Season Review: Men's Basketball In 1999-2000

Duke, which made its 24th NCAA Tournament appearance, ended the 1999-2000 season with a 29-5 overall record and a 15-1 ACC mark. The Blue Devils earned their fourth consecutive outright ACC regular season championship and won their second straight ACC Tournament title. Duke became the first ACC team in 26 years to earn back-to-back regular season and tournament championships.

Shane Battier

After NCAA Tournament wins over Lamar and Kansas, Duke advanced to the East Regional semifinals before losing to Florida in the Sweet 16. It was Duke's third consecutive appearance in the Sweet 16 and the 11th time in the past 15 years under head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

The top seed in the East Region in 2000, Duke has now entered the NCAA Tournament as a number one seed five times. In three of the five times that Duke earned a number one seed, it advanced to the NCAA Championship game.

Duke was ranked number one in the nation in the final Associated Press poll and number four in the final ESPN/USA Today poll released April 4.

MORE ABOUT DUKE
Individually, top-ranked Duke was led by consensus All-Americas Chris Carrawell and Shane Battier, who were both finalists for National Player of the Year accolades. Carrawell, who played in 116 victories in his Duke career, ended his career as the school's 21st leading scorer with 1,455 points. The versatile all-court performer was named first team consensus All-America and ACC Player of the Year. The St. Louis native registered a team-best 13 20-point-plus performances and was second on the team in scoring (16.9 ppg) and rebounding (6.1). He led the Devils in minutes played (1,212), field goals made (205) and free throws made (137). Battier earned his second consecutive National Defensive Player of the Year award from the NABC (he shared the 2000 honor with Kenyon Martin). He repeated on the strength of his 68 steals, a team-high 70 blocked shots and 20 charges taken. The consensus second team All-America honoree also improved his offensive game tremendously, averaging a team-best 17.4 points. Battier led the ACC with a .444 three-point field goal percentage and ranked third among league leaders with an .817 free throw percentage.

Freshman Jason Williams, one of three Duke players to start all 34 games, averaged 14.5 points per game -- third best on the team -- and led the squad in assists (6.5). Williams, the 2000 ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player, recorded 117 assists against 59 turnovers in his last 15 games.

Junior tri-captain Nate James (11.0 ppg) had 21 double-digit scoring performances in 1999-2000, including seven of his last nine games. Freshman Carlos Boozer, who averaged 13.0 points and a team-high 6.3 rebounds, led Duke in field goal percentage (.614). Boozer, who started 27 consecutive games to close the year, averaged 14.0 points and 8.7 rebounds during the NCAA Tournament.

Freshman Mike Dunleavy was one of the nation's top sixth men. Dunleavy averaged 9.1 points, 4.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game as a freshman.

Other key players for Duke were freshman Nick Horvath, sophomore Matt Christensen and freshman Casey Sanders. A 6-10 outside scoring threat, Horvath averaged 3.3 points and 1.8 rebounds off the bench. Christensen returned after redshirting in 1999 and a two-year Mormon mission to register 2.0 points and 2.3 boards per contest. Sanders (1.8 points, 1.2 rebounds) improved all season and set himself up for more minutes in 2000-01.

2000 NCAA TOURNAMENT RECAP

FIRST ROUND - #1 DUKE 82, LAMAR 55
Jason Williams scored a team-best 18 points as top-ranked Duke fought past Southland Conference champion Lamar, 82-55, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in Winston-Salem, N.C. Williams, fresh off his ACC Tournament MVP honor, also handed out a game-best seven assists. After leading 44-33 at halftime, Duke went on a 17-9 run to open the second half. The Devils made 11 of 12 of their second-half free throw attempts en route to their 25th consecutive victory in the East Region dating back to 1979.

Jason Williams

SECOND ROUND - #1 DUKE 69, KANSAS 64
In matchup between two of the four winningest programs in college basketball history, Duke squeezed out a 69-64 victory over Kansas on March 19 in Winston-Salem, N.C. Shane Battier scored a game-best 21 points for Duke while teammate Carlos Boozer registered a double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Blue Devils over the Jayhawks for the sixth time in seven meetings. It was also Duke's 26th consecutive win in the East Region.

Both defenses were suffocating in this battle. Duke won despite shooting .370 from the floor overall, 2-of-17 from three-point range and committing a season-high 23 turnovers. The Blue Devils limited Kansas to 36.2 percent shooting and blocked 10 Jayhawk shots. Battier's eight rejections were a career high and the most ever in a game vs. Kansas.

Shane Battier

Duke clawed out of an early 13-4 hole to knot the score at 35-35 by halftime. The Blue Devils went on a 10-4 run to take a 59-50 lead with 6:14 left in the game. Kansas responded with a 9-0 run over the next 1:51 to tie the score at 59 apiece. Holding a one-point lead, Boozer made a crucial steal that eventually led to two Chris Carrawell free throws to give Duke a 67-64 lead with 24.7 seconds left. Jason Williams closed the scoring with two free throws.

EAST REGIONAL SEMIFINALS - #11 FLORIDA 87, #1 DUKE 78
Florida, seeded fifth in the East Region, defeated top-ranked Duke, 87-78, at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse, N.Y. on March 24. After Duke held a 78-77 lead, the Gators held Duke scoreless during the final four minutes to advance to the East Regional final.

The Blue Devils fought back from a seven-point halftime deficit to take a 56-54 lead on a Nate James layup with 12:27 remaining in the game. Duke's largest lead -- five points (74-69) -- came with 5:39 left. A pair of Shane Battier free throws put Duke ahead 78-74 before Florida's Teddy Dupay hit a clutch three-pointer to pull the Gators within one point at the 3:04 mark. UF, which eventually advanced to the National Championship game, closed the contest with a 13-0 run.

Duke's Battier led all scorers with 20 points. He also tallied nine rebounds and four blocked shots. The Devils were once again balanced offensively with all five starters scoring at least 10 points. Florida was paced by 15 points from Brett Nelson.

DUKE IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT
Duke, which made its 24th NCAA Tournament appearance, has been one of the best NCAA Tournament teams in the history of college basketball. The Blue Devils' .753 winning percentage in NCAA Tournament play is best all-time and their 89 tournament games played rank fourth behind only Kentucky (121), North Carolina (114) and UCLA (104).

Duke now has 67 NCAA Tournament victories, including 21 as a number one seed. As a participant coming out of the East Region, Duke has posted a 46-13 overall record (this includes Final Four contests). Duke had a 26-game winning streak in the NCAA Tournament East Region snapped by Florida in the Sweet 16. As a number one seed, Duke is 21-4 overall, including 6-0 national championship runs in 1991 and 1992. Duke was the only school in the nation to secure a number one seed in each of the last three NCAA Tournaments (1998-2000).

In 2000, the Blue Devils made their fifth consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance and 16th in the last 17 seasons under Mike Krzyzewski. Duke has advanced to 12 Final Fours, a figure that ranks fourth all-time. Here is a look at Duke's NCAA Tournament success:

NCAA TOURNAMENT WINNING PERCENTAGE

Team	Record	Pct.
Duke	67-22	.753
UCLA	76-28	.731
North Carolina	80-34	.702
Kentucky	85-36	.702
UNLV	30-13	.698
Michigan State	29-13	.690
Indiana	52-24	.684
Michigan	41-19	.683
Kansas	59-29	.670
Cincinnati	35-18	.660

MOST NCAA TOURNAMENT GAMES

Team	NCAA	Games
Kentucky	121
North Carolina	114
UCLA	104
Duke	89
Kansas	88
Louisville	79
Indiana	76
Syracuse	66
Arkansas	64
Michigan	60

MOST NCAA TOURNAMENT VICTORIES

Team	NCAA Wins
Kentucky	85
North Carolina	80
UCLA	76
Duke	67
Kansas	59
Indiana	52
Louisville	48
Michigan	41
Syracuse	39
Arkansas	39

MOST FINAL FOUR APPEARANCES

Team	Final 4 Appearances
North Carolina	15
UCLA	14
Kentucky	13
Duke	12
Kansas	10

DUKE'S HISTORIC RUN CULMINATES IN THIRD CONSECUTIVE SWEET 16 APPEARANCE
Including this year's 29-5 record, Duke posted a 98-11 overall record (.899) the past three seasons en route to Sweet 16 appearances in all of those years. Duke's 98 victories the past three seasons are tied for the third-most in college basketball history over a three-year period behind only Kentucky's 1996-98 teams (104-11) and the Wildcats' 1947-49 squads (102-8). Here is a look at college basketball's all-time victory leaders over a three-year period:

Team	First Year	Last Year	Won	Lost
Kentucky	1996	1998	104	11
Kentucky	1947	1949	102	8
Duke	1998	2000	98	11
Kansas	1996	1998	98	11
UNLV	1986	1988	98	13
UNLV	1989	1991	98	14
Kentucky	1997	1999	98	18

DUKE ACHIEVES RARE ACC FEATS
The 1999-2000 Duke squad became just the fourth ACC team since 1978 to win both the outright regular season league title and the tournament championship in the same year. Duke's 1986, 1992 and 1999 teams also accomplished that feat. Additionally, Duke became the first program since N.C. State in 1973 and 1974 to win outright regular season and ACC Tournament championships in back-to-back seasons.

With its 2000 ACC Tournament victory, Duke now has 11 league tournament titles to its credit and a 63-36 all-time record in the tourney. Duke won its third ACC Tournament title in Charlotte, giving it league championship wins in the Queen City in 1992, 1999 and 2000.

COACH K NAMED ACC COACH OF THE YEAR FOR THE SIXTH TIME
After leading Duke to a 15-1 regular season ACC record and its fourth straight outright league title, Mike Krzyzewski was named ACC Coach of the Year for the sixth time this season. Krzyzewski's six ACC Coach of the Year awards are the second-most by any coach in league history. Despite suffering several departures from last year's team that advanced to the NCAA Championship Game, Krzyzewski led his team -- with seven freshmen on the roster -- to the Sweet 16 for the third consecutive season, the ACC regular season and tournament championships, a 29-5 record and the nation's number one ranking.

