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Tuesday, January 19
Pittsburgh, Pa.
9 P.M.
Duke University
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Pittsburgh
Duke Heads to Pittsburgh for Tuesday Night ACC Matchup
1/18/2021 1:49:00 PM | Men's Basketball
THE OPENING TIP
DUKE VS. PITT
Duke is 13-7 all-time versus Pitt, which includes a 7-1 mark since the Panthers entered the ACC in the 2013-14 season … Under Coach K, the Blue Devils are 7-2 in the series … This marks the series' third meeting with former Blue Devil player and associate head coach Jeff Capel at the helm of the Panthers … Last season at Cameron Indoor, Vernon Carey Jr., scored 26 as Duke pulled out a 79-67 win on January 28 … The team's first scheduled meeting this season -- December 29 at Cameron Indoor -- was postponed by Pitt's COVID protocol. No makeup date has been announced.
SCOUTING THE PANTHERS
Pitt brings a 7-2 record into the contest and is in a three-way tie for fourth place in the ACC standings with Duke and Florida State … The Panthers, who returned from a two-week COVID pause on January 6, have won two straight and seven of their last eight including a 96-76 win over Syracuse on Saturday … Sophomore forward Justin Champagnie returned from injury in the Syracuse victory to post his fourth double-double with 24 points and 16 rebounds. He is the only Division I player averaging 17+ points and 12+ rebounds per game … Champagnie and Matthew Hurt are two of the four players ranked in the ACC's top 10 for scoring, rebounds and field goal percentage … The Panthers have three players among the ACC's top-20 leading scorers in Champagnie (18.71, second) Au'Diese Toney (15.88, 11th) and Xavier Johnson (15.11, 14th) … The Panthers are allowing just 65.3 points per game (fifth in the ACC), and lead the ACC in both field goal defense (.391) and three-point defense (.259 -- fifth-best in the NCAA).
COACH K'S COACHING TREE
Jeff Capel is one of nine former Blue Devils to play under Mike Krzyzewski that is now a head coach at the Division-I or NBA level … Additionally, former Coach K assistant Mike Brey is the head coach at Notre Dame and former Duke manager Mike Schrage is the head coach at Elon … Capel was named Pitt's coach before the 2018-19 season, after seven years on Coach K's staff, including his last four as associate head coach … Forty-four of Coach K's former players, staff or managers are currently either coaching or working in front office roles across professional and college basketball.
FORMER COACH K PLAYERS NOW HEAD COACHES
Johnny Dawkins '86 -- UCF
Tommy Amaker '87 -- Harvard
Quin Snyder '89 -- Utah Jazz (NBA)
Bobby Hurley '93 -- Arizona State
Kenny Blakeney '95 -- Howard
Chris Collins '96 -- Northwestern
Jeff Capel '97 -- Pittsburgh
Steve Wojciechowski '98 -- Marquette
Greg Paulus '09 – Niagara
ON THIS DATE
Duke is 15-3 all-time when playing on January 19, including a 4-1 record in road games, and has won 10 straight overall … Duke is 11-3 in ACC games on this date … Duke last played on this date in 2019, a 72-70 win over Virginia in a top-five battle at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
DUKE AWAY FROM CAMERON
In the Coach K era, Duke is 261-147 (.649) in true road games and 275-77 (.781) in neutral site games, for a combined mark of 536-224 (.706) in all games outside of Cameron Indoor Stadium … In ACC regular season play, Duke is 190-122 (.609) away from home under Coach K. The Blue Devils are 134-69 (.660) in ACC road games since the 1996-97 season … In ACC Tournament play, Duke's .696 winning percentage and 103 wins each lead the conference … Coach K's 190 ACC road wins are a conference record … Coach K has also won 16 road games against AP top five teams, the most in the history of the AP poll.
SO GOOD IT HURTS
Matthew Hurt added 25 pounds to his frame in the offseason, and the bulked-up Hurt is leading the ACC in scoring (49th nationally) at 19.63 points per game … Last week's ACC Player of the Week and Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week, Hurt's +9.89 points per game improvement from last year (9.74) to this year (19.63) leads all returning ACC players … The Rochester, Minn., native is also third in the ACC in rebounding (8.50) and fifth in field goal percentage (.530), making him the league's only player ranked in the top five in each and one of four players ranked in the conference's top 10 in each … The Blue Devils have deployed a different starting lineup in seven of eight games with only Hurt starting all eight games … He scored a career-high 26 points in the Wake Forest win (Jan. 9) and followed that with a 20-11 double-double at Virginia Tech (Jan. 12) … Hurt has scored 17+ points in seven consecutive games this season after having four such games last season … Three of his four career double-doubles have come in this season's first eight games, including 21 and 13 vs. Michigan State, 17 and 11 vs. Boston College and 20 and 11 at Virginia Tech.
