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Notes: Duke 78, Boston College 76
3/12/2006 12:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
- Duke won its second-straight ACC Championship with a 78-76 win over Boston College. Duke has also won seven of the past eight ACC Championships and has appeared in the championship game for nine consecutive seasons, the longest streak in ACC history by four games.
- Duke won its 16th overall ACC Championship, breaking a tie with North Carolina for most in ACC history. Coach Mike Krzyzewski won his 10th ACC Championship, second most behind UNC's Dean Smith, who won 13 as the Tar Heel coach.
- Duke's 16th men's basketball ACC Championship has the distinction of being the school's 100th in all-sports, which ranks third in the ACC. Duke has three ACC Championships this academic year with men's basketball after winning men's soccer and women's cross country in the fall.
- Duke became the sixth team in 30 years to finish alone atop the regular season standings and win the ACC Tournament. Duke owns five of those six performances, also turning the trick in 1986, '92, '99 and 2000. In three of those four seasons, Duke advanced to at least the NCAA Championship game.
- Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski participated in his 1,000th career game as a head coach Sunday. He is now 751-249 in 31 seasons as a Division I head coach.
- Barring a match-up with an ACC opponent in the NCAA Tournament, Duke's J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams became the sixth and seventh player in league history to participate in 60 victories over ACC competition. Sean Dockery also participated in his 56th victory, tied with North Carolina's Sam Perkins for 10th most in ACC history. Perkins is the only non-Blue Devil in the top 10 of the ACC list.
- Redick and Williams both have played in 114 career victories, 14th most in ACC history. UNC's Sam Perkins and Duke's Bobby Hurley are tied for 12th with 115.
- Redick and Williams have now played in and started 12 ACC Tournament games, holding an 11-1 record. They join Shane Battier, Chris Duhon and Daniel Ewing as players that played in 12 games. Of those other three, only Duhon started all 12 games.
- J.J. Redick scored 26 points against Boston College, shooting 8-of-17 from the field, 7-of-11 from behind the arc and a slightly off day with 3-of-6 free throws. Redick added four assists, the 10th time this season he's dished out four or more assists. Redick earned Most Valuable Player honors
- Redick became the 19th player in NCAA history to record 2,700 career points and finished the game with 2,709, jumping from 20th to 17th in NCAA history passing Xavier's Byron Larkin (2,696), Lehigh's Daren Queenan (2,703) and Northeastern's Reggie Lewis (2,708). Immediately ahead is Hank Gathers (USC and Loyola Marymount, 2,723).
- Redick became the fourth player in ACC history to record 900 points in a season and he now has 904. That mark is the Duke record and is fourth in ACC history. Immediately ahead is South Carolina's Grady Wallace who scored 906 in 1957.
- Redick became the first player in Duke history and third in ACC history to repeat as both the ACC Player of the Year and the ACC Tournament MVP. He joins Wake Forests Len Chappell (1961, '62) and North Carolina's Larry Miller (1967, '68) accomplishing that feat.
- Redick finished his ACC Tournament career with 225 points in 12 games, setting a new tournament career record passing Wake Forest's Len Chappell as the event's top career scorer. He also set new tournament career records for three-pointers (40) and three-pointers attempted (101). Redick's 15 three-pointers in 2006 is a Duke record and second-most in ACC Tournament history behind Wake Forest's Randolph Childress, who made 23 in 1995. Childress also held the two career three-point records that Redick surpasses this tournament.
- Redick tied the Duke postseason (ACC, NCAA, or NIT games) record with seven three pointers against Boston College. He connected on 7-of-12 against N.C. State in the 2005 semifinal.
- Redick was already Duke's career leader for points scored in an ACC Championship game before his 26 point performance against Boston College. In four games, he has scored 98 points for an average of 24.5 per game while hitting 28-of-61 field goals, 15-of-34 three-pointers and 27-of-32 free throws.
- In four games at the Greensboro Coliseum this season, Redick has scored 106 points for an average of 26.5 per game. He has connected on 33-of-67 field goals, 21-of-45 three-pointers and 19-of-23 free throws as Duke holds a 4-0 record there this season.
- In six neutral court games this season, Redick has scored 26.3 points per game while connecting on 48-of-103 from the field, 29-of-60 from behind the arc and 33-of-38 from the free throw line.
- Redick recorded his 67th career 20 point performance, a Duke record, including 25 this season. He tied Jeff Mullins' 1964 total of 25 for third-most in school history. Immediately ahead is Johnny Dawkins, who had 26 such games in 1986. Redick has scored 20 in three straight and 19 of the last 21 games for the Blue Devils.