Coach Krzyzewski and Battier

ANOTHER 20-WIN SEASON FOR DUKE
With 29 victories this season, Duke has earned its 34th 20-win season overall and its 15th in 20 seasons under head coach Mike Krzyzewski. Duke has won 20 or more games in four consecutive seasons. Including this year's 29 wins, Duke has averaged 30.5 victories over the past four seasons (122 victories).

DUKE AND THE RANKINGS
Duke was ranked number one in the final Associated Press poll and number four by the coaches. Duke has now been ranked in the Top 25 for 74 consecutive polls. During Mike Krzyzewski's tenure at Duke, the Blue Devils have spent an incredible total of 236 weeks ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 with 128 of those weeks in the Top 10. Duke opened the 1999-2000 season with a streak of 43 straight weeks ranked in the AP Top 10, which was the longest active streak in the country. That streak was snapped in the first week when Duke lost its first two contests and fell to No. 18.

Duke ended the 1999-2000 season having been ranked among the nation's top four teams in 90 of its last 108 games.

DUKE EARNS BACK-TO-BACK NUMBER ONE RANKINGS
Duke became the nation's top-ranked team in the final AP poll released March 13 (Duke was also number one by ESPN/USA Today in the final regular season poll and number four in the final poll). After climbing to number one from number 18 earlier last season, Duke finished the regular season with the nation's number one ranking the past two years. The last time a school was ranked number one in the final AP poll in consecutive years was DePaul in 1980 and 1981.

This marks the fourth time in Duke history that it finished the regular season with the number one national ranking. The other years were 1986, 1992 and 1999.

Duke became just the sixth team ever -- and the first in 19 years -- to finish number one in the final AP poll for at least two straight seasons. Here is a look:

Consecutive Final Number One Rankings (AP)
School -- Years
Kentucky -- 1951 and 1952
San Francisco -- 1955 and 1956
Ohio State -- 1961 and 1962
UCLA -- 1971, 1972 and 1973
DePaul -- 1980 and 1981
Duke -- 1999 and 2000

DUKE EARNS 11th ACC TOURNAMENT TITLE
Duke earned its 11th ACC Tournament championship and fifth under Mike Krzyzewski with its 81-68 win over Maryland on March 12. The Blue Devils have won back-to-back ACC Tournament titles, as well as four consecutive outright ACC regular season championships. The Blue Devils' 11 ACC Tournament championships are the second-most in league history. Duke has earned ACC Tournament titles in 1960, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1999 and 2000.

With three wins at the 2000 tournament, Duke now owns a 63-36 all-time ACC Tournament record. Eighty-seven Duke players have earned All-ACC Tournament recognition, including six players in 2000. ACC first team All-Tournament members were Chris Carrawell and Shane Battier, who were both repeat honorees, and tourney MVP Jason Williams. Carlos Boozer, Mike Dunleavy and Nate James each earned second team All-Tournament honors. Williams became just one of seven Duke players and one of four freshmen in league history to earn the Everett Case Award as the tournament MVP.

HIGH-SCORING BLUE DEVILS
Duke once again led the nation in scoring by averaging a lofty 88.0 points per game in 1999-2000. In 1998-99, Duke led the country in scoring at 91.8 points per game and scoring margin at 24.6 points per game. Prior to Duke in 1999 and 2000, the last team to win back-to-back scoring titles was Southern University in 1993 and 1994. Duke became the first ACC program and just one of nine teams in the country to win consecutive scoring titles since 1948.

Last year, Duke scored 100 points or more seven times and recorded a streak of three straight against Michigan, North Carolina A&T and Davidson for the first time since 1996-97. The seven 100-point games matched the third-most in a single season in Duke history (the school record for 100-point games is nine in 1964-65).

Last year's scoring margin is 16.7 points per game, tops in the ACC and third in the country. Duke's margin of victory over ACC foes was also a league-best 15.2 points per game.

Duke's 88.0 points per game matched its fifth-highest single season scoring total in school history. Here is a look at the Devils' highest-scoring teams:

Season	Duke PPG	Opp. PPG	Scoring Margin
1964-65	92.4	77.8	+14.6
1998-99	91.8	67.2	+24.6
1989-90	89.1	76.6	+12.5
1975-76	88.3	85.0	+3.3
1999-00	88.0	71.3	+16.7
1991-92	88.0	72.6	+15.4

CARRAWELL EARNS ACC PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD
Duke senior Chris Carrawell's consistency this season helped him earn the ACC Player of the Year award (AP). Carrawell became the ninth Duke player to earn the league player of the year award, joining Art Heyman (1963), Jeff Mullins (1964), Steve Vacendak (1966), Mike Gminski (1979), Danny Ferry (1988, 1989), Christian Laettner (1992), Grant Hill (1994) and Elton Brand (1999).

Carrawell, who reached double figures in scoring 32 times in 34 games, led the team in minutes (1,212), field goals made (205), free throws made (137) and attempted (176). He ranked second on the team in scoring (16.9), rebounding (6.1) and assists (3.2).

Prior to his senior season, the St. Louis native had never scored 20 points in a college game. Last year, he has tallied 13 20-point games, a figure that ranked first on the team. Carrawell ended his career with 1,455 points, which tied Vince Taylor for 21st place among Duke's all-time scoring leaders.

