6.

Key statistics

As of the 2017–18 season, the Blue Devils' program record is as follows. Duke has been ranked as the #1 team in the nation 235 weeks in their history. Duke had not lost a non-conference game at Cameron from 2000 until 2019, when SFASU beat Duke in overtime (85–83). Duke maintains a tradition of hosting the previous season's Division II national champion in an exhibition game each November.

Cameron Indoor Stadium

Cameron Indoor Stadium Cameron Indoor Stadium is an indoor arena located on the campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. The 9,314-seat facility is the primary indoor athletic venue for the Duke Blue Devils and serves as the home court for Duke Duke Blue ...

was completed on January 6, 1940, having cost $400,000. At the time, it was the largest gymnasium in the country south of the

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at the

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. Originally called Duke Indoor Stadium, it was renamed for Coach Cameron on January 22, 1972. 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.

Cameron Crazies

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. The hardwood floor has been dedicated and renamed ''Coach K Court'' in honor of head coach

, and the tent city outside Cameron where students camp out before big games is known as Krzyzewskiville. In 1999, ''

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'' ranked Cameron the fourth best venue in all of professional and college sports, and ''

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'' referred to it as "the toughest road game in the nation".

Player awards

Retired numbers

National Players of the Year

''Helms, UPI'' *

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''AP, UPI, U.S. Basketball Writers'' *

''Naismith'' *

''Naismith, UPI, U.S. Basketball Writers'' *

''AP, Basketball Times, NABC, Naismith, Rupp, U.S. Basketball Writers, Wooden'' *

''AP, NABC, Naismith, Rupp, U.S. Basketball Writers, Wooden, Sporting News'' *

''AP, Basketball Times, Naismith, Rupp, U.S. Basketball Writers, Wooden, Sporting News'' * Jay Williams ''AP, Basketball Times, NABC (2), Naismith, Rupp, U.S. Basketball Writers, Wooden, Sporting News'' *

''AP, Basketball Times, NABC, Naismith, Rupp (2), U.S. Basketball Writers, Wooden, Sporting News'' *

, ''NABC'' *

, ''Wooden'', ''USA Today'' *

''AP, NABC, Naismith, U.S. Basketball Writers, Wooden, Sporting News'' *

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''U.S. Basketball Writers, NABC''

ACC Men's Basketball Player of the Year

(1963) * Jeff Mullins (1964) *

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(1966) *

(1979) *

(1988, 1989) *

(1992) *

(1994) *

(1999) *

Chris Carrawell Chris Carrawell (born November 25, 1977) is a retired American professional basketball player and coach who is currently the associate head coach for the Duke Blue Devils. He is best known for his college career at Duke, where he was a consensus ...

(2000) *

(2001) *

(2005, 2006) *

(2011) *

(2015) *

(2018) *

(2019) *

(2020) *

(2025)

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s of the Year

(1976) *

(1977) *

(1978) * Chris Duhon (2001) *

(2008) *

(2012) *

(2014) *

(2015) *

(2016) *

(2018) *

(2019) *

(2020) *

(2022) *

Kyle Filipowski Kyle Jarred "Flip" Filipowski (born November 7, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. Filipowski was a consensus ...

(2023) *

(2025)

National Defensive Player of the Year

(1987) * Billy King (1988) *

(1993) *

(1998) *

(1999, 2000, 2001) *

(2005, 2006)

ACC Defensive Player of the Year

''(since 2005)'' *

(2005, 2006) *

DeMarcus Nelson DeMarcus De'Juan Nelson (born November 2, 1985) is an American former professional basketball player. Standing at 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) he played at the point guard position. He also holds Serbian citizenship as of 2014. College career Nelson ...

(2008) *

(2020) * Mark Williams (2022)

Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame

(2001) *

(2018)

McDonald's All-Americans

The following 78 McDonald's All-Americans have signed and played for Duke. 20140402 MCDAAG Jahlil Okafor dunk

*1977 –

*1978 –

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*1982 –

*1983 –

Martin Nessley Martin Scott Nessley (born February 16, 1965) is a retired American professional basketball player who had a brief career in the NBA during the 1987–88 season. He was a 7'2", 260 lb center. Nessley played college basketball at Duke Un ...

*1985 –

*1986 –

& Phil Henderson *1988 –

& Crawford Palmer *1989 –

Billy McCaffrey Billy McCaffrey (born May 30, 1971) is an American former basketball player. He is also the former interim head coach at St. Bonaventure University. Basketball career McCaffrey attended Allentown Central Catholic High School in Allentown, Penns ...

