1962–63 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

1962–63 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
1962–63 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
ACC regular season champions; ACC Tournament champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Third Place
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2
Record	27–3 (14–0 ACC)
Head coach	Vic Bubas;
Assistant coaches	Bucky Waters; Fred Shabel;
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium
	Seasons ← 1961–62 1963–64 →

1962–63 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Duke †	14	–	0	1.000	27	–	3	.900
Wake Forest	11	–	3	.786	16	–	10	.615
North Carolina	10	–	4	.714	15	–	6	.714
Clemson	5	–	9	.357	12	–	13	.480
NC State	5	–	9	.357	10	–	11	.476
South Carolina	4	–	10	.286	9	–	15	.375
Maryland	4	–	10	.286	8	–	13	.381
Virginia	3	–	11	.214	5	–	20	.200

† 1963 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll^[1]

The 1962–63 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The head coach was Vic Bubas. 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

#	Pos.	Player	Height
11	G	Fred Schmidt	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
13	F	Brent Kitching	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
20	G	Denny Ferguson	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
22	C	Jay Buckley	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
23	G	Ray Cox	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
25	F	Art Heyman	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
30	G	Buzzy Harrison	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
31	C	Hack Tison	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
33	F	Bob Jamieson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
44	F	Jeff Mullins	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
45	F	Ted Mann, Jr.	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
55	G	Ron Herbster	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)

Source: 1963 NCAA Championship program^[2]

NCAA basketball tournament

West
- Duke 81, New York 76
- Duke 73, St. Joseph's, Pennsylvania 59
Final Four
- Loyola–Chicago 94, Duke 75
Third Place Game
- Duke 85, Oregon State 63

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Awards and honors

Art Heyman, AP National Player of the Year award
Art Heyman, ACC Player of the Year award
Art Heyman, NCAA Men's MOP Award^[4]
Art Heyman, USBWA College Player of the Year^[5]

Team players drafted into the NBA

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	1	Art Heyman	New York Knicks

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References

^ sports-reference.com 1962-63 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
^ NCAA Annual National Collegiate Basketball Championship: 25th Anniversary Souvenir Program (Game program), NCAA, 1963-03-22 – via Mississippi State University Libraries
^ 1963 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket and Results - databaseSports.com
^ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ 1963 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine

External links

Roster and stats at Sports Reference

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[1] sports-reference.com 1962-63 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary

[program-2] NCAA Annual National Collegiate Basketball Championship: 25th Anniversary Souvenir Program (Game program), NCAA, 1963-03-22 – via Mississippi State University Libraries

[3] 1963 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket and Results - databaseSports.com

[Tourney_History-4] "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2008.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] 1963 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine

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v t e 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	Maryland Michigan North Carolina (Carlyle Cup)
Culture & lore	Blue Devil Big Four Tournament Blue blood status Cameron Crazies Champions Classic Dixie Classic I Hate Christian Laettner Krzyzewskiville "The Shot" Tobacco Road 1991 UNLV game
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of 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 1999–2000 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 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics