Greensboro -- the Blue Devils' Title Town
The Duke Blue Devils return to the Greensboro Coliseum this week for the 70th ACC Men's Basketball Tournament. Duke has won 99 games all-time at the Greensboro Coliseum, including an impressive record of 41-18 (.695) in ACC Tournament play. Eight of the program's ACC-leading 21 ACC titles have come in the Gate City.
GoDuke.com looks back at the Blue Devils' ACC titles at the Greensboro Coliseum, which is hosting the ACC Tournament this week for the 29th time.
1978 ACC CHAMPIONS
ACC Tournament MVP Jim Spanarkel led the Blue Devils to the program's fifth ACC Championship, averaging 17.7 points and 4.3 for the tournament. No. 2-seed Duke beat Clemson and Maryland before dispatching Wake Forest, 85-77, in the championship game.
1980 ACC CHAMPIONS
Two years after winning an ACC Championship at the Greensboro Coliseum, the Blue Devils did it again in 1980. Mike Gminski and 6th-seeded Duke defeated NC State in the first round, rolled past North Carolina in the semifinals and edged Maryland, 73-72, in the title game
1986 ACC CHAMPIONS
ACC Tournament MVP Johnny Dawkins averaged 20.0 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.3 assists in the Blue Devils' tournament wins over Wake Forest, Virginia and Georgia Tech. No. 1-seeded Duke rode the wave of momentum from the ACC Tournament to reach the first Final Four under Mike Krzyzewski.
1988 ACC CHAMPIONS
After a one-year absence, Duke returned to the top of the ACC, defeating North Carolina in the ACC Tournament finals for coach Mike Krzyzewski’s second title in three years. The title game win gave Duke three wins over the Tar Heels for the first time since 1966. Danny Ferry was the ACC Player of the Year and followed that by earning ACC Tournament MVP honors at the Greensboro Coliseum. Ferry averaged 18.0 points and 8.0 rebounds in the Blue Devils' win over Virginia, NC State and UNC to claim the program's eighth title.
2003 ACC CHAMPIONS
The ACC Tournament returned to Greensboro for the first time since 1998 as the ACC celebrated its 50th Anniversary season in 2003. Fifteen years after cutting the nets at the Greensboro Coliseum, the third-seeded Blue Devils did it again by defeating Virginia, North Carolina and NC State. The Tournament MVP was Daniel Ewing, but Duke extended its record-setting streak of ACC titles to five with a come-from behind 84-77 win over NC State as freshman JJ Redick led the Blue Devils’ title-game charge by scoring 23 of his 30 points in the final 10:07.
2006 ACC CHAMPIONS
Duke maintained its early 2000's mastery of the ACC Tournament, edging Boston College, 78-76, in the title game. The Blue Devils’ ACC championship was their seventh in eight years and 16th overall. JJ Redick was the Tournament's MVP, averaging 23.7 points. Redick poured in 26 in the championship game in becoming the ACC Tournament's all-time leading scorer in the process -- 15 of his points came on two separate flurries of triples in the second half.
2010 ACC CHAMPIONS
Duke captured its ninth ACC title in a 12-year span and a league-best 18th overall, defeating seventh-seeded Georgia Tech, 65-61, for the ACC championship in Greensboro. The Blue Devils carried that momentum to the Final Four in Indianapolis where Duke defeated Butler for the program's fourth National Championship. Kyle Singler was the ACC Tournament MVP by averaging 21.7 and 8.3 rebounds on the Greensboro Coliseum hardwood.
2011 ACC CHAMPIONS
Duke claimed its third-straight ACC championship, 10th in 13 years, and 19th overall, with a 75-58 victory over North Carolina at the Greensboro Coliseum. Nolan Smith was the Tournament MVP and scored 20 points in the title game. Kyle Singler added 11 points for the Blue Devils, who led wire-to-wire in beating their Tobacco Road rival.
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