*1990 –

*1991 – Cherokee Parks *1992 – Chris Collins *1993 – Joey Beard *1994 –

, Ricky Price &

*1995 –

Taymon Domzalski Jerome Taymon Domzalski (born May 7, 1977) is an American former professional basketball player. At 6-foot, 10-inches, he played center and power forward positions throughout his collegiate and professional basketball career. He is the first and ...

*1996 –

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*1997 –

& Chris Burgess *1998 –

*1999 –

, Casey Sanders &

Jay Williams (basketball) Jason David Williams (born September 10, 1981) is an American former basketball player and television analyst. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils and professionally for the Chicago Bulls in the NBA. Then known as Jason William ...

*2000 – Chris Duhon *2001 –

*2002 – Sean Dockery,

, Shavlik Randolph & Michael Thompson *2003 –

*2004 –

*2005 –

Eric Boateng Eric Yamoah Boateng (born 20 November 1985) is a British former professional basketball player. He is a former college basketball player with the Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team. He attended high school at St. Andrew's School in M ...

Greg Paulus Gregory Russell Paulus (born July 3, 1986) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the Niagara Purple Eagles men's basketball team. He previously served as an assistant basketball coach for Louisville, Ohio Sta ...

*2006 – Gerald Henderson Jr.,

& Lance Thomas *2007 –

Taylor King Taylor Steven King (born May 30, 1988) is an American former professional basketball player. King played for the Duke Blue Devils, Villanova Wildcats men's basketball, Villanova University Wildcats, and Concordia of the NAIA. where he played the ...

*2008 –

Elliot Williams Elliot Jerell Williams (born June 20, 1989) is an American former professional basketball player. He played college basketball for Duke and Memphis. He was selected with the 22nd overall pick in the 2010 NBA draft by the Portland Trail Blazers ...

*2009 – Ryan Kelly &

*2010 –

*2011 – Quinn Cook,

*2012 – Amile Jefferson &

Rasheed Sulaimon Rasheed Wesley Sulaimon (born March 9, 1994) is an American-Nigerian professional basketball player for KK Budućnost of the ABA League. He was selected as a McDonald's All-American Game, McDonald's All-American as well as a Jordan Brand Classic ...

*2013 – Matt Jones &

*2014 –

*2015 –

Chase Jeter Chase Michael Jeter (born September 19, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Capital City Go-Go of the NBA G League. He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils and Arizona Wildcats. High school career Jeter playe ...

*2016 –

, Frank Jackson &

*2017 –

& Gary Trent Jr. *2018 –

*2019 –

Matthew Hurt Matthew Christopher Hurt (born April 20, 2000) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the South East Melbourne Phoenix of the Australian National Basketball League (Australia), National Basketball League (NBL). He playe ...

*2020 –

, DJ Steward, Mark Williams *2021 –

& AJ Griffin *2022 – Dereck Lively II, Mark Mitchell &

Dariq Whitehead Dariq Miller-Whitehead ( ; born August 1, 2004) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. He was a consensus five-star ...

*2023 –

Jared McCain Jared Dane McCain (born February 20, 2004) is an American professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. He was a consensus five-star ...

& Sean Stewart *2024 –

Isaiah Evans Isaiah Demonte Evans (born December 6, 2005) is an American college basketball player for the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Early life and high school Evans grew up in Charlotte, North Carolina and attended North Meckle ...

Current Blue Devils in the NBA & International leagues

As of October 7, 2024, these former Blue Devils players were in the NBA: *

(2011) – Dallas Mavericks *

(2013) – Charlotte Hornets *

(2013) – Phoenix Suns *

(2015) – Phoenix Suns *

(2016) – Toronto Raptors *

(2017) – Memphis Grizzlies *

(2017) – Boston Celtics *

(2018) – Phoenix Suns *

(2018) – Memphis Grizzlies *

(2018) – Orlando Magic * Gary Trent Jr. (2018) – Milwaukee Bucks *

(2019) – Toronto Raptors *

(2019) – Free Agent *

(2019) – New Orleans Pelicans *

(2019) – Free Agent *

(2020) – Chicago Bulls *

(2021) – Atlanta Hawks *

(2022) – Orlando Magic * Mark Williams (2022) – Charlotte Hornets *

(2022) – Charlotte Hornets * Dereck Lively II (2023) – Dallas Mavericks *

(2023) – Brooklyn Nets *

(2024) – Philadelphia 76ers *

(2024) – Utah Jazz

Former Blue Devils in International leagues

–

Promitheas Patras B.C. Promitheas Patras B.C. (Greek: Προμηθέας Πατρών K.A.E.) is a Greek professional basketball club that is based in Patras, Greece. The club currently competes in the Greek Basket League and the Basketball Champions League. Promithea ...