CARRAWELL = WINNER
As impressive as all his individual accomplishments and statistics were, Chris Carrawell's most important legacy at Duke will be the amount of victories of which he was part. Duke's lone senior, who became just one of two players in ACC history to be on four consecutive regular season outright ACC championship teams, played in 116 victories as a collegian. The 116 overall victories are tied for third among all players in ACC history. Carrawell tops the all-time ACC list with 66 wins in league play during his career.

Most ACC Wins (includes ACC Tournament games)

Player	Team	Years	No. of Victories
Chris Carrawell	Duke	1997-00	66
Sam Perkins	North Carolina	1981-84	56
Eric Montross	North Carolina	1991-94	54
Shane Battier	Duke	1998-00	53
Kevin Salvadori	North Carolina	1991-94	53
Ademola Okulaja	North Carolina	1996-99	52
Dante Calabria	North Carolina	1993-96	52
Shammond Williams	North Carolina	1995-96	52
Christian Laettner	Duke	1989-92	51
Antonio Lang	Duke	1991-94	51
Derrick Phelps	North Carolina	1991-94	51

Most Overall Wins

Player	Team	Years	No. of Victories
Christian Laettner	Duke	1989-92	122
Danny Ferry	Duke	1986-89	117
Chris Carrawell	Duke	1997-00	116
Greg Koubek	Duke	1988-91	116
Thomas Hill	Duke	1990-93	116
Brian Davis	Duke	1989-92	116
Bobby Hurley	Duke	1990-93	115
Sam Perkins	North Carolina	1981-84	115
Antonio Lang	Duke	1991-94	112
Quin Snyder	Duke	1986-89	112
Eric Montross	North Carolina	1991-94	112
Dave Popson	North Carolina	1984-87	112

MORE ALL-AMERICAS FOR DUKE
Duke senior Chris Carrawell and junior Shane Battier were both named consensus All-Americas in 1999-2000. Carrawell was a consensus first team honoree after being named All-America by the NABC, The Sporting News, and USBWA.

Battier, who will be a senior at Duke next season, was a consensus second team All-America after being named to all-star squads by AP, NABC and The Sporting News.

Carrawell and Battier became the 24th and 25th Duke players to earn All-America status (the 11th and 12th under Mike Krzyzewski). Five Blue Devils have been named to at least one of the major All-America teams in the past three seasons (Roshown McLeod, Trajan Langdon and Elton Brand were the others).

CARRAWELL JOINS ELITE COMPANY AT DUKE
Senior Chris Carrawell became just the second player in Duke history to record 1,000+ points, 600+ rebounds, 100+ blocked shots and 300+ assists. Carrawell has 1,455 points, 608 rebounds, 114 blocked shots and 309 assists in his Duke career. The only other Duke player to accomplish that feat was Grant Hill (1,924 points/769 rebounds/133 blocks/461 assists).

BATTIER REPEATS AS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF YEAR
Coach K has called Shane Battier one of the most fundamentally sound defensive players he has ever had in his program. The junior from Birmingham, Mich. was named the National Defensive Player of the Year by the NABC in 1999 after setting the school record for most charges taken and leading the team with 65 steals. He shared the same honor with Cincinnati's Kenyon Martin in 2000.

The All-America and Academic All-America selection made a huge statement with a career-best eight blocked shots and two steals in Duke's 69-64 second round NCAA Tournament win over Kansas. Battier led Duke with 70 blocked shots (sixth-most in a season in school history) and 20 charges taken in 1999-2000. He also had 68 steals, a figure that ranked second on the squad.

Charges taken have become his specialty in the past three seasons. He set the school record twice with 29 in 1997-98 and 36 in 1998-99. He had a team-high 20 in 1999-2000 for a career total of 85. Battier was named to the ACC All-Defensive Team by league coaches for the second consecutive season.

BATTIER MOVING UP SCORING LIST
On the offensive side of the ball, Shane Battier developed his game tremendously. Earlier last year, Battier became the 46th Duke player to reach 1,000 career points. He currently has 1,206 points to rank 30th all-time at the school. Immediately ahead is Bernie Janicki (1,247). This season, he led Duke and was third in the ACC in scoring with 17.4 points per game. Battier led the league in three-point field goal percentage (.444) and ranked third in free throw shooting at 81.7 percent. He also ranked fifth among league leaders with a .496 field goal percentage.

Battier went on an offensive tear the final 18 games of 1999-2000, averaging 19.2 points and connecting on 53.7 percent (108-of-201) of his shots. The 6-8, 215-pounder reached double figures in scoring 19 consecutive games to end the year, including a career-best 34-point outburst vs. Wake Forest February 22. His 34 points were the most by a Duke player in a game since Trajan Langdon had 34 vs. UCLA on February 22, 1998. He also had a 30-point game vs. North Carolina March 4. Battier closed the year red-hot from three-point range. Over his last 11 games, he was 36-of-74 (.486) from three-point range. That recent hot streak put Battier in line to have the fifth-most accurate three-point field goal season (.444) in Duke history behind only Christian Laettner (.557 in 1992), Chip Engelland (.554 in 1983), Jeff Capel (.460 in 1995) and Quin Snyder (.446 in 1988).

