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[3] Duke vs. [20] Maryland 2000 ACC Championship Game March 12, 2000 * Charlotte Coliseum * Charlotte, N.C.
Duke (26-4, 15-1 ACC), ranked third by AP and second by USA Today this week, advanced to the Championship Game of the ACC Tournament after its 82-73 victory over Wake Forest in the semifinals on Saturday afternoon. Duke is the number one seed in the ACC Tournament for the fourth consecutive year. The Blue Devils have won 10 ACC Tournaments, including last year's with a 96-73 victory over North Carolina in the Championship Game. The Blue Devils' 10 ACC Tournament championships are the second-most in league history.
Duke entered the tournament on the strength of its 15-1 regular season ACC record and fourth consecutive outright regular season league championship. The Blue Devils have won 46 of 48 ACC regular season games the past three seasons.
After losing three starters from the 1999 team that advanced to the NCAA Championship Game, Duke responded with another stellar season. Duke tops the ACC in scoring (89.4 ppg), scoring margin (17.7 ppg), free throw percentage (.735), three-point percentage (.398), turnover margin (4.7) and three-pointers per game (8.8).
DUKE REACHES ACC FINAL FOR 21ST TIME
Duke will be making its 21st appearance in the ACC Tournament
Championship Game. Duke has posted a 10-10 record in its previous league
title games, including a 1-1 mark vs. Maryland. Duke will be playing its
fifth ACC title game in Charlotte with victories in the Queen City in
1992 and 1999.
MORE ABOUT DUKE
Individually, third-ranked Duke is led by All-Americas Chris Carrawell
and Shane Battier, who are both finalists for National Player of the
Year accolades.
Carrawell, who has played in 113 victories in his Duke career, ranks 23rd among the school's all-time leading scorers (1,404 points). The versatile all-court performer was recently named to All-America teams by USBWA and the NABC. The St. Louis native has registered 13 20-point-plus performances, including 21 in Duke's final regular season game vs. North Carolina March 4.
Battier earned the 1999 National Defensive Player of the Year honor. He is looking to repeat with 60 steals, a team-high 57 blocked shots and 20 charges taken. He has also averaged 17.7 points -- best on the team -- and 5.5 boards. Battier leads the Atlantic Coast Conference with a .463 three-point field goal percentage and ranks among league leaders with an .818 free throw percentage.
Freshman Jason Williams, one of three Duke players to start all 30 games, is scoring 14.4 points per game -- third best on the team -- and leads the squad in assists (6.5). He recorded 91 assists against 40 turnovers in his last 11 games.
Tri-captain Nate James (11.0 ppg) has 18 double-digit scoring performances this season, including 11 of 18 games vs. ACC opponents. James is averaging 16.0 points and 5.5 rebounds in the ACC Tournament this year.
Freshman Carlos Boozer, who averages 12.7 points and a team-best 6.1 rebounds, leads Duke in field goal percentage (.617). Boozer has started 23 consecutive games entering the ACC Championship Game.
DUKE/MARYLAND - THE SERIES
This is the 144th meeting between Duke and Maryland and the third
between the two schools in the ACC Championship Game. The Blue Devils
lead the all-time series, 91-52. Duke won the first game this season,
80-70 at Maryland, but dropped a 98-87 decision to the Terps at Cameron
Indoor Stadium on February 9. With that win, Maryland snapped its
six-game losing streak to Duke and the Devils' record 31-game ACC
regular season and 46-game home winning streaks.
Under head coach Mike Krzyzewski, the Blue Devils are 32-13 vs. Maryland. Duke is 3-3 vs. Maryland in the ACC Tournament under Coach K. The Blue Devils are 7-6 vs. Maryland in ACC Tournament games, including a 73-72 victory to win the ACC Tournament championship in 1980.
LAST GAME - #3 DUKE 82, WAKE FOREST 73
For the second consecutive game, Duke employed the three-point shot as
its main weapon in defeating Wake Forest, 82-73, in the ACC Tournament
semifinals March 11. Duke made 13-of-30 (.433) from long range to
improve to 30-for-59 in two games during the ACC Tournament.