–

Manisa Büyükşehir Belediyespor Manisa Basket, mostly known as Manisa Basket Divissa for sponsorship reasons, is a Turkish professional basketball club based in Manisa, that competes in the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi The Basketball Super League (; TBSL), also known as th ...

Harry Giles III Harry Lee Giles III (born April 22, 1998) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Shanxi Loongs of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for the Duke Blue Devils. High school career ...

Shanxi Loongs The Shanxi Loongs, also known as Shanxi SDIC Raptors Club or Shanxi Fenjiu Shares are a Chinese professional basketball team based in Taiyuan, Shanxi, which plays in the Northern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). The Shanxi Fen ...

* Jacob Grandison –

Vilpas Vikings Salon Vilpas is a professional basketball club based in Salo, Finland. The team currently plays in the top level Korisliiga. The Vikings are a part of the Salon Vilpas multi-sport club. In 2021, Vilpas won its first Korisliiga championship. Curre ...

* Jordan Goldwire – Lobos Plateados de la BUAP *

–

South East Melbourne Phoenix The South East Melbourne Phoenix are an Australian professional basketball team based in the south–eastern Melbourne suburb of Wantirna South, Victoria. The Phoenix entered the National Basketball League (NBL) in the 2019–20 season. The t ...

* Frank Jackson –

Nanterre 92 Nanterre 92 is a professional basketball club from the city of Nanterre (a western suburb of Paris), France. The club has played in French basketball league system, the top-tier level basketball league in France, the LNB Pro A, Pro A, since 2011. ...

–

Capitanes de Arecibo The Capitanes de Arecibo are a Puerto Rican professional basketball team based in Arecibo that competes in the Baloncesto Superior Nacional (BSN) league. In 2010, the team also had the distinction to play in the Premier Basketball League (PBL) ...

–

FC Barcelona Futbol Club Barcelona (), commonly known as FC Barcelona and colloquially as Barça (), is a professional Football club (association football), football club based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, that competes in La Liga, the top flight of ...

* Justin Robinson – Elitzur Netanya B.C. *

–

Hapoel Afula B.C. Hapoel Afula () is a basketball club based in Afula, Israel. It currently plays in the Israeli Basketball Premier League. History The club was established in 1968, and was a member of the top division during the 1970s and 1980s. A decline saw the ...

–

KK Budućnost KK Budućnost (, ), currently known as Budućnost VOLI () for sponsorship reasons, is a professional basketball Sports club, club based in Podgorica, Montenegro. The club competes in Montenegrin Basketball League and Adriatic League. It is a par ...

* Derryck Thornton –

Leicester Riders Leicester Riders are a British professional basketball team and the oldest club in the British Basketball League (BBL). Riders compete in the Super League Basketball (SLB). Established in 1967, the club have played in various locations around L ...

* Jordan Tucker –

Chorale Roanne Basket Chorale Roanne Basket is a professional basketball club that is based in Roanne, France. The club plays in the first division LNB Pro A. Their home arena is Halle André Vacheresse. The club was founded in 1937 and the team's colors are blue and w ...

–

Melbourne United Melbourne United is an Australian professional basketball team based in Melbourne, Victoria. United compete in the National Basketball League (NBL) and play their home games at John Cain Arena. The team made their debut in the NBL in 1984 ...

Rivalries

The Duke–North Carolina rivalry is often ranked among the top rivalries in both college basketball and all North American sports. Entering the 2023 - 2024 season, North Carolina leads the rivalry, winning 141 games to Duke's 115. The Duke Blue Devils face the

twice each year during ACC play, with thousands of Duke undergraduate students participating in an annual tradition of camping out in Krzyzewskiville, a lawn in front of

