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First Place ACC Battle Looms for Duke
Duke (#6 AP/#7 USA Today) at Florida State
January 16, 2000 - 4:00 pm - JP Sports
Leon County Civic Center - Durham, N.C.
January 16, 2000 - 4:00 pm - JP Sports
Leon County Civic Center - Durham, N.C.
A clash of the last two undefeated schools in the ACC takes place when No. 6 Duke (12-2, 3-0) travels to Tallahassee, Fla., to take on Florida State (7-6, 2-0) on regional television Sunday at 4 pm.
The Blue Devils enter the contest having won 25 straight ACC regular season games and 12 straight games overall. A victory over the Seminoles would equal Duke's school record for consecutive regular season ACC victories (26) from 1962-64. The ACC record of 27 straight is held by N.C. State from 1972-75.
Duke is scoring an ACC-high 90.3 points in the three ACC games thus far, while also limiting opponents to 38.8 percent shooting from the field and 26.4 percent from three-point range.
Duke has won nine straight games and own a 14-2 record against Florida State since it joined the ACC in 1992. Both losses, however, occured in Tallahassee (1993, 1995).
ACC DOMINATION
Duke has dominated ACC regular season play over the last three seasons,
topping it with an unprecedented 16-0 record and an average winning
margin of 24.3 points in 1998-99.
Duke has won 25 straight ACC regular season games and owns a 44-3 record in the last 47 such contests. The three losses were all to Top 10 ranked ACC opponents.
The Blue Devils have also won six of the last nine ACC regular season titles.
In addition, Duke has won 37 straight games against an unranked ACC opponent during the regular season. The last such loss came on Feb. 7, 1996 at Georgia Tech, 73-71 in overtime.
MORE ABOUT DUKE
Senior Chris Carrawell and junior Shane Battier are returning starters
and both candidates for the Wooden Award - given to the National Player
of the Year.
Carrawell has 74 career starts and is Duke's 45th player to score 1,000 career points. The versatile 6-6 performer was the ACC's Player of the Week on Jan. 10 after averaging 22.5 points against Virginia and Maryland. He had a career-high 28 points against Stanford in the season opener and has had six 20-point-plus performances. He leads Duke in scoring (17.2) and is second in rebounds (6.2) and assists (3.7).
Battier earned the 1999 National Defensive Player of the Year honors and has already started his effort to repeat with 28 steals and and a team-high 31 blocked shots and 12 charges taken. He has averaged 16.1 points and 6.1 boards a game.
Freshman Jason Williams is the third player to have started all 14 games as the Blue Devils have employed six different starting lineups. Williams is scoring 14.8 points per game and leads the squad in assists (5.7).
Nate James has had nine double-digit scoring performances, including in all three ACC games. Freshman Carlos Boozer continues to improve from preseason foot surgery. He has averaged 17.0 points and 8.3 rebounds in the last seven games since returning to the starting lineup.
Mike Dunleavy is often Duke's first player off the bench and is also averaging double-figures at 10.6 points a game, including a spectacular 21-point effort at Virginia.
STARTING LINEUP No Player PPG RPG APG 23 Chris Carrawell 17.2 6.2 3.7 (6-6, 215, Sr., St. Louis, Mo.) 31 Shane Battier 16.1 6.1 1.9 (6-8, 215, Jr., Birmingham, Mich.) 4 Carlos Boozer 12.1 6.4 1.3 (6-9, 260, Fr., Juneau, Ak.) 14 Nate James 10.9 5.0 2.0 (6-6, 205, Jr., Washington, D.C.) 22 Jason Williams 14.8 5.1 5.7 (6-2, 190, Fr., Plainfield, N.J.)KEY RESERVES 34 Mike Dunleavy 10.6 4.6 2.1 (6-7, 200, Fr., Lake Oswego, Ore.) 3 Nick Horvath 3.4 2.2 0.4 (6-10, 215, Fr., Arden Hills, Minn.) 20 Casey Sanders 2.5 1.4 0.1 (6-11, 205, Fr., Tampa, Fla.) 41 Matt Christensen 2.1 2.5 0.2 (6-10, 240, So., Belmont, Mass.)
COVERING THE GAME
RADIO: The 30-station Duke Radio Network spans throughout the Southeast
with WDNC (620 AM) serving as the flagship station. (Bob Harris, pbp;
John Roth, color; Matthew Laurance, sidelines).
