2014–15 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
AP	No. 2

2014–15 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 Virginia	16	–	2	.889	30	–	4	.882
No. 4 Duke	15	–	3	.833	35	–	4	.897
No. 8 Notre Dame †	14	–	4	.778	32	–	6	.842
No. 15 North Carolina	11	–	7	.611	26	–	12	.684
Miami (FL)	10	–	8	.556	25	–	13	.658
NC State	10	–	8	.556	22	–	14	.611
Syracuse	9	–	9	.500	18	–	13	.581
Clemson	8	–	10	.444	16	–	15	.516
Florida State	8	–	10	.444	17	–	16	.515
Pittsburgh	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Wake Forest	5	–	13	.278	13	–	19	.406
Boston College	4	–	14	.222	13	–	19	.406
Georgia Tech	3	–	15	.167	12	–	19	.387
Virginia Tech	2	–	16	.111	11	–	22	.333
No. 17 Louisville*	0	–	6	.000	0	–	8	.000


† ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll *Louisville: 24 reg. season games, 4 postseason games vacated due to sanctions against the program; Disputed Record-(27-9)(12-6)

The 2014–15 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represents Duke University during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Returning as head coach is Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski. The team plays its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Off season

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Andre Dawkins	34	SG	6'5"	215	Senior (Redshirt)	Chesapeake, Virginia	Graduated.
Todd Zafirovski	52	PF	6'9"	245	Senior (Redshirt)	Lake Forest, Illinois	Graduated.
Josh Hairston	15	PF	6'8"	235	Senior	Fredericksburg, Virginia	Graduated.
Tyler Thornton	3	PG	6'2"	190	Senior	Washington, D.C.	Graduated.
Rodney Hood	5	SF	6'8"	215	Sophomore (Redshirt)	Meridian, Mississippi	Declared for 2014 NBA Draft.
Jabari Parker	1	F	6'8"	235	Freshman	Chicago, Illinois	Declared for the 2014 NBA Draft.
Semi Ojeleye	34	SF	6'8"	230	Sophomore	Ottawa, Kansas	Transferred to SMU^[1]
Rasheed Sulaimon	14	SG	6'5"	195	Junior	Houston, Texas	Dismissed from team.^[2]

Class of 2014 signees

Duke recruits at the 2014 McDonald's All-American Boys Game

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Grayson Allen SG	Jacksonville, FL	Providence School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Apr 24, 2013
Grayson Allen SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Jahlil Okafor C	Chicago, IL	Whitney Young HS	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	270 lb (120 kg)	Nov 15, 2013
Jahlil Okafor C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Tyus Jones PG	Apple Valley, MN	Apple Valley HS	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Nov 15, 2013
Tyus Jones PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Justise Winslow SF	Houston, TX	St. John's HS	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Nov 21, 2013
Justise Winslow SF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN:
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: #1 Rivals: #1 ESPN: #1
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 6, 2014. "2014 Duke Basketball Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved April 6, 2014. "ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 6, 2014. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved April 6, 2014. "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved April 6, 2014.

Roster

2014–15 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
PG	2	Quinn Cook (C)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Oak Hill Academy	Bowie, Maryland
SG	3	Grayson Allen	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Fr	Providence School	Jacksonville, Florida
PG	5	Tyus Jones	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Apple Valley HS	Apple Valley, Minnesota
SF	12	Justise Winslow	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Fr	St. John's HS	Houston, Texas
SG	13	Matt Jones	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	DeSoto HS	DeSoto, Texas
C	15	Jahlil Okafor	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	Fr	Whitney Young HS	Chicago, Illinois
PF	21	Amile Jefferson (C)	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Friends Central School	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
PF	34	Sean Obi	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	270 lb (122 kg)	So	Greens Farms Academy	Kaduna, Nigeria
C	40	Marshall Plumlee	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	RS Jr	Christ School	Warsaw, Indiana
C	42	Sean Kelly (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Ravenscroft School	Raleigh, North Carolina
G	45	Nick Pagliuca (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Milton Academy	Weston, Massachusetts

