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Duke Centennial
In 2024, Duke celebrates its Centennial, marking one hundred years since Trinity College became Duke University. Duke will use this historic milestone to deepen the understanding of its history, inspire pride and strengthen bonds and partnerships, and prepare for a second century of continued excellence and impactful leadership. To learn more, please visit 100.duke.edu
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- No. 4-seed Duke squares off against No. 12-seed James Madison in the second round of the South Region at the 2024 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament on Sunday, March 24 at 5:15 p.m., at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
- Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill and Tracy Wolfson will call the action on CBS. David Shumate and John Roth team up for the broadcast on the Blue Devil Sports Network.
- The Blue Devils are making their 46th appearance in the NCAA Tournament – fifth most in NCAA history.
- Head coach Jon Scheyer leads Duke into the tournament for the second straight season and has steered the Blue Devils to a top-five seed in each of his first two campaigns.
- Duke has been ranked inside the top-25 for the entirety of the 2023-24 season and achieved 25 victories for the 16th consecutive season (not impacted by COVID-19).
- Duke is 120-40 (.750) all-time in the NCAA Tournament, marking the best winning percentage in tournament history by a team with a minimum of 20 games played.Â
- The Blue Devils are best among ACC teams in scoring margin (+12.6), field goal percentage (.480), 3-point field goal percentage (.376) and assists (15.3 per game).
- Mark Mitchell, who had 15 points with five dunks in Duke's first-round win over Vermont, is shooting 60.7% from the field and 50.0% from distance in 2024, averaging 13.1 points per game. Duke is 33-4 when Mitchell scores 10 or more points in his career.
- Among ACC leaders, Kyle Filipowski ranks 10th in scoring (16.7 ppg), sixth in rebounding (8.3 rpg), third in blocked shots (1.6 bpg) and seventh in field goal percentage (.510).
- Tyrese Proctor ranks second in ACC in assist/turnover ratio (2.84), and has 32 assists with just nine turnovers in his last eight outings.
- James Madison is making its first appearance in the NCAA Championship in 11 years, having last won a conference tournament title in 2013, and its sixth time competing in the tournament at the Division I level.
- JMU earned its automatic bid to the NCAA Championship after capturing its first Sun Belt Conference Championship on March 11 with a 91-71 victory over Arkansas State.
- The Dukes entered the NCAA Championship tied for the most wins in America, currently matching UConn's 32-3 mark, as well as a nation-leading 14-game active win streak.
- JMU won its first 14 games of the season, starting the campaign with a 79-76 overtime victory at No. 4 Michigan State.
- JMU scores 84.0 points per game, which ranks 11th nationally, and is sixth in Division I with a +15.1 scoring margin. The Dukes also rank sixth around the country in 3-point percentage defense (.291), 12th in steals per game (9.1) and 14th in turnover margin (+3.8).
- The Dukes are led by Terrence Edwards Jr., who was voted Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year.Â
- Edwards averages 17.3 points per game to go with 4.4 rebounds and 3.5 assists.Â
- T.J. Bickerstaff, who was named Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year and a Second Team All-SBC selection, scores 13.4 points per game and leads the Dukes with 8.5 boards per game.Â
- Duke has played 12 times on March 24, all in the NCAA Tournament.
- The Blue Devils are 9-3 on this date, having won their last two matchups in 2022 and 2019.
- The last time Duke played on March 24, the Blue Devils beat Texas Tech, 78-73, in the NCAA regional semifinal.
- On March 24, 2019, Duke defeated UCF, 77-76, in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
- Sophomore center Kyle Filipowski has improved in nearly all statistical categories from his rookie campaign, most notably in blocks and assists.
- Filipowski has tallied 93 assists (56 in 2022-23) and blocked 53 shots, after swatting a total of 26 attempts during his freshman year.
- The 7-footer has tallied nine double-doubles this season, moving his career total to 25 double-doubles in 69 games played.
- "Flip" has scored 20 or more points 12 times this season, including a career-high 30 points versus Georgia Tech (Jan. 30), after reaching 20 points six times as a freshman.
- He has distributed three-plus assists 22 times during his career, with 17 of those coming during his sophomore campaign.
- Filipowski scored 26 points on 11-of-12 shooting from the field at Pittsburgh (Jan. 9), marking the best shooting performance by a Blue Devil with at least 10 attempts since Zion Williamson finished 13-of-13 against Syracuse on March 14, 2019.
- He amassed a career-high 30 points with 13 boards, four assists, two blocked shots and two steals without committing a turnover versus Georgia Tech (Jan. 13), becoming the first Duke player with a 30-point double-double and no turnovers in the past 40 seasons.
- The sophomore center was just two assists shy of triple-double with 28 points, 12 rebounds and eight helpers versus Hofstra (Dec. 12).
- Filipowski is the 69th Blue Devil all-time to reach 1,000 points, having landed on the exact number following his 17-point outing at Wake Forest on Feb. 24, and only the seventh Blue Devil in the past 50 years to score 1,000 career points in their first two seasons.
- Filipowski became a consensus Second Team All-American, as the Associated Press (AP), U.S. Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) and National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) announced their respective teams earlier this week.Â
- The sophomore is the only underclassman on each of the three, 15-player, All-America teams and the first Duke consensus Second Team All-American since Paolo Banchero in 2022.