TV: JP Sports (Bob Rathbun, pbp; Gil McGregor, color).
GoDUKE.com: Live cybercast with in-game statistics and audio.
DUKE HEAD COACH MIKE KRZYZEWSKI
Duke's all-time winningest coach and certainly one of the leading
ambassadors of college basketball, Mike Krzyzewski, is in his 20th
season at the helm of the program that he has guided to unparalleled
success during his career.
The numbers don't tell the whole story of his program at Duke, but nonetheless, they are impressive: 481 total wins, 227 weeks in the Top 25, 119 weeks in the Top 10 (including the last four weeks and in 47 of the last 52 polls), 51 weeks ranked #1 in the country (including three times in the final regular season polls of 1986, 1992 and 1999), 48 NCAA Tournament wins, 15 NCAA Tournament bids, eight Final Fours in the last 14 years, seven regular season ACC championships, six NCAA championship game appearances, four ACC tournament titles and the only back-to-back national championships in the past quarter century of college basketball in 1991-92.
Coach K's overall career record stands at 554-216 (.719). The 554 total wins is already the seventh highest win total in NCAA history for coaches after 25 years of coaching. He became just the 10th coach in NCAA history to attain his 500th career victory in his 23rd season as a college coach.
The Chicago native began his coaching career at Army in 1975-76 where he led the Cadets to an NIT appearance. He took over atDuke prior to the 1980-81 season and has accumulated a 481-157 record (.754) in 20 seasons.
Coach K was the President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) in 1998-99 and is also involved with several community groups, including the Duke Children's Hospital and nationally with the Jimmy V Foundation. It was recently announced that Coach K will receive the 2000 John R. Wooden Award's "Legends of Coaching" Honor on April 7.
The six-time National Coach of the Year and five-time ACC Coach of the Year has a 48-13 all-time record in the NCAA Tournament. Coach K is the winningest active coach in the Tournament and is second behind only Dean Smith for most NCAA Tournament wins by any coach in history.
COACH K's RECORD AT DUKE Year Overall ACC Notes 1981 17-13 6- 8 (t5th) NIT Quarterfinals 1982 10-17 4-10 (t6th) 1983 11-17 3-11 (7th) 1984 24-10 7- 7 (t3rd) NCAA Tournament 1985 23- 8 8- 6 (t4th) NCAA Tournament 1986 37- 3 12- 2 (1st) NCAA Final Four (runnerup) 1987 24- 9 9- 5 (3rd) NCAA Sweet Sixteen 1988 28- 7 9- 5 (3rd) NCAA Final Four 1989 28- 8 9- 5 (t2nd) NCAA Final Four 1990 29- 9 9- 5 (2nd) NCAA Final Four (runnerup) 1991 32- 7 11- 3 (1st) NCAA Final Four (champion) 1992 34- 2 14- 2 (1st) NCAA Final Four (champion) 1993 24- 8 10- 6 (t3rd) NCAA Tournament 1994 28- 6 12- 4 (1st) NCAA Final Four (runnerup) 1995 9- 3 0- 1 out after back surgery 1996 18-13 8- 8 (t4th) NCAA Tournament 1997 24- 9 12- 4 (1st) NCAA Tournament 1998 32- 4 15- 1 (1st) NCAA Elite Eight 1999 37- 2 16- 0 (1st) NCAA Final Four (runnerup) 2000 12- 2 3- 0Career Record: 554-216 (25th Year) Record at Duke: 481-157 (20th Year)
MOST ALL-TIME WINS AFTER 25 SEASONS No. Head Coach W 1. Jerry Tarkanian 647 2. Denny Crum 587 3. Dean Smith 579 4. John Thompson 573 5. Lute Olson 564 6. John Chaney 560 7. Mike Krzyzewski 554 8. Eddie Sutton 553
DUKE/FLORIDA STATE - THE SERIES
Duke leads the all-time series with Florida State by a 15-2 margin.
The initial matchup came in 1955 and then the two teams did not play
again until the Seminoles joined the league in 1992. Duke won the
initial game 97-75 in Cameron and have won 14 of the 16 matchups since
FSU's arrival in the ACC.
Duke has a nine-game winning streak in the series, dating back to a Jan. 21, 1995, 78-75 loss in Tallahassee. Last year, Duke won 98-73 in Durham and 85-59 in Tallahassee on Feb. 17. Shane Battier had 16 points in that game with three three-pointers.