ACC WEEKLY HONORS
Duke is two weeks removed from sweeping the ACC weekly awards when sophomore Matthew Hurt was named the Player of the Week and DJ Steward was the Freshman of the Week … Hurt also won the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week that same week … It was the second honor for Steward, and first Player of the Week award for Hurt, who was the Freshman of the Week once last year … Duke has already had two named ACC Freshman of the Week this season with Jalen Johnson earning the honor on Nov. 30 and DJ Steward on Dec. 21 and Jan. 11 … It was the first sweep for a school since Duke's Vernon Carey Jr., was both the Player of Freshman of the Week on Feb. 3, 2020 … Duke now leads the ACC in all-time selections for both weekly honors -- 143 Player of the Week awards and 138 Freshman … The Blue Devils have had a stranglehold on the Freshman of the Week award over the last seven-plus season as Johnson and Steward become the 17th and 18th different Duke freshmen to win it in that span … Duke has had an ACC Rookie of the Week 50 percent of the time over the last seven-plus seasons (63 times in 125 weeks).
AP POLL STREAK SNAPPED
With Duke falling from the AP Top 25 this week, it snaps a streak of 91 consecutive polls that the Blue Devils had been ranked, which was the nation's second-longest active streak and the fourth-longest streak in program history … The last time Duke was not ranked was February 8, 2016 … Just 10.5 percent of Duke's games in the Coach K era have been as an unranked team (145) and the Blue Devils are 82-63 (.566) in those games … Duke has been ranked in 461 of the last 466 polls … Duke was ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press preseason poll on Nov. 9, and the Blue Devils have now been ranked in the top 10 at least once in 25 consecutive seasons -- the longest active streak nationally by a decade (Kansas, 15).
This marked the 13th consecutive season that the Blue Devils have debuted in the top 10.
#GoDuke
- After their first scheduled meeting was postponed by COVID-19 protocols in late December, Duke and Pittsburgh square off Tuesday night in the Steel City in a key battle of teams tied for fourth place in the ACC standings at 3-1.
- The Blue Devils have won five straight over the Panthers and lead the all-time series 13-7, including 6-3 on the road (3-1 at the Petersen Events Center) and 7-1 in ACC regular season contests.
- Former Duke standout Jeff Capel is in his third season as Pitt's head coach. He is one of nine former Coach K players now serving as a head coach at the Division-I level or in the NBA.
- The Blue Devils have deployed seven different starting lineups through eight games, with only sophomore Matthew Hurt starting all eight games.
- Hurt leads the ACC in scoring at 19.63 points per game and is the ACC's only player ranked in the league's top five for scoring, rebounding (8.5, third) and field goal percentage (.530, fifth).
- Hurt's +9.89 points per game improvement from last season leads all returning ACC players.
- The watch list candidate for the Wooden Award and Naismith Trophy, who has also been named both ACC Player of the Week and Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week last week, Hurt has scored 17+ points in seven consecutive games this season after having four such games last season. Three of his four career double-doubles have come in this season's first eight games.
- Freshman Jeremy Roach scored a career-high 22 points at Virginia Tech to lead the Blue Devils in scoring for the first time in his career. He is averaging 14.6 points over Duke's last five games, after averaging 5.3 over the first three games.
- Senior Jordan Goldwire leads the ACC in both steals (2.88) and assist/turnover ratio (+2.43), while ranking fourth in assists (4.25). He is the only player ranked in the league's top five for each.
- Duke is 33-5 following its last 38 losses.
DUKE VS. PITT
Duke is 13-7 all-time versus Pitt, which includes a 7-1 mark since the Panthers entered the ACC in the 2013-14 season … Under Coach K, the Blue Devils are 7-2 in the series … This marks the series' third meeting with former Blue Devil player and associate head coach Jeff Capel at the helm of the Panthers … Last season at Cameron Indoor, Vernon Carey Jr., scored 26 as Duke pulled out a 79-67 win on January 28 … The team's first scheduled meeting this season -- December 29 at Cameron Indoor -- was postponed by Pitt's COVID protocol. No makeup date has been announced.
SCOUTING THE PANTHERS
Pitt brings a 7-2 record into the contest and is in a three-way tie for fourth place in the ACC standings with Duke and Florida State … The Panthers, who returned from a two-week COVID pause on January 6, have won two straight and seven of their last eight including a 96-76 win over Syracuse on Saturday … Sophomore forward Justin Champagnie returned from injury in the Syracuse victory to post his fourth double-double with 24 points and 16 rebounds. He is the only Division I player averaging 17+ points and 12+ rebounds per game … Champagnie and Matthew Hurt are two of the four players ranked in the ACC's top 10 for scoring, rebounds and field goal percentage … The Panthers have three players among the ACC's top-20 leading scorers in Champagnie (18.71, second) Au'Diese Toney (15.88, 11th) and Xavier Johnson (15.11, 14th) … The Panthers are allowing just 65.3 points per game (fifth in the ACC), and lead the ACC in both field goal defense (.391) and three-point defense (.259 -- fifth-best in the NCAA).