- The Westtown, New York, native also earned First Team All-District recognition from the NABC, his second consecutive season doing so – the first Blue Devil to bring in back-to-back All-District honors since Luke Kennard did so in both 2016 and 2017.Â
- With Filipowski's All-District honor, Duke extends its streak to 17 consecutive seasons with at least one All-District selection.
- After averaging 7.6 points per outing in the first eight games of the season, Jared McCain has reached the 20-point mark seven times, averaging 15.4 points per game as the team's second-leading scorer during that stretch.
- The freshman guard scored a career-high 35 points in a road win at Florida State (Feb. 17), matching the Duke freshman scoring record set by Zion Williamson versus Syracuse on Jan. 14, 2019, and the sixth most points scored by a freshman in ACC history.
- McCain nailed 8-of-11 triples against the Seminoles to break Duke's freshman record for 3-pointers made.
- McCain netted 24 points on 9-of-14 shooting from the field, including 4-of-9 from long distance, in a home victory over Queens (Dec. 30).
- In a top-10 rivalry matchup at North Carolina (Feb. 3), McCain recorded a double-double with team highs of 23 points and 11 caroms.
- McCain has made two 3-pointers or more in 22 games this season. The Blue Devils are 18-4 in those contests.
- The 6-3 guard has secured double-digit rebounds six times this season, including a career-high of 11 boards twice.
- McCain was named ACC Rookie of the Week twice in 2024 (Jan. 29, Feb. 19) and was voted to the ACC All-Rookie Team and All-ACC Honorable Mention.
- Since the calendar turned to 2024, sophomore forward Mark Mitchell is averaging 13.1 points per game with three double-doubles, and is shooting 60.7% from the field (85-of-141) and 50.0% from 3-point range (10-of-20).
- On Jan. 6 at Notre Dame, Mitchell amassed 23 points and 14 rebounds - both career highs.
- Mitchell returned to the starting lineup at Louisville (Jan. 23) with a 20-point, 12-rebound double-double.
- Mitchell matched his career-high of 23 points against Wake Forest (Feb. 12), marking his fifth 20-point effort of the season - all Duke wins.
- The sophomore has finished in double-digits in 18 of his last 24 contests.
- During his two seasons as a Blue Devil, Duke is 33-4 when Mitchell reaches double figures in the scoring column.
- Duke has outscored its opponents by an average of 12.5 points per contest, which tops the ACC and ranks 12th nationally.
- The Blue Devils have tickled the twine to the tune of 37.6% on 3-pointers as the top-shooting ACC team from long distance, ranking 16th nationally.
- Duke has converted on 48.0% overall to lead the ACC in field goal percentage and rank 25th in the nation.
- The Blue Devils also are the best in the league at sharing the rock, averaging an ACC-high 15.3 assists per outing, and ranking 20th in the nation in assist/turnover ratio (1.58).Â
- Senior guard Jeremy Roach became the 68th Blue Devil all-time to eclipse 1,000 career points in his Duke career, scoring 17 points against Arizona on Nov. 10.Â
- Kyle Filipowski also accomplished the feat this season, scoring 17 points at Wake Forest on Feb. 24 -- the sophomore is just the 12th Blue Devil all-time and seventh in the past 50 years to score 1,000 points in their first two seasons.
- The Blue Devils are tied for second in NCAA Division I for most 1,000-point scorers in program history, tied with Louisville and ahead of Notre Dame and Villanova.
- Roach reached other career milestones -- his 100th game in a Duke jersey against La Salle on Nov. 21, 2023, and his 100th career start versus Louisville on Feb. 28.
- To celebrate the 75th anniversary of its Top 25, the Associated Press compiled its weekly polls to determine the best programs of each decade. Duke was crowned the top program for the 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s.
- In the 1990s, Duke won back-to-back national championships in 1991 and 1992, and started a run of 24 consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances in 1996.
- In the 2000s, the Blue Devils won two more national titles in 2001 and 2010, and went on to spend nearly 60% of the time inside the top five of the AP Top 25 — including 40 weeks at No. 1.
- In the 2010s, Duke captured its fifth national championship in 2015, and tallied 33 weeks at No. 1 and 86% of the AP polls (167 of 194) inside the top 10 from 2010-20.
- The 16th episode of Duke All-Access with head coach Jon Scheyer is available on the Duke Athletics YouTube channel. The show also airs weekly on Friday's at 2 p.m. and 10 p.m. (Bally Sports South), Saturday's on MASN (8:30 a.m.), Bally Sports South (9:30 a.m.), ABC11.com (10 a.m.) and Sunday's on WTVD ABC-11 (noon).
- Produced by Blue Devil Sports Properties from LEARFIELD, Duke All-Access with Coach Scheyer is in its second season as an 18-episode series that provides a look at the Duke men's basketball program through interviews, game highlights, breakdowns, analysis and features.
- In Episode 16, Scheyer recaps the regular season, Senior Night and Jeremy Roach's historic four years at Duke. Mark Mitchell is also featured in another addition of the "Film Room" and Scheyer goes through his favorite ACC Tournament memories.
To stay up to date with Blue Devils men's basketball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeMBB".
Duke Centennial
In 2024, Duke celebrates its Centennial, marking one hundred years since Trinity College became Duke University. Duke will use this historic milestone to deepen the understanding of its history, inspire pride and strengthen bonds and partnerships, and prepare for a second century of continued excellence and impactful leadership. To learn more, please visit 100.duke.edu
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