After being held scoreless in the first half, Duke's Nate James scored 14 second-half points to lead the team to its 26th win of the season. After trailing most of the first half and four minutes in the second half, Chris Carrawell (11 points) hit a 10-foot jumper to give Duke a 44-43 lead with 15:36 remaining in the game. The Devils would not give up the lead again.
Duke's Shane Battier scored a team-best 18 points and Jason Williams recorded his second consecutive double-double with 16 points and 11 assists. Wake Forest's Josh Howard led all scorers with 19 points.
DUKE LOOKS FOR RARE FEAT
This year's Duke squad will look to become just the fourth ACC team
since 1978 to win both the outright regular season league title and the
tournament championship in the same year. Duke's 1986, 1992 and 1999
teams also accomplished that feat since 1978. Also, Duke will look to
become the first program since N.C. State in 1973 and 1974 to win
outright regular season and ACC Tournament championships in back-to-back
seasons.
DUKE IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT
Duke owns a 62-36 all-time ACC Tournament record with 10 championships
to its credit...Duke has earned ACC Tournament titles in 1960, 1963,
1964, 1966, 1978, 1980, 1986, 1988, 1992 and 1999...Duke is 14-7
all-time in ACC Tournament games played in Charlotte, including
championships in 1992 and 1999...The Blue Devils have won at least one
game in 32 of the 47 ACC Tournaments...This was the 14th time that Duke
entered the ACC Tournament as the number one seed...83 Duke players have
earned All-ACC Tournament recognition, including two members of the
current squad (Chris Carrawell, second team in 1998, and Shane Battier,
second team in 1999)...Six Duke players have earned the Everett Case
Award, including Elton Brand in last year's ACC Tournament.
ANOTHER 20-WIN
SEASON FOR DUKE
With 26 victories so far this season, Duke has earned its 34th 20-win
season overall and its 15th in 20 seasons under head coach Mike
Krzyzewski. Duke has won 20 or more games in four consecutive seasons.
Including this year's 26 wins, Duke has averaged 29.8 victories over the
past four seasons (119 victories).
HIGH-SCORING BLUE DEVILS
Duke is once again among the national leaders in scoring by averaging a
lofty 89.4 points per game in 1999-2000. As of March 6, the school's
scoring figure ranked number one in the country. Last year, Duke led the
country in scoring at 91.8 points per game and scoring margin at 24.6
points per game.
This year, Duke has scored 100 points or more seven times and recorded a streak of three straight against Michigan, North Carolina A&T and Davidson for the first time since 1996-97. The seven 100-point games have matched the third-most in a single season in Duke history (the school record for 100-point games is nine in 1964-65).
This year's scoring margin is 17.7 points per game. Through March 6, Duke ranked fourth in the country in scoring margin.
In 16 regular season ACC games, Duke averaged an impressive 89.6 points a game, which easily led the conference. Duke's margin of victory over ACC foes was also a league-best 15.2 points per game.
If Duke can maintain its current pace, this would be the third-highest scoring team in school history. Here is a look at the Devils' highest-scoring teams:
Season Duke PPG Opp. PPG Scoring Margin 1964-65 92.4 77.8 +14.6 1998-99 91.8 67.2 +24.6 1999-00 89.4 71.7 +17.7 1989-90 89.1 76.6 +12.5 1975-76 88.3 85.0 +3.3CARRAWELL STAYING CONSISTENT
Duke senior Chris Carrawell continues to make a strong case for ACC and National Player of the Year honors with his consistency. Carrawell has a string of 22 consecutive games in which he's reached double figures in scoring. During that 22-game stretch, Carrawell is averaging 17.6 points per game and has nine 20-point games.
Carrawell, who is the ACC's fourth-leading scorer, currently leads the team in rebounding (6.1-tied), minutes (1,069), field goals made (186), field goals attempted (381) free throws made (126) and attempted (163). The St. Louis native has reached double figures in scoring in 29 of 30 games this season. Prior to this season, Carrawell had never scored 20 points in a college game. This year, he has tallied 13 20-point games, a figure that ranks first on the team.
Carrawell enters the Clemson contest with 1,404 career points, which puts him 23rd on Duke's all-time scoring list. Immediately ahead of Carrawell is Mike Lewis with 1,416 points.
CARRAWELL = WINNER
As impressive as all his individual accomplishments and statistics are,
Chris Carrawell's most important legacy at Duke will be the amount of
victories of which he was part. Duke's lone senior, who became just one
of two players in ACC history to be on four consecutive regular season
outright ACC championship teams, has played in 113 victories as a
collegian. The 113 overall victories are tied for eighth among all
players in ACC history. Carrawell tops the all-time ACC list with 65
wins in league play during his career.
MOST ACC WINS (includes ACC Tournament games) No. ofORE ALL-AMERICANS FOR DUKE
Player Team Years Victories Chris Carrawell Duke 1997-00 65 Sam Perkins NC 1981-84 56 Eric Montross, NC 1991-94 54 Kevin Salvadori NC 1991-94 53 Shane Battier Duke 1998-00 52 Ademola Okulaja NC 1996-99 52 Dante Calabria NC 1993-96 52 Shammond Williams NC 1995-96 52 Christian Laettner Duke 1989-92 51 Antonio Lang Duke 1991-94 51 Derrick Phelps NC 1991-94 51Most Overall Wins No. of Player,Team Years Victories Christian Laettner, Duke 1989-92 122 Danny Ferry, Duke 1986-89 117 Greg Koubek, Duke 1988-91 116 Thomas Hill, Duke 1990-93 116 Brian Davis, Duke 1989-92 116 Bobby Hurley, Duke 1990-93 115 Sam Perkins, North Carolina 1981-84 115 Chris Carrawell, Duke 1997-00 113 Antonio Lang, Duke 1991-94 112 Quin Snyder, Duke 1986-89 112 Eric Montross, North Carolina 1991-94 112 Dave Popson, North Carolina 1984-87 112
Duke senior Chris Carrawell and junior Shane Battier were recently named to All-America teams. Carrawell was a first team honoree by both the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) and the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). Battier was a second team All-America by the NABC.
Carrawell and Battier became the 24th and 25th Duke players to earn All-America status (the 11th and 12th under Mike Krzyzewski). Five Blue Devils have been named to at least one of the major All-America teams in the past three seasons (Roshown McLeod, Trajan Langdon and Elton Brand were the others).
DUKE AND
THE RANKINGS
Duke is ranked number three by Associated Press and second by the
coaches this week and has now been ranked in the Top 25 for 73
consecutive polls. Duke re-entered the nation's top 10 12 weeks ago
after a five-week period of being in the second 10. During Mike
Krzyzewski's tenure at Duke, the Blue Devils have spent an incredible
total of 235 weeks ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 with 127 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 enters the ACC Championship Game having been ranked among the nation's top four teams in 86 of its last 104 games.
CARRAWELL JOINS ELITE COMPANY AT DUKE
Senior Chris Carrawell joined some elite company after he registered
three assists vs. Wake Forest March 11. Now that he has 301 career
assists, Carrawell is just the second player in Duke history to record
1,000+ points, 500+ rebounds, 100+ blocked shots and 300+ assists.
Carrawell has 1,404 points, 584 rebounds, 111 blocked shots and 301
assists in his Duke career. The only other Duke player to accomplish
that feat was Grant Hill (1,924 points/769 rebounds/133 blocks/461
assists).
BATTIER LOOKING TO REPEAT
AS DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF YEAR
Coach K has called Shane Battier one of the most fundamentally sound
defensive players he has ever had in his program. The junior from
Birmingham, Mich. was named the National Defensive Player of the Year by
the NABC in 1999 after setting the school record for most charges taken
and leading the team with 65 steals.
Charges taken have become his specialty in the past three seasons. He set the school record twice with 29 in 1997-98 and 36 in 1998-99. He has a team-high 20 this season for a career total of 85 heading into the ACC title game. Battier was named to the ACC All-Defensive Team by league coaches for the second consecutive season.
An oustanding student as well, Battier was recently selected to the GTE Academic All-District III men's basketball team.
BATTIER MOVING UP SCORING LIST
On the offensive side of the ball, Shane Battier has developed his game
tremendously. Earlier this year, Battier became the 46th Duke player to
reach 1,000 career points. He currently has 1,143 points to rank 32nd
all-time at the school. Immediately ahead is Carroll Youngkin (1,156).
This year, he leads the team and ranks third in the ACC in scoring at
17.7 points per game. Battier leads the league in three-point field goal
percentage (.463) and ranks third in free throw shooting at 81.8
percent. He also ranks among league leaders with a .504 field goal
percentage.
Battier has been on an offensive tear recently, averaging 20.1 points and connecting on 56.6 percent (90-of-159) of his shots the past 14 games. The 6-8, 215-pounder has reached double figures in scoring 15 consecutive games, including a career-best 34-point outburst vs. Wake Forest February 22. His 34 points were the most by a Duke player in a game since Trajan Langdon had 34 vs. UCLA on February 22, 1998. He also had a 30-point game vs. North Carolina March 4. Battier was named ACC Player of the Week March 6 after averaging 28.0 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.0 steals vs. Clemson and UNC.
Battier is red-hot from three-point range. Over his last seven games, he is 31-of-56 (.554) from three-point range. That recent hot streak has put Battier in line to have the third most accurate three-point field goal season (.463) in Duke history behind only Christian Laettner (.557 in 1992) and Chip Engelland (.554 in 1983).
BATTIER AMONG DUKE CAREER TOP 10 LISTS
Shane Battier has moved into seventh place among Duke's all-time
three-point leaders with 117 (immediately ahead is Phil Henderson with
128). Battier's career .421 three-point percentage currently ranks third
among the school's all-time leaders behind only Christian Laettner
(.485) and Trajan Langdon (.426). Battier also moved into Duke's top 10
career steals leaders. He has 176 steals as a collegian, which ranks
ninth among Duke leaders. Battier is already the school's all-time
leader in charges taken (85) and third on Duke's career blocked shots
list with 153.
DEVIL YOUTH MOVEMENT
Duke's roster features seven freshmen with two in the starting lineup
and two more among the first off the bench. As a group, the freshmen
have scored 1,226 of the team's 2,682 points to account for 45.7 percent
and 503 of the team's 1,148 rebounds for 43.8 percent of the totals. In
assists, the freshmen class has dished out 297 of the team's 530 for
56.0 percent.
Three of the freshmen -- Jason Williams (33.5), Boozer (23.5) and Dunleavy (24.8) -- are averaging at least 23 minutes per game. The last time Duke had three or more freshmen average 23 or more minutes per game was during the 1982-83 season when Johnny Dawkins (35.8), Mark Alarie (28.0), David Henderson (24.9) and Jay Bilas (23.0) did it. The seven freshmen are the most on a Duke varsity roster in school history. The previous high was six freshmen (Henderson, Dawkins, Alarie, Bilas, Bill Jackman and Weldon Williams) in 1982-83.
DUKE IS ALL FOR CHARITY
Duke leads the ACC with a 73.5 free throw percentage in all games (a
72.3 percentage in league contests). Duke is currently one of two ACC
teams to make 70 or more percent of its free throws this season.
For the year, Duke has made 536 free throws, which is much more than
its opponents have even attempted (481). Duke shot a season-high 91.7
percent from the free throw line against Wake Forest February 22, the
night it clinched its fourth consecutive outright ACC title.
DUKE'S BALANCING ACT
After losing 74 percent of its scoring and 64 percent of its rebounding
totals because of departing players, Duke has utilized a balanced
offensive attack to maintain its scoring prowess in 1999-2000. Six Duke
players are averaging at least 10.0 points and 4.1 rebounds per game.
The Devils' average of 89.4 points per game is just 2.4 points off last
year's blistering average of 91.8.
ACC DOMINATION
Duke has dominated ACC regular season play over the last five seasons
on an unprecedented level. Duke owns a 61-7 record in the last 68 ACC
regular season games with six of the seven losses coming to Top 25
ranked ACC opponents. During the past four seasons, Duke has posted a
58-6 regular season ACC record, including a 15-1 mark in 1999-2000. With
its 96-78 win over Wake Forest, Duke clinched its 14th regular season
ACC championship outright, matching the league record also held by North
Carolina.
ACC DOMINATION - PART TWO
Duke has put together the most dominating four-year period in ACC
history with a 58-6 record and consecutive outright league titles over
the past four regular seasons. The 58 regular season wins are the most
by any ACC team over four years. In fact, only Duke's 1963-66 teams
reached 50 regular season wins over a four-year period (50-6). Here is a
look at the best four-year regular season victory runs by ACC teams
all-time and the composite league standings from 1997-2000:
BEST FOUR-YEAR ACC REGULAR SEASON VICTORY TOTALSDUKE STARTS WITH "D"
Team Years Record Pct. Duke 1997-00 58-6 .906 Duke 1963-66 50-6 .893 Duke 1961-64 48-8 .857 NC 1957-60 48-8 .857 NC 1981-84 48-8 .857Best Four-Year Regular Season Victory Totals by Other ACC schools Wake Forest 1960-63 46-10 .821 Virginia 1980-83 44-12 .786 Maryland 1997-00 43-21 .672 N.C. State 1956-59 40-16 .714 Georgia Tech 1993-96 36-28 .563 Florida St 1992-95 34-30 .531 Clemson 1987-90 31-25 .554
1997-2000 ACC COMPOSITE STANDINGS
No. School W L Pct. 1. Duke 58 6 .906 2. Maryland 43 21 .672 North Carolina 43 21 .672 4. Wake Forest 32 32 .500 5. Clemson 25 39 .391 6. Florida State 23 41 .359 Virginia 23 41 .359 8. N.C. State 21 43 .328 9. Georgia Tech 20 44 .313
The Blue Devils are continuing a long-standing tradition of outstanding team defense in 1999-2000. This season, Duke's limiting opponents to 42.1 shooting percentage from the field. It is the seventh consecutive season that Duke has held opponents to less than 44 percent from the floor. Duke is forcing 18.4 turnovers per game and collecting 10.0 steals per contest.
Duke had two players -- Shane Battier and Chris Carrawell -- named to the fifth annual coaches' ACC All-Defensive Team as reported by the Fan's Guide. Battier and Carrawell were the just the second and third unanimous selections to the league All-Defensive Team (Wake Forest's Tim Duncan was unanimous in 1996 and 1997). Since the first year of the coaches' All-Defensive Team voting, seven Duke players have made the team. Here is a look at the 2000 ACC All-Defensive Team (coaches' votes in parentheses):
2000 ACC ALL-DEFENSIVE TEAMDUKE MATCHES SCHOOL RECORD FOR OVERTIME GAMES
Shane Battier, Duke (9) Chris Carrawell, Duke (9) Juan Dixon, Maryland (7) Adam Hall, Virginia (4) Anthony Grundy, N.C. State (3)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 42.1 Opp. 3pt FG Pct. 38.2 28.9 29.7 38.6 33.5 34.0 30.5 30.1 34.8 Opp. Points/G 72.6 71.2 67.3 73.7 69.8 66.2 64.1 67.2 71.7 Blocks/Game 3.9 5.0 6.0 4.4 3.6 4.0 5.1 6.3 5.6 Steals/Game 8.2 8.4 7.1 5.7 6.0 8.5 9.4 8.9 10.0 Opp. TO/Game 17.8 17.9 15.1 13.6 16.0 18.2 19.9 17.7 18.4
In its 90-86 win at North Carolina February 3, Duke played its fifth overtime game of the season (the Devils are 4-1 in OT this season). It was only the third time in Duke history the Devils played five overtime games in the same season. The only other seasons in which Duke played five overtime games were the 1979-80 and 1957-58 campaigns. Duke played nine overtime periods in 1957-58, including two double-overtime contests and a triple-OT affair. The nine OT periods still stands as the school record.
DUKE OPPONENTS SEEING TRIPLE
Duke has made at least 10 three-point shots in eight of its last 10
games and six in succession. In the opening round of the ACC Tournament
vs. Clemson, Duke established school and ACC Tournament records by
making 17 three-pointers. The Devils have shot .508 (30-of-59) from
three-point range during this year's ACC Tournament. Overall, Duke has
made 10 or more three-point shots in a game 14 times this season. The
Blue Devils are shooting .398 from behind the arc and average 8.8 treys
per game, both figures that rank first in the Atlantic Coast Conference.
During the past six games, Duke is shooting .478 from three-point range
(75-of-157). Led by Shane Battier's .463 three-point percentage, six
Duke regulars shoot 35 percent or higher from three-point range this
season.
REJECTION DEFENSE
Shane Battier has quickly moved up Duke's all-time rejection list,
currently standing in third place with 153 career blocked shots.
Immediately ahead of Battier is Cherokee Parks with 231.
This year, Battier has secured 57 blocks to lead the team and stand
among the ACC leaders. A year ago, he had 43 rejections, the
second-highest figure on the team.
Battier has tallied at least one blocked shot 77 of 103 career games and two or more 46 times. He had a career-high seven rejections at Maryland on January 9.
Chris Carrawell also moved into the seventh spot among Duke's career blocked shots leaders with 111 (immediately ahead is Elton Brand with 113).
UNSELFISH DEVILS
Duke has one of the most unselfish basketball teams in the nation with
530 assists (17.7 per game). The current Blue Devils are continuing a
trend in which more than half of the team's field goals have been
products of an assist. Under Mike Krzyzewski, 16 of his last 17 Duke
teams have registered assists on more than 50 percent of the squad's
field goals. Of Duke's 941 field goals made this season, 530 of them
have come from an assist for a 56.3 percentage. It is Duke's highest
percentage of assisted field goals since the 1991-92 season (58.9
percent) and the 17.7 assists per game are the most by a Blue Devil team
in eight years (18.1 apg). Here is a look at Duke's top teams in average
assists under Krzyzewski:
Pct. of AssistsWILLIAMS NOT PLAYING LIKE A FRESHMAN
Season Assists FG Made Assisted FGs Per Game 1988-89 684 1163 .588 19.0 1991-92 653 1108 .589 18.1 1999-00 530 941 .563 17.7 1990-91 689 1227 .561 17.7 1984-85 542 950 .571 17.5 1989-90 663 1171 .566 17.4 1987-88 610 1068 .571 17.4
Duke freshman point guard Jason Williams is certainly not playing like a rookie college point guard. He ranks among ACC leaders with 6.5 assists and 2.3 steals per game. Williams, who has reached double digits in scoring in 27 of 30 games this year, also ranks third on the team in scoring (14.4). He was a third team All-ACC and ACC All-Freshman Team selection.
Against St. John's February 26, Williams matched his career high with 13 assists. The 13 assists matched the Duke freshman record previously established once by Williams earlier this season and twice by Bobby Hurley in 1990. Williams has recorded double-doubles in four of his last six games (points-assists). He had 16 points and 11 assists in Duke's semifinal ACC Tournament win over Wake Forest. He now has six career double-doubles, including both games in the ACC Tournament.
After his first nine games, Williams had a +6 assist-to-turnover margin (51-45). He had five or more turnovers in six of those nine games. During his last 21 outings, he is +68 (143-75) and has recorded five or more turnovers just four times. Williams' 6.5 assists per game are the sixth-most among freshman in ACC history:
Player, School Season APG Kenny Anderson, Georgia Tech 1989-90 8.1 Bobby Hurley, Duke 1989-90 7.6 Chris Corchiani, N.C. State 1987-88 7.3 Ed Cota, North Carolina 1996-97 6.8 Grayson Marchall, Clemson 1984-85 6.6 Jason Williams, Duke 1999-00 6.5 Steven Blake, Maryland 1999-00 6.4BOOZER BECOMING LOW POST FORCE
Although he is only a freshman, Duke's Carlos Boozer is establishing himself as one of the better inside players in the ACC. Powered by a team-best 36 dunks, Boozer leads the team in field goal percentage (.617). If Boozer can maintain his field goal percentage the remainder of the season, he would rank eighth among Duke's all-time single-season leaders. He was an ACC All-Freshman Team honoree.