BATTIER AMONG DUKE CAREER TOP 10 LISTS
Shane Battier has moved into seventh place among Duke's all-time three-point leaders with 122 (immediately ahead is Phil Henderson with 128). Battier's career .412 three-point percentage currently ranks third among the school's all-time leaders behind only Christian Laettner (.485) and Trajan Langdon (.426). Battier also moved into Duke's top 10 career steals leaders. He has 184 steals as a collegian, which ranks ninth among Duke leaders. Battier is already the school's all-time leader in charges taken (85) and third on Duke's career blocked shots list with 166.

BATTIER NAMED ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICA
Not only did he distinguish himself on the basketball court, but Shane Battier earned first team Academic All-America honors in 1999-2000 as well. Battier, who carries a 3.35 grade point average as a Religion major, joined Jody Lumpkin (Charleston), T.J. Lux (Northern Illinois), Mark Madsen (Stanford) and Brandon Wolfram (UTEP) on the 2000 GTE Academic All-America Team. Battier became Duke's first men's basketball Academic All-America selection since Quin Snyder in 1989 and the eighth player overall to earn that honor.

DEVIL YOUTH MOVEMENT
Duke's roster featured seven freshmen with two in the starting lineup and two more among the first off the bench. As a group, the freshmen scored 1,377 of the team's 2,992 points to account for 46.0 percent and 580 of the team's 1,313 rebounds for 44.2 percent of the totals. In assists, the freshmen class dished out 327 of the team's 584 for 56.0 percent.

Duke's freshman class averaged 40.5 points per game in 1999-2000. That figure ranked fourth all-time among ACC teams. Duke's 1982-83 freshman class established the league scoring mark with 52.9 points per game.

Three of the freshmen -- Jason Williams (34.0), Boozer (23.7) and Dunleavy (24.1) -- averaged at least 23 minutes per game. The last time Duke had three or more freshmen average 23 or more minutes per game was during the 1982-83 season when Johnny Dawkins (35.8), Mark Alarie (28.0), David Henderson (24.9) and Jay Bilas (23.0) did it.

The seven freshmen were the most on a Duke varsity roster in school history. The previous high was six freshmen (Henderson, Dawkins, Alarie, Bilas, Bill Jackman and Weldon Williams) in 1982-83.

DUKE IS ALL FOR CHARITY
Duke led the ACC with a 74.4 free throw percentage in all games. Duke was one of only two ACC teams to make 70 or more percent of its free throws last season.

For the year, Duke made 618 free throws, which were much more than its opponents even attempted (537). Duke shot a season-high 91.7 percent from the free throw line against Wake Forest February 22, the night it clinched its fourth consecutive outright ACC title.

In the NCAA Tournament, Duke was very effective from the free throw line. The Devils made 64 of 83 (.771) of their free throws during the tournament. Meanwhile, Duke opponents were just 32-of-48 (.667) from the line during the tournament.

DUKE'S BALANCING ACT After losing 74 percent of its scoring and 64 percent of its rebounding totals because of departing players, Duke utilized a balanced offensive attack to maintain its scoring prowess in 1999-2000. Five Duke players averaged at least 11.0 points and 4.2 rebounds per game. The Devils' average of 88.0 points per game was just 3.8 points off 1999's blistering average of 91.8.

ACC DOMINATION
Duke has dominated ACC regular season play over the last five seasons on an unprecedented level. Duke owns a 61-7 record in the last 68 ACC regular season games with six of the seven losses coming to Top 25 ranked ACC opponents. During the past four seasons, Duke has posted a 58-6 regular season ACC record, including a 15-1 mark in 1999-2000. With its 96-78 win over Wake Forest, Duke clinched its 14th regular season ACC championship outright, matching the league record also held by North Carolina.

ACC DOMINATION - PART TWO
Duke has put together the most dominating four-year period in ACC history with a 58-6 record and consecutive outright league titles over the past four regular seasons. The 58 regular season wins are the most by any ACC team over four years. In fact, only Duke's 1963-66 teams reached 50 regular season wins over a four-year period (50-6). Here is a look at the best four-year regular season victory runs by ACC teams all-time and the composite league standings from 1997-2000:

BEST FOUR-YEAR ACC REGULAR SEASON VICTORY TOTALS

Team	Years	Record	Pct.
Duke	1997-00	58-6	.906
Duke	1963-66	50-6	.893
Duke	1961-64	48-8	.857
North Carolina	1957-60	48-8	.857
North Carolina	1981-84	48-8	.857

Best Four-Year Regular Season Victory Totals by Other ACC schools

Wake Forest	1960-63	46-10	.821
Virginia	1980-83	44-12	.786
Maryland	1997-00	43-21	.672
N.C. State	1956-59	40-16	.714
Georgia Tech	1993-96	36-28	.563
Florida State	1992-95	34-30	.531
Clemson	1987-90	31-25	.554

1997-2000 ACC COMPOSITE STANDINGS

No.	School	W	L	Pct.
1.	Duke	58	6	.906
2.	Maryland	43	21	.672
2t	North Carolina	43	21	.672
4.	Wake Forest	32	32	.500
5.	Clemson	25	39	.391
6.	Florida State	23	41	.359
6t.	Virginia	23	41	.359
8.	N.C. State	21	43	.328
9.	Georgia Tech	20	44	.313

DUKE STARTS WITH "D"
The Blue Devils continued a long-standing tradition of outstanding team defense in 1999-2000. Last season, Duke limited opponents to a .417 shooting percentage from the field. It was the seventh consecutive season that Duke held opponents to less than 44 percent from the floor. Duke forced 17.9 turnovers per game and collected 9.8 steals per contest.