Head coach

Mike Krzyzewski

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 02/01/2015

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Nov 4* 7:00 pm	No. 4	Livingstone	W 115–58		19 – Winslow	8 – Tied	11 – T. Jones	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Nov 8* 1:00 pm	No. 4	Central Missouri	W 87–47		17 – Winslow	9 – Okafor	6 – T. Jones	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Regular season
Nov 14* 6:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 4	Presbyterian Coaches vs. Cancer Classic	W 113–44	1–0	19 – Okafor	10 – Jefferson	7 – T. Jones	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Nov 15* 8:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 4	Fairfield Coaches vs. Cancer Classic	W 109–59	2–0	18 – Winslow	9 – Tied	5 – T. Jones	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Nov 18* 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4	vs. No. 19 Michigan State Champions Classic	W 81–71	3–0	19 – Cook	6 – Winslow	6 – Cook	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (19,306) Indianapolis, IN
Nov 21* 9:30 pm, TruTV	No. 4	vs. Temple Coaches vs. Cancer Classic semifinals	W 74–54	4–0	17 – Cook	8 – Tied	7 – T. Jones	Barclays Center (10,135) Brooklyn, NY
Nov 22* 9:30 pm, TruTV	No. 4	vs. Stanford Coaches vs. Cancer Classic championship	W 70–59	5–0	18 – Cook	12 – Okafor	5 – Cook	Barclays Center (10,046) Brooklyn, NY
Nov 26* 5:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 4	Furman	W 93–54	6–0	24 – Okafor	12 – Jefferson	7 – T. Jones	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Nov 30* 12:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 4	Army	W 93–73	7–0	21 – Okafor	12 – Jefferson	10 – T. Jones	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Dec 3* 9:30 pm, ESPN	No. 4	at No. 2 Wisconsin ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 80–70	8–0	22 – T. Jones	6 – Tied	4 – T. Jones	Kohl Center (17,279) Madison, WI
Dec 15* 7:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 2	Elon	W 75–62	9–0	25 – Okafor	20 – Okafor	4 – Tied	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Dec 18* 8:00 pm, ESPN	No. 2	vs. Connecticut Izod Center Showcase	W 66–56	10–0	21 – T. Jones	13 – Jefferson	3 – T. Jones	Izod Center (16,541) East Rutherford, NJ
Dec 29* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 2	Toledo	W 86–69	11–0	27 – Okafor	8 – Tied	8 – T. Jones	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Dec 31* 3:00 pm, RSN	No. 2	Wofford	W 84–55	12–0	24 – Okafor	8 – Okafor	5 – T. Jones	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Jan 3 4:00 pm, RSN	No. 2	Boston College	W 85–62	13–0 (1–0)	28 – Okafor	8 – Okafor	4 – Winslow	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Jan 7 9:00 pm, ACCN	No. 2	at Wake Forest	W 73–65	14–0 (2–0)	20 – Winslow	11 – Okafor	4 – T. Jones	LJVM Coliseum (12,651) Winston-Salem, NC
Jan 11 1:30 pm, CBS	No. 2	at NC State	L 75–87	14–1 (2–1)	23 – Okafor	12 – Okafor	4 – T. Jones	PNC Arena (19,500) Raleigh, NC
Jan 13 9:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 4	Miami (FL)	L 74–90	14–2 (2–2)	18 – Cook	15 – Okafor	4 – Cook	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Jan 17 12:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4	at No. 6 Louisville	W 63–52	15–2 (3–2)	19 – Jefferson	7 – Tied	8 – T. Jones	KFC Yum! Center (22,791) Louisville, KY
Jan 19 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 5	Pittsburgh	W 79–65	16–2 (4–2)	22 – T. Jones	10 – Cook	5 – Okafor	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Jan 25* 2:00 pm, FOX	No. 5	at St. John's	W 77–68	17–2	22 – T. Jones	10 – Okafor	6 – T. Jones	Madison Square Garden (19,812) New York City, NY
Jan 28 7:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 4	at No. 8 Notre Dame	L 73–77	17–3 (4–3)	22 – Okafor	17 – Okafor	4 – M. Jones	Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN
Jan 31 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4	at No. 2 Virginia	W 69–63	18–3 (5–3)	17 – T. Jones	11 – Winslow	3 – Tied	John Paul Jones Arena (14,593) Charlottesville, VA
Feb 4 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 4	Georgia Tech	W 72–66	19–3 (6–3)	17 – Cook	10 – Winslow	5 – T. Jones	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Feb 7 1:00 pm, CBS	No. 4	No. 10 Notre Dame	W 90–60	20–3 (7–3)	20 – Okafor	11 – Winslow	7 – T. Jones	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Feb 9 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4	at Florida State	W 73–70	21–3 (8–3)	26 – Cook	6 – Jones	12 – Jones	Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (11,498) Tallahassee, FL
Feb 14 6:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4	at Syracuse	W 80–72	22–3 (9–3)	23 – Okafor	13 – Okafor	6 – T. Jones	Carrier Dome (35,446) Syracuse, NY
Feb 18 9:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4	No. 15 North Carolina Rivalry	W 92–90 ^OT	23–3 (10–3)	22 – Tied	13 – Okafor	7 – T. Jones	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Feb 21 4:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4	Clemson	W 78–56	24–3 (11–3)	27 – Cook	13 – Winslow	9 – T. Jones	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Feb 25 9:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 4	at Virginia Tech	W 91–86 ^OT	25–3 (12–3)	30 – Okafor	9 – Okafor	9 – T. Jones	Cassell Coliseum (5,346) Blacksburg, VA
Feb 28 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 4	Syracuse	W 73–54	26–3 (13–3)	23 – Winslow	14 – Okafor	6 – T. Jones	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Mar 4 8:00 pm, ACCN	No. 3	Wake Forest	W 94–51	27–3 (14–3)	27 – Allen	6 – Winslow	7 – Winslow	Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, NC
Mar 7 9:00 pm, ESPN	No. 3	at No. 19 North Carolina Rivalry	W 84–77	28–3 (15–3)	24 – Jones	6 – Tied	7 – Jones	Dean Smith Center (21,750) Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Tournament
Mar 12 7:00 pm, ESPN	No. 2	vs. NC State Quarterfinals	W 77–53	29–3	15 – Cook	6 – Winslow	8 – Jones	Greensboro Coliseum (22,026) Greensboro, NC
Mar 13 9:00 pm, ESPN	No. 2	vs. No. 11 Notre Dame Semifinals	L 64–74	29–4	28 – Okafor	11 – Winslow	5 – Jones	Greensboro Coliseum (22,026) Greensboro, NC
NCAA Tournament
Mar 20* 7:10 pm, CBS	No. 4 (1 S)	vs. (16 S) Robert Morris Second round	W 85–56	30–4	22 – Cook	11 – Winslow	7 – Tied	Time Warner Cable Arena (16,945) Charlotte, NC
Mar 22* 2:40 pm, CBS	No. 4 (1 S)	vs. (8 S) San Diego State Third round	W 68–49	31–4	26 – Okafor	12 – Winslow	6 – T. Jones	Time Warner Cable Arena (18,482) Charlotte, NC
Mar 27* 9:45 pm, CBS	No. 4 (1 S)	vs. No. 19 (5 S) Utah Sweet Sixteen	W 63–57	32–4	21 – Winslow	10 – Winslow	3 – Jones	NRG Stadium Houston, TX
Mar 29* 5:05 PM, CBS	No. 4 (1 S)	vs. No. 7 (2 S) Gonzaga Elite Eight	W 66-52	33-4	16 – Tied	8 – Okafor	6 – Jones	NRG Stadium (TBA) Houston, TX
Apr 4* 6:05 PM, TBS	No. 4 (1 S)	vs. Michigan State Final Four						Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is seed with Region S=South.

Rankings

Ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week.
Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Post	Final
AP	4	4	4	4	2	2	2	2	2	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	2	4	*N/A
Coaches	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	6	4	5	5	5	5	3	2	5

*AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings

References

[1] .Report: Duke transfer Semi Ojeleye chooses SMU

[2] Coach K: He didn't live up to standards

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