COACH K'S COACHING TREE
Jeff Capel is one of nine former Blue Devils to play under Mike Krzyzewski that is now a head coach at the Division-I or NBA level … Additionally, former Coach K assistant Mike Brey is the head coach at Notre Dame and former Duke manager Mike Schrage is the head coach at Elon … Capel was named Pitt's coach before the 2018-19 season, after seven years on Coach K's staff, including his last four as associate head coach … Forty-four of Coach K's former players, staff or managers are currently either coaching or working in front office roles across professional and college basketball.
FORMER COACH K PLAYERS NOW HEAD COACHES
Johnny Dawkins '86 -- UCF
Tommy Amaker '87 -- Harvard
Quin Snyder '89 -- Utah Jazz (NBA)
Bobby Hurley '93 -- Arizona State
Kenny Blakeney '95 -- Howard
Chris Collins '96 -- Northwestern
Jeff Capel '97 -- Pittsburgh
Steve Wojciechowski '98 -- Marquette
Greg Paulus '09 – Niagara
ON THIS DATE
Duke is 15-3 all-time when playing on January 19, including a 4-1 record in road games, and has won 10 straight overall … Duke is 11-3 in ACC games on this date … Duke last played on this date in 2019, a 72-70 win over Virginia in a top-five battle at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
DUKE AWAY FROM CAMERON
In the Coach K era, Duke is 261-147 (.649) in true road games and 275-77 (.781) in neutral site games, for a combined mark of 536-224 (.706) in all games outside of Cameron Indoor Stadium … In ACC regular season play, Duke is 190-122 (.609) away from home under Coach K. The Blue Devils are 134-69 (.660) in ACC road games since the 1996-97 season … In ACC Tournament play, Duke's .696 winning percentage and 103 wins each lead the conference … Coach K's 190 ACC road wins are a conference record … Coach K has also won 16 road games against AP top five teams, the most in the history of the AP poll.
SO GOOD IT HURTS
Matthew Hurt added 25 pounds to his frame in the offseason, and the bulked-up Hurt is leading the ACC in scoring (49th nationally) at 19.63 points per game … Last week's ACC Player of the Week and Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week, Hurt's +9.89 points per game improvement from last year (9.74) to this year (19.63) leads all returning ACC players … The Rochester, Minn., native is also third in the ACC in rebounding (8.50) and fifth in field goal percentage (.530), making him the league's only player ranked in the top five in each and one of four players ranked in the conference's top 10 in each … The Blue Devils have deployed a different starting lineup in seven of eight games with only Hurt starting all eight games … He scored a career-high 26 points in the Wake Forest win (Jan. 9) and followed that with a 20-11 double-double at Virginia Tech (Jan. 12) … Hurt has scored 17+ points in seven consecutive games this season after having four such games last season … Three of his four career double-doubles have come in this season's first eight games, including 21 and 13 vs. Michigan State, 17 and 11 vs. Boston College and 20 and 11 at Virginia Tech.
ACC WEEKLY HONORS
Duke is two weeks removed from sweeping the ACC weekly awards when sophomore Matthew Hurt was named the Player of the Week and DJ Steward was the Freshman of the Week … Hurt also won the Oscar Robertson National Player of the Week that same week … It was the second honor for Steward, and first Player of the Week award for Hurt, who was the Freshman of the Week once last year … Duke has already had two named ACC Freshman of the Week this season with Jalen Johnson earning the honor on Nov. 30 and DJ Steward on Dec. 21 and Jan. 11 … It was the first sweep for a school since Duke's Vernon Carey Jr., was both the Player of Freshman of the Week on Feb. 3, 2020 … Duke now leads the ACC in all-time selections for both weekly honors -- 143 Player of the Week awards and 138 Freshman … The Blue Devils have had a stranglehold on the Freshman of the Week award over the last seven-plus season as Johnson and Steward become the 17th and 18th different Duke freshmen to win it in that span … Duke has had an ACC Rookie of the Week 50 percent of the time over the last seven-plus seasons (63 times in 125 weeks).
AP POLL STREAK SNAPPED
With Duke falling from the AP Top 25 this week, it snaps a streak of 91 consecutive polls that the Blue Devils had been ranked, which was the nation's second-longest active streak and the fourth-longest streak in program history … The last time Duke was not ranked was February 8, 2016 … Just 10.5 percent of Duke's games in the Coach K era have been as an unranked team (145) and the Blue Devils are 82-63 (.566) in those games … Duke has been ranked in 461 of the last 466 polls … Duke was ranked No. 9 in the Associated Press preseason poll on Nov. 9, and the Blue Devils have now been ranked in the top 10 at least once in 25 consecutive seasons -- the longest active streak nationally by a decade (Kansas, 15).
This marked the 13th consecutive season that the Blue Devils have debuted in the top 10.
#GoDuke
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