Duke had two players -- Shane Battier and Chris Carrawell -- named to the fifth annual coaches' ACC All-Defensive Team as reported by the Fan's Guide. Battier and Carrawell were the just the second and third unanimous selections to the league All-Defensive Team (Wake Forest's Tim Duncan was unanimous in 1996 and 1997). Since the first year of the coaches' All-Defensive Team voting, seven Duke players -- a league high -- have made the team.

DUKE'S DEFENSIVE NUMBERS

Category	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Opp. FG Pct.	46.7	44.2	41.5	43.9	43.7	42.2	41.1	39.1	41.7
Opp. 3pt FG Pct.	38.2	28.9	29.7	38.6	33.5	34.0	30.5	30.1	35.7
Opp. Points/G	72.6	71.2	67.3	73.7	69.8	66.2	64.1	67.2	71.3
Blocks/Game	3.9	5.0	6.0	4.4	3.6	4.0	5.1	6.3	5.6
Steals/Game	8.2	8.4	7.1	5.7	6.0	8.5	9.4	8.9	9.8
Opp. TO/Game	17.8	17.9	15.1	13.6	16.0	18.2	19.9	17.7	17.9

DUKE MATCHED SCHOOL RECORD FOR OVERTIME GAMES
In its 90-86 win at North Carolina February 3, Duke played its fifth overtime game of the season (the Devils were 4-1 in OT last season). It was only the third time in Duke history the Devils played five overtime games in the same season. The only other seasons in which Duke played five overtime games were the 1979-80 and 1957-58 campaigns. Duke played nine overtime periods in 1957-58, including two double-overtime contests and a triple-OT affair. The nine OT periods still stands as the school record.

DUKE OPPONENTS SEEING TRIPLE
Duke made at least 10 three-point shots in eight of its final 14 games in 1999-2000 and 14 times overall last season. In the opening round of the ACC Tournament vs. Clemson, Duke established school and ACC Tournament records by making 17 three-pointers. The Devils shot .468 (37-of-79) from three-point range during the 2000 ACC Tournament. The Blue Devils shot .383 from behind the arc and averaged 8.4 treys per game, both figures that ranked first in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

REJECTION DEFENSE
Shane Battier has quickly moved up Duke's all-time rejection list, currently standing in third place with 166 career blocked shots. Immediately ahead of Battier is Cherokee Parks with 231. Last year, Battier secured 70 blocks to lead the team and stand fourth among the ACC leaders.

Battier has tallied at least one blocked shot 80 of 107 career games and two or more 48 times. He had a career-high eight rejections vs. Kansas in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on March 19. The eight blocks were the most in a game vs. Kansas in Jayhawk history. Battier's eight swats tied four others for the second-most blocks in an NCAA Tournament East Region game.

Chris Carrawell also moved into the sixth spot among Duke's career blocked shots leaders with 114.

UNSELFISH DEVILS
Duke had one of the most unselfish basketball teams in the nation with 584 assists (17.2 per game). The 1999-2000 Blue Devils continued a trend in which more than half of the team's field goals were products of an assist. Under Mike Krzyzewski, 16 of his last 17 Duke teams have registered assists on more than 50 percent of the squad's field goals. Of Duke's 1,045 field goals made this season, 584 of them have come from an assist for a 55.9 percentage. Duke's 17.2 assists per game are the seventh-most by a Blue Devil team under Krzyzewski:

Season	Assists	FG Made	% of Assists	Assisted FGs Per Game
1988-89	684	1163	.588	19.0
1991-92	653	1108	.589	18.1
1990-91	689	1227	.561	17.7
1984-85	542	950	.571	17.5
1989-90	663	1171	.566	17.4
1987-88	610	1068	.571	17.4
1999-00	584	1045	.559	17.2

ACC TOURNAMENT MVP WILLIAMS DID NOT PLAY LIKE A FRESHMAN
Duke freshman point guard Jason Williams certainly did not play like a rookie college point guard. He ranked second among ACC leaders with 6.5 assists and 2.4 steals per game. Williams, who reached double digits in scoring in 30 of 34 games last year, also ranked third on the team in scoring (14.5). Williams was named ACC Tournament MVP after averaging 17.7 points and 9.0 assists in three games. He was also a first team Freshman All-America by Basketball Times, a third team All-ACC selection and runner-up for ACC Freshman of the Year (AP).

Against St. John's February 26, Williams matched his career high with 13 assists. The 13 assists matched the Duke freshman record previously established once by Williams earlier this season and twice by Bobby Hurley in 1990. Williams has recorded double-doubles in four of his last nine games (points-assists) and now has six career double-doubles.