, for months to line up for admission into the rivalry game. The two teams always face each other for their last game of the regular season, with the home team hosting their Senior Night. Some years, the two teams meet for a third game in the ACC tournament. The teams have met twice in post-season tournament play. In 2022, the two schools met in the Final Four to face each other in the NCAA Tournament for the first time. In that game, the Tar Heels defeated the Blue Devils 81–77. In 1971 the two rivals met in the semi-finals of the NIT, a game also won by North Carolina by a score of 73 - 69. Duke also has rivalries with NC State and Wake Forest, and together with UNC, the 4 schools form Tobacco Road. Duke and North Carolina have combined for 11 national championships, with North Carolina leading Duke 6–5. The intensity of the rivalry is augmented by the proximity of the two universities, located only ten miles apart along U.S. Highway 15–501 (also known as Tobacco Road) or eight miles apart in straight-line distance in the cities of

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and Chapel Hill. In addition, Duke is a private university whereas North Carolina is a public school; the vastly different funding structures and cultures between the two further contribute to the intensity of the rivalry. Former ''

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'' editor and author (and North Carolina graduate)

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argues that the rivalry's passion can be attributed greatly to class and culture in the South. Carolina-Duke basketball 2006 2

The rivalry has been the subject of various books and articles, including ''To Hate Like This Is to Be Happy Forever'' by Blythe and ''Blue Blood'' by Art Chansky. Further illustrating the intensity of the rivalry,

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, a die-hard Carolina fan, told an

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writer in 2012, "I have said very publicly that if Duke was playing against the

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, then I'd have to pull for the Taliban." However, also due to the close proximity of the two schools, there is respect and collaboration within the rivalry. Inspired by the men's basketball teams, twenty-four students from the two schools got together from January 14–16, 2006 in order to attempt to break the world record for the longest continuous game of basketball ever recorded. The game set a new world record at 57 hours, 17 minutes and 41 seconds with Duke winning the game 3699–3444. All $60,000 raised from the marathon benefited the Hoop Dreams Basketball Academy, an organization which helps children with life-threatening illnesses develop successful life skills through basketball. Beyond athletics, the school papers have also engaged in the rivalry. As a tradition, one day prior to a Duke-North Carolina basketball game, '' The Chronicle'', Duke's student newspaper, publishes a spoof cover page for the day's edition with the title ''The Daily Tar Hole''. Contained within are

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stories poking fun at ''

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'' and the

. ''The Daily Tar Heel'' typically publishes former columnist Ian Williams' "Insider's guide to hating Duke" for the two basketball match-ups each year. There is a longstanding agreement that if Duke wins the first matchup, ''The Daily Tar Heel''s masthead is printed in Duke blue, and if North Carolina wins the first matchup, ''The Chronicle''s masthead is painted Carolina blue. The losing school's paper also has to put the other school's logo in a conspicuous location and claim that the winning school is "still the best." The

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and the

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basketball teams have also claimed rivalries against the Blue Devils, but Duke has long rejected both claims and considers North Carolina to be its only rival.Anya Sostek
Duke-Maryland `rivalry' means much more to Terps fans
''The Chronicle'', January 11, 2000.

By the numbers

* All-time wins – 2,271 * All-time winning percentage – .712 * NCAA championships – 5 * NCAA tournament runner-up – 6 * All-Americans – 49 players * ACC regular season titles – 23 * ACC tournament titles – 23 (most all-time) * NCAA championship games – 11 * NCAA Final Fours – 18 * NCAA tournament appearances – 45 * NCAA tournament wins – 121 * No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament – 14 * Number of weeks ranked all-time in the top 25 of the AP Poll – 870 * Number of times defeating the No. 1 ranked team in the country – 10

Victories over AP No. 1 team

Duke has 10 victories over the AP number one ranked team. *January 27, 1958 – NR Duke 72, No. 1 West Virginia 68 *December 10, 1965 – No. 8 Duke 82, No. 1 UCLA 66 *December 11, 1965 – No. 8 Duke 94, No. 1 UCLA 75 *March 11, 1984 – No. 16 Duke 77, No. 1 North Carolina 75 *March 26, 1988 – No. 5 Duke 63, No. 1 Temple 53 *March 30, 1991 – No. 2 Duke 79, No. 1 UNLV 77 *December 5, 1992 – No. 4 Duke 79, No. 1 Michigan 68 *November 26, 1997 – No. 4 Duke 95, No. 1 Arizona 87 *February 22, 2014 – No. 5 Duke 66, No. 1 Syracuse 60 *November 26, 2021 – No. 5 Duke 84, No. 1 Gonzaga 81

Footnotes

References

External links

* {{Atlantic Coast Conference men's basketball navbox Basketball teams established in 1905 1905 establishments in North Carolina