LAST GAME - #6 DUKE 82, GEORGIA TECH 57
On a night when Duke's offense wasn't clicking, the defense took over
as the Blue Devils won their 12th straight game and handed Georgia Tech
an 82-57 loss in Cameron Indoor Stadium. Shane Battier led six Duke
players in double-figures with 19 points while the Yellow Jackets shot
just 34.3 percent from the field and missed 13 of their 15 three-point
attempts.
It wasn't easy as Georgia Tech opened with determination as the Blue Devils led just 38-33 at half and 43-39 with 17:38 to play. Duke then went on a 7-0 run in the next two and a half minutes to open a 50-39 lead and the momentum shifted as freshman Mike Dunleavy topped the run with a driving layup through the Jacket defense.
Nate James poured in 10 points in the first half to keep Duke on track while Chris Carrawell finished with 12 points and a team-high eight rebounds.
Duke's defense forced 17 Georgia Tech turnovers and sparked 12 steals, including four by freshman guard Jason Williams who provided constant pressure on the ball.
It was Duke's first ACC home game of the season and the 43rd straight win in Cameron Indoor Stadium.
TRENDS & NOTES
Duke has worn its "alternative" black uniforms in five Duke victories
this season, stretching its unbeaten streak in the black uniforms to 13
straight, dating back to a 1997 road loss at Maryland...Duke has
outrebounded eight of its last 12 opponents... Duke has five players
averaging five rebounds a game or more and six players scoring in double
digits...Duke shot a season-high 82.8 percent from the free throw line
against North Carolina A&T and is now leading the ACC at 75.8
percent...Duke had a streak of three straight 100-plus scoring outputs
broken with its 96 points against William & Mary, it was the first
three-game streak since 1996-97...Chris Carrawell and Jason Williams
have scored in double-figures in all but one game... Carlos Boozer and
Jason Williams have both recorded two double-doubles.
ROAD WARRIORS
Duke traveled over 9,000 miles over the months of November and December
this season with road trips to New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Ann
Arbor, Mich. On the road, Duke has faced four Top 25 teams, including
then-No. 1 Connecticut, then-No. 12 Maryland, then-No. 13 Stanford, plus
undefeated Michigan and Illinois squads. All but the Maryland game came
between Nov. 11 until Dec. 11 when Duke emerged with a 6-2 record to
that point.
NATIONAL RANKINGS
Duke has been ranked in the Top 25 for 65 consecutive polls and
re-entered the nation's Top Ten four weeks ago after a five-week period
of being in the second 10. During Mike Krzyzewski's career at Duke, the
Blue Devils have spent an incredible total of 227 weeks ranked in the
Associated Press Top 25 with 119 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.
The Blue Devils finished the 1998-99 season on top of the national rankings for the first time since 1992. In fact, it was just the third time in school history that Duke has finished No. 1 in the final poll, joining the 1986 and 1992 squads.
Duke finished in the Top 10 in the final AP poll seven times in the 1990's, including eighth in 1997, third in 1998 and first in 1999. Duke owns a 3-2 record, including three straight wins, against Top 25 teams in 1999-2000.
BLUE REIGN - THE 1990s & FOREVER
Over the past 15 years, the Blue Devils have dominated opponents
outside the ACC by a wide margin. In that span, Duke owns a 242-32
record (88.3 percent) against non-conference teams, including the NCAA
Tournament.
In the 1990's, Duke owned the third highest total of wins with 271 victories. Duke has also climbed into fourth place for the most all-time wins in NCAA history with 1,597.
ACC DOMINATION - PART TWO
Duke has dominated ACC regular season play over the last three seasons,
topping it with an unprecedented 16-0 record and an average winning
margin of 24.3 points in 1998-99.
The Blue Devils are just the fourth school to win three or more straight outright ACC regular season titles. The others are Duke (1963-66) and North Carolina (1967-69 and 1976-78).
Duke has won 25 straight ACC regular season games and owns a 44-3 record in the last 47 such games. The only three losses were to Top 10 ranked opponents. The Blue Devils have also won 35 of its last 36 ACC regular season games.
For the record, the ACC mark for consecutive ACC regular season wins is 27 held by N.C. State (1972-75) and the school record is 26 from 1962-64.