After his first nine games, Williams had a +6 assist-to-turnover margin (51-45). He had five or more turnovers in six of those nine games. During his final 25 freshman outings, he was +75 (169-94) and recorded five or more turnovers just six times. Against Lamar in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament, Williams did not commit a turnover for the first time as a collegian. Williams' 6.5 assists per game were the sixth-most among freshman in ACC history:

Player, School -- Season, APG
Kenny Anderson, Georgia Tech -- 1989-90, 8.1
Bobby Hurley, Duke -- 1989-90, 7.6
Chris Corchiani, N.C. State -- 1987-88, 7.3
Ed Cota, North Carolina -- 1996-97, 6.8
Grayson Marchall, Clemson -- 1984-85, 6.6
Jason Williams, Duke -- 1999-00, 6.5

BOOZER BECAME LOW POST FORCE AS A FRESHMAN
Although he was only a freshman, Duke's Carlos Boozer established himself as one of the better inside players in the ACC. Powered by a team-best 40 dunks, Boozer led the team in field goal percentage (.614). He ranked eighth among Duke's all-time single-season field goal percentage leaders. An Alaska native, Boozer was an ACC All-Freshman Team honoree. Boozer, who had 21 points in Duke's 81-68 win over Maryland in the ACC Championship Game, was selected to the ACC All-Tournament Second Team.

In the NCAA Tournament, Boozer played extremely well. He averaged 14.0 points and 8.7 boards, while shooting .609 from the field. He recorded his second career double-double with 15 points and 13 rebounds against Kansas in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.

ROOMMATES AMONG DUKE'S TOP-SCORING FRESHMEN
Duke freshmen Jason Williams and Carlos Boozer, who happen to be college roommates, ranked fourth and seventh, respectively, among the Blue Devils' all-time leading freshman scorers. Current Duke associate head coach Johnny Dawkins is the school's all-time freshman scoring leader with 18.1 points per game. Here is a look at Duke's freshman scoring leaders:

Player -- Season, PPG
Johnny Dawkins -- 1982-83, 18.1
Eugene Banks -- 1977-78, 17.1
Mike Gminski -- 1976-77, 15.3
Jason Williams -- 1999-00, 14.5
Elton Brand -- 1997-98, 13.4
Jim Spanarkel -- 1975-76, 13.3
Carlos Boozer -- 1999-00, 13.0
Mark Alarie -- 1982-83, 13.0

TRI-CAPTAIN JAMES PRODUCED WELL
Junior tri-captain Nate James, who started the last 24 games for Duke, was one of five Blue Devils to average double figures in scoring (11.0). James doubled his scoring output from the previous season (5.0) and nearly doubled his rebounding total (2.6) from 1998-99. He was consistent last season, reaching double figures in scoring in 21 of his last 32 games. He finished the season with a flurry, averaging 13.5 points and 5.2 rebounds his last seven games.

Although he played in just six non-league games in 1998 before redshirting, James has been part of all of Duke's four consecutive outright regular season ACC title teams. He and teammate Chris Carrawell are the first two ACC players to compete on four outright title teams and just the fifth and sixth players to play on four consecutive teams that won or shared ACC regular season titles. Here is a look at those players:

Four-Time ACC Regular Season Title Players (Outright or shared)
Player -- School, Years
Chris Carrawell -- Duke, 1997-2000
Nate James* -- Duke, 1997-2000
Buzz Peterson -- North Carolina, 1982-85
Dudley Bradley -- North Carolina, 1976-79
Ged Doughton -- North Carolina, 1976-79
Randy Wiel -- North Carolina, 1976-79
* - James played in six non-ACC games in 1998 and was redshirted

DUNLEAVY AMONG NATION'S BEST RESERVES
Mike Dunleavy, only a freshman, proved himself to be one of the nation's best sixth men last season. The 6-7, 200-pound guard was sixth on the team in scoring (9.1) and fifth in rebounding (4.3). Dunleavy was the ninth highest-scoring freshman during the Coach K era at Duke.

A starter in two games, he reached double figures in scoring 13 times, including a career-best 21 points at Virginia January 5. After missing the previous four games with mononucleosis, he averaged 12.0 points en route to being named second team ACC All-Tournament. In three ACC Tournament games, Dunleavy was 12-of-17 (.705) from the field, including 7-for-9 (.778) from three-point range.

THE CAMERON ADVANTAGE
The Blue Devils have had a great deal of success in famed Cameron Indoor Stadium, winning over 80 percent of their games all-time. The 1999-2000 season marked the 60th Anniversary of playing in Cameron. Duke had its school and ACC record 46-game winning streak in Cameron snapped on February 9 vs. 23rd-ranked Maryland (98-87). Prior to the Maryland loss, the streak dated back to an 81-69 loss to then-No. 2 Wake Forest on January 11, 1997.

Duke's all-time record in Cameron is 606-137 for an 81.6 win percentage in the building that opened January 6, 1940. The 606 wins is the most in the ACC and fourth-highest total in the country on a current home court. The Blue Devils are coming off the most successful decade in Cameron history with an incredible 133-17 record in the 1990's.

