1997–98 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
Appearance
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ACC regular season champions Maui Invitational champions | |
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 5 |
AP | No. 3 |
Record | 32–4 (15–1 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches | |
Home arena | Cameron Indoor Stadium |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Duke | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 32 | – | 4 | .889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 North Carolina† | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 34 | – | 4 | .895 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Maryland | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 16 | – | 14 | .533 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Tech | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida State | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 18 | – | 4 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 17 | – | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1998 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll |
The 1997–98 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The head coach was Mike Krzyzewski. The team played its home games in the Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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Regular Season | |||||||||||
November 16, 1997* |
No. 3 | at Army | W 78–45 | 1–0 |
Christl Arena West Point, NY | ||||||
November 20, 1997* |
No. 3 | Davidson | W 100–65 | 2–0 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
November 24, 1997* |
No. 3 | vs. Chaminade Maui Invitational |
W 106–70 | 3–0 |
Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI | ||||||
November 25, 1997* |
No. 3 | vs. Missouri Maui Invitational |
W 82–59 | 4–0 |
Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI | ||||||
November 26, 1997* |
No. 3 | vs. No. 1 Arizona Maui Invitational |
W 95–87 | 5–0 |
Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI | ||||||
December 1, 1997* |
No. 1 | South Carolina State | W 98–40 | 6–0 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
December 3, 1997* |
No. 1 | UNC Greensboro | W 93–37 | 7–0 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
December 6, 1997 |
No. 1 | Virginia | W 103–59 | 8–0 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
December 10, 1997* |
No. 1 | Villanova | W 94–66 | 9–0 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
December 13, 1997* |
No. 1 | at Michigan | L 73–81 | 9–1 |
Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI | ||||||
December 21, 1997* |
No. 3 | Mercer | W 126–64 | 10–1 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
December 30, 1997* |
No. 3 | Portland State | W 89–39 | 11–1 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
January 3, 1998 |
No. 3 | at No. 20 Maryland | W 104–72 | 12–1 |
Cole Field House College Park, MD | ||||||
January 7, 1998 |
No. 2 | NC State | W 64–50 | 13–1 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
January 10, 1998 |
No. 2 | at No. 13 Florida State | W 75–63 | 14–1 |
Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL | ||||||
January 14, 1998 |
No. 2 | at Wake Forest | W 88–52 | 15–1 |
LVJM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | ||||||
January 17, 1998 |
No. 2 | Clemson | W 81–80 | 16–1 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
January 20, 1998* |
No. 1 | vs. North Carolina A&T | W 101–66 | 17–1 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
January 24, 1998 |
No. 1 | at Virginia | W 72–65 | 18–1 |
University Hall Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
January 29, 1998 |
No. 1 | No. 23 Maryland | W 86–59 | 19–1 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
February 1, 1998 |
No. 1 | Georgia Tech | W 90–69 | 20–1 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
February 5, 1998 |
No. 1 | at No. 2 North Carolina | L 73–97 | 20–2 |
Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
February 8, 1998 |
No. 1 | at NC State | W 65–49 | 21–2 |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
February 10, 1998 |
No. 2 | Florida State | W 86–72 | 22–2 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
February 14, 1998 |
No. 2 | Wake Forest | W 78–47 | 23–2 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
February 18, 1998 |
No. 2 | at Clemson | W 70–66 | 24–2 |
Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC | ||||||
February 22, 1998* |
No. 2 | No. 12 UCLA | W 120–84 | 25–2 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
February 25, 1998 |
No. 1 | at Georgia Tech | W 76–53 | 26–2 |
Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA | ||||||
February 28, 1998 |
No. 1 | No. 3 North Carolina | W 77–75 | 27–2 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
ACC Tournament | |||||||||||
March 5, 1998 |
No. 1 | vs. Virginia ACC tournament first round |
W 63–41 | 28–2 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
March 7, 1998 |
No. 1 | vs. Clemson ACC Tournament Semifinal |
W 66–64 | 29–2 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
March 8, 1998 |
No. 1 | vs. No. 4 North Carolina ACC Tournament Final |
L 68–83 | 29–3 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
March 13, 1998* |
(1) No. 3 | vs. (16) Radford NCAA South First round |
W 99–63[1] | 30–3 |
Rupp Arena Lexington, KY | ||||||
March 15, 1998* |
(1) No. 3 | vs. (8) Oklahoma State NCAA South Second Round |
W 79–73 | 31–3 |
Rupp Arena Lexington, KY | ||||||
March 20, 1998* |
(1) No. 3 | vs. (5) No. 21 Syracuse NCAA South Regional semifinal |
W 80–67[2] | 32–3 |
Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL | ||||||
March 22, 1998* |
(1) No. 3 | vs. (2) No. 5 Kentucky NCAA South Regional Final |
L 84–86 | 32–4 |
Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL | ||||||
Departing players drafted into the NBA
[edit]Round | Pick | Player | NBA Club |
1 | 20 | Roshown McLeod | Atlanta Hawks |
References
[edit]- ^ "Duke Cruises to Win Before Hostile Crowd". The New York Times. March 14, 1998. Retrieved March 4, 2023.
- ^ "Duke Overcomes Syracuse". The Washington Post. March 21, 1998. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
- ^ "2019–20 Duke MBB Media Guide" (PDF). Duke Athletics. Duke University. October 14, 2019. p. 177. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
- ^ "1998 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com". Archived from the original on January 5, 2013. Retrieved December 16, 2012.