FINAL ACC STANDINGS IN THE 1990s
No. School W L Pct 1. Duke 109 47 .699 2. North Carolina 108 48 .692 3. Wake Forest 86 70 .551 4. Maryland 80 76 .513 5. Georgia Tech 73 83 .468 6. Virginia 69 87 .442 7. Florida State 56 72 .438 8. Clemson 60 96 .385 9. N.C. State 49 107 .314ACC REGULAR SEASON TITLES IN THE 1990s No. School Outright Share Total 1. Duke 6 0 6 2. North Carolina 1 1 2 3. Clemson 1 0 1 Georgia Tech 1 0 1 Maryland 0 1 1 Virginia 0 1 1 Wake Forest 0 1 1
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 marks the 60th Anniversary of playing in Cameron. Duke
is in a current school record and ACC record 43-game winning streak in
Cameron. The streak dates back to an 81-69 loss to then-No. 2 Wake
Forest on January 11, 1997.
During the 43-game streak, Duke has a winning margin of 41.6 points in the 20 non-ACC games. In the 23 ACC games, the winning margin has been 20.8 points per game. The overall becomes 28.4 points per game for the 43-game streak.
Duke's all-time record in Cameron is 601-135 for an 81.7 win percentage in the building which opened January 6, 1940. The 601 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 243-42 record for an 85.3 winning percentage since 1980-81. Duke has also won 125 of its last 127 games against non-conference opponents in Cameron. During the stretch, the Blue Devils have reached the 100-point mark 45 times, including three times this season.
The only two losses to non-conference teams in Cameron since 1983 have come against Illinois on December 2, 1995, and Michigan on December 8, 1996.
DUKE STARTS WITH "D"
The Blue Devils will look to continue a long-standing tradition of
outstanding team defense in 1999-2000 after two straight seasons of
inspired efforts on the court.
Duke's field goal percentage defense of 39.1 in 1998-99 was the lowest in the Coach K era and the best at Duke since the 1959-60 squad limited opponents to 38.3 percent shooting from the field. This season, Duke's steal rate of 10.4 per game has outpaced the 1998 team's 9.4 per game.
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 39.2 Opp. 3pt FG Pct. 38.2 28.9 29.7 38.6 33.5 34.0 30.5 30.1 30.5 Opp. Points/G 72.6 71.2 67.3 73.7 69.8 66.2 64.1 67.2 69.2 Blocks/Game 3.9 5.0 6.0 4.4 3.6 4.0 5.1 6.3 5.9 Steals/Game 8.2 8.4 7.1 5.7 6.0 8.5 9.4 8.9 10.4 Opp. TO/Game 17.8 17.9 15.1 13.6 16.0 18.2 19.9 17.7 19.4
THE MINISTER OF DEFENSE (AND MUCH MORE) - SHANE BATTIER
Coach K has called Shane Battier one of the most fundamentally sound
defensive players he has ever had in his program and for good reason.
The Birmingham, Mich., junior was named the National Defensive Player of
the Year by the NABC in 1999 after setting the school record for most
charges taken and led the team with 65 steals and recorded 43 blocked
shots.
Charges taken have become his specialty for in the past two seasons he has set the school record with 29 in 1997-98 and 36 in 1998-99. He has had a team-high 12 this season for a career total of 77 heading into the Florida State contest.
On the offensive side of the ball, Battier has developed his game tremendously over the course of his career. This year, he is second on the team in scoring at 16.1 points per game, leads the league in free throw shooting at 86.7 percent and has connected on over 45 percent of his shots from the field and nearly 40 percent from three-point range.
OH SO CLOSE
Freshman Jason Williams nearly pulled off a rare triple-double against
DePaul on December 4 in Cameron Indoor Stadium. The 6-2 guard had 15
points with a career-high 10 assists and nine rebounds. In addition he
also had six steals in 45 minutes of action.
The nine rebounds came within one of his career-high which he achieved in his collegiate debut against Stanford.
Only Gene Banks has ever recorded a triple-double in school history. The last to come close was Grant Hill in 1994 when he nine points, 10 rebounds and nine assists against Florida State.
REJECTION DEFENSE
Shane Battier has quickly moved up Duke's all-time rejection list,
currently standing in fifth place with 127 career rejections. This
year, Battier has already secured 31 such swats to lead the team and
currently stands fifth in the ACC. A year ago, he had 43 blocked, the
second highest figure on the team.
He has had at least two blocked shots in nine of the first 14 games, including the first four in a row in 1999-2000. In addition, he had a career-high seven rejections against Maryland.