Under Coach K, Duke owns a 248-44 record for an 84.9 winning percentage since 1980-81. Duke has also won 127 of its last 130 games against non-conference opponents in Cameron. During the non-league stretch, the Blue Devils have reached the 100-point mark 45 times, including three times this season. The only three losses to non-conference teams in Cameron since 1983 have come against Illinois on December 2, 1995, Michigan on December 8, 1996, and St. John's on February 26, 2000.

ROAD SUCCESS FOR THE DEVILS
Including neutral site contests, Duke has won 55 of its last 64 games away from Cameron Indoor Stadium dating back to 1997 (.859). After opening the 1999-2000 season with back-to-back losses -- by a total of six points -- to then 13th-ranked Stanford and top-ranked Connecticut in New York City, the Blue Devils won 16 in a row away from Cameron until Florida eliminated Duke from the NCAA Tournament in Syracuse, N.Y. During the 16-game road winning streak, the Blue Devils' average margin of victory was 13.4 points.

DUKE TOUGH ON UNRANKED FOES
Duke will enter the 2000-01 season with victories in 72 of its last 73 games vs. unranked opponents. On February 26, St. John's snapped Duke's 64-game winning streak vs. unranked competition with an 83-82 victory at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Prior to St. John's, the last loss to an unranked team came on December 13, 1997, at Michigan, 81-73. The Blue Devils were ranked No. 1 in the country entering that contest.

The Blue Devils won 48 in a row vs. unranked ACC opponents during the regular season, including 13 straight to close 1999-2000. The last unranked league opponent to defeat Duke in the regular season was Georgia Tech on February 7, 1996 (73-71 in overtime).

Including ACC Tournament games, Duke has defeated 43 straight unranked league opponents. The last Duke loss to an unranked ACC opponent came on March 7, 1997, to N.C. State in the first round of the ACC Tournament in Greensboro.

FORMER COACH K ASSISTANTS FARED WELL
Two of Mike Krzyzewski's former players and assistant coaches -- Tommy Amaker (Seton Hall) and Quin Snyder (Missouri) -- had their teams selected to the 2000 NCAA Tournament field. Seton Hall upset Oregon and Temple to advance to the Sweet 16. Two other former Krzyzewski assistants -- Mike Brey (Delaware) and Mike Dement (SMU) -- had their respective teams in last year's NIT field.

Shane Battier

Consensus second team All-America

Second team All-America (AP, NABC, The Sporting News and Basketball Times)

Wooden All-America selection

First team All-District III (USBWA)

National Co-Defensive Player of the Year (NABC)

Wooden Award Finalist - National Player of the Year

Chip Hilton Player of the Year Award Finalist

First team Academic All-America (GTE/CoSIDA)

First team All-ACC (AP)

ACC All-Tournament First Team

Unanimous ACC All-Defensive Team selection (coaches)

Midseason First Team All-America - USA Today

ACC Player of the Week - March 6

Duke Most Valuable Player co-winner

Dr. Deryl Hart Award - Top Scholar-Athlete

Duke Best Defensive Player Award

Duke Best Free Throw Percentage Award

Duke True Blue Award (Most Charges Taken)

Carlos Boozer

ACC All-Freshman Team (AP)

All-ACC honorable mention (AP)

ACC All-Tournament Second Team

ACC Rookie of the Week - December 13, January 3

Duke Best Field Goal Percentage Award

Duke Best Rebounding Average Award

Chris Carrawell

Consensus first team All-America

First team All-America (NABC, The Sporting News, USBWA)

Second team All-America (AP)

Third team All-America (Basketball Times)

Wooden All-America selection

ACC Player of the Year (AP)

District III Player of the Year (USBWA)

Chris Carrawell

Ambassador Award presented by the Harlem Globetrotters

First team All-District III (USBWA)

Wooden Award Finalist - National Player of the Year

Unanimous first team All-ACC (AP)

ACC All-Tournament First Team

Unanimous ACC All-Defensive Team selection (coaches)

ACC Player of the Week - January 10

Duke Most Valuable Player co-winner

Duke Best Defensive Player Award

Iron Duke Award (Most Minutes Played)

Mike Dunleavy

ACC All-Freshman Team honorable mention

ACC All-Tournament Second Team

Glenn E. "Ted" Mann Award - Duke Reserve Contributing Most to Team Morale

Nate James

ACC All-Tournament Second Team

Duke Coach's Award

Jason Williams

ACC Tournament Most Valuable Player

ACC All-Tournament First Team

First team Freshman All-America (Basketball Times)

First team All-District III (USBWA)

Third team All-ACC (AP)

ACC All-Freshman Team (AP)

ACC Freshman of the Year runner-up

ACC Rookie of the Week - January 17, February 7

Duke Most Assists Award

Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski

Chevrolet National Coach of the Year

District III Coach of the Year (USBWA)

ACC Coach of the Year (AP)

Top five finalist for the Naismith Coach of the Year Award

Wooden Award Legends of Coaching winner

NABC Coach of the Decade (1990s)

GTE Reads with the NABC Literacy Champion Award

Clair Bee Coach of the Year Award Finalist

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