- Redick recorded his 119th career game in double figures, breaking a tie with Mark Alarie and Christian Laettner and moving into sole possession of second place in Duke history. Only Johnny Dawkins has more double figure scoring games (129) in his Duke career.
- Redick has now hit five or more three-pointers in 30 career games, eight more than any other player in Blue Devil history. Redick has 10 games this season with five or more three-pointers, third most in school history behind his total of 11 last season and Jason Williams' total of 12 in 2001.
- Redick now has 127 three-pointers this season, second most in Duke history. He passed his total of 121 in 2005 and Shane Battier's total of 124 in 2001 to move from fourth to second on the list. Jason Williams holds the season record with 132 in 2001.
- Redick has now recorded 67 career three-pointers in postseason play, a new Duke record. He was tied with Jason Williams (60, 2000-02) coming into the game with the Eagles.
- Shelden Williams scored 18 points, grabbed eight rebounds and had three blocks in the win over Boston College.
- It marked Williams' 99th career game in double figures, including 30 this season and 15 straight.
- Williams now has 1,217 career rebounds and moved from ninth to seventh on the ACC career chart passing Wake Forests's Len Chappell (1,213) and Clemson's Dale Davis (1,216) against Boston College. Duke's career leader Mike Gminski is sixth on the ACC chart with 1,242.
- Williams now has 122 blocks this season, a number that matches his school-record total from a season ago.
- Williams now has 59 blocked shots in his postseason career and established a new Duke record. He was tied with Shane Battier entering the game with the Eagles.
- Greg Paulus scored 10 points and had a career-high five steals against Boston College. He also added two assists on just two turnovers. For the tournament, Paulus has 12 assists and just three turnovers for a 4.0 assist-to-turnover ratio. That mark is tied with Grant Hill (1992) and Steve Wojciechowski (1998) for the best mark in a single ACC Tournament with a minimum of 10 assists.
- Paulus' five steals is tied for eighth most by a player in a postseason game in Duke history. It also ties the second-highest mark in an ACC Tournament game in Duke history and the second most by a freshman in a post-season game in Duke history. Paulus' nine steals in the three-game tournament is the third-highest total in Duke history and his steal-to-turnover ratio of 3.0 (9-3) in a tournament marks the second-highest performance in school history.
- Josh McRoberts scored 16 points and grabbed five rebounds while dishing out two assists and coming up with one steal against Boston College. He hit all five of his field goals and was 6-of-8 from the free throw line. He ties the seventh best mark in school history for most field goals without a miss in postseason history.
- With its 78-76 victory over Boston College in the ACC Championship game, Duke improves to ...
- 80-37 all-time at the ACC Tournament. Duke is the first school to win 80 games at the tournament and Duke also owns the ACC Tournament's best winning percentage (.684).
- 30-15 in the Greensboro Coliseum at the ACC Tournament
- 42-15 under Coach K at the ACC Tournament. Coach K ranks second in all-time wins and has 27 more victories than any active coach in the tournament.
- 25-2 since 1998
- 23-1 since 1999 with seven championships in those eight seasons.
- 34-8 as the No. 1 seed in the tournament
- 16-11 in the finals
- Duke's two point margin of victory was the smallest in the final games since Wake Forest beat Georgia Tech 75-74 in 1996. It was Duke's closest in a championship game since a 68-67 decision in 1986 over Georgia Tech. Duke and Maryland did play overtime in the 2004 championship game.
- Duke and Boston College became the first pair of teams to play for an ACC Championship having met only once previously. As the ACC expanded to 11 teams last season and 12 this season, every other year a doule-round robin was played during the regular season. Last season in the first year it could have happened, Duke faced Georgia Tech for the third time.
- Duke improves to 98-20 as the No. 3 team in the AP poll and 858-215 as a ranked team overall, including 600-127 under Coach K. In all, 727 of Coach K's 868 games coached at Duke have been as a ranked team.
- Duke improves to 230-234 all-time against ranked team, including a 151-104 record under Coach K and a 64-25 mark since 1997-98. Duke is 12-10 all-time against the No. 11 team in the AP poll and Duke improves to 40-15 against ranked ACC foes since 1997-98.
- Duke improves to 157-34 outside of Cameron Indoor Stadium since 1997-98, including an 85-14 mark on neutral courts and a 6-0 neutral court record this season.
- Duke now has 209 wins this decade 22 more than any other school (Illinois and Gonzaga with 187).
- In its 101st season of playing intercollegiate basketball, Duke now has an all-time record of 1,794-810, the fourth highest win total in the NCAA.
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