ROOMMATES AMONG DUKE'S TOP-SCORING FRESHMEN
Duke freshmen Jason Williams and Carlos Boozer, who happen to be
college roommates, rank fourth and eighth, respectively, among the Blue
Devils' all-time leading freshman scorers. Current Duke associate head
coach Johnny Dawkins is the school's all-time freshman scoring leader
with 18.1 points per game. Here is a look at Duke's freshman scoring
leaders:
Player Season PPG Johnny Dawkins 1982-83 18.1 Eugene Banks 1977-78 17.1 Mike Gminski 1976-77 15.3 Jason Williams 1999-00 14.4 Elton Brand 1997-98 13.4 Jim Spanarkel 1975-76 13.3 Mark Alarie 1982-83 13.0 Carlos Boozer 1999-00 12.7
TRI-CAPTAIN JAMES PRODUCING WELL
Junior tri-captain Nate James, who has started the last 20 games for
Duke, is one of five Blue Devils to average double figures in scoring
(11.0). James has doubled his scoring output from last season (5.0) and
nearly doubled his rebounding total (2.6) from a year ago. He has been
consistent this season, reaching double figures in scoring in 18 of his
last 28 games. He is averaging 17.6 points his last three games.
Although he played in just six non-league games in 1998 before redshirting, James has been part of all of Duke's four consecutive outright regular season ACC title teams. He and teammate Chris Carrawell are the first two ACC players to compete on four outright title teams and just the fifth and sixth players to play on four consecutive teams that won or shared ACC regular season titles. Here is a look at those players:
Four-Time ACC Regular Season Title Players (Outright or shared) Player School Years Chris Carrawell Duke 1997-2000 Nate James* Duke 1997-2000 Buzz Peterson North Carolina 1982-85 Dudley Bradley North Carolina 1976-79 Ged Doughton North Carolina 1976-79 Randy Wiel North Carolina 1976-79* - James played in six non-ACC games in 1998 and was redshirted
DUNLEAVY AMONG NATION'S BEST RESERVES
Mike Dunleavy, only a freshman, has proven himself to be one of the
nation's best sixth men this season. The 6-7, 200-pound guard is sixth
on the team in scoring (10.0) and fifth in rebounding (4.2). Dunleavy is
the ninth highest-scoring freshman during the Coach K era at Duke.
He has reached double figures in scoring 13 times, including a career-best 21 points at Virginia January 5. After missing the previous four games with mononucleosis, he has averaged 15.5 points on 10-of-12 (.833) from the field during the ACC Tournament. He has not missed from three-point range or the free throw line since his return, connecting on all seven treys and all four foul shots.
ROAD SUCCESS FOR THE DEVILS
Duke has won 52 of its last 60 games away from Cameron Indoor Stadium
dating back to 1997 (.867). After opening the season with back-to-back
losses -- by a total of six points -- to then 13th-ranked Stanford and
top-ranked Connecticut in New York City, the Blue Devils have won 13 in
a row away from Cameron. During their current 13-game road winning
streak, the Blue Devils' average margin of victory has been 13.0 points.
ACC TOURNAMENT BRIEFS
Duke's 98 games played and 62 games won in the ACC Tournament are the
second-most by any team in the league...Duke has scored 7,214 points in
its 98 ACC Tournament games for a 73.6 point average. Both of those
figures also rank second among all ACC teams...Under head coach Mike
Krzyzewski, Duke has a 24-14 record in the ACC Tournament...Duke's
104-67 victory over Virginia in the first round of last year's ACC
Tournament marked the largest margin of victory in a first round contest
in league history...Duke's average margin of victory (+25.0) in the 1999
ACC Tournament set the league record. Previously, the record had been
held by Duke's 1964 team (+22.7). This year, Duke's average margin of
victory in two games has been +20.0...The number one seed in the ACC
Tournament has compiled a 93-23 record all-time...Duke has shot 50
percent or better from the field in four of its last five ACC Tournament
games...Duke has won seven of its last eight games in the ACC
Tournament.
DUKE IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT Overall Record Duke vs. W-L Pct. Clemson 5-3 .625 Florida State 0-0 .000 Georgia Tech 3-3 .500 Maryland 7-6 .538 North Carolina 8-8 .500 N.C. State 10-8 .556 South Carolina 6-1 .857 Virginia 11-3 .786 Wake Forest 12-4 .750 Total 62-36 .633 GAME RECORDS - TEAM Most Points 104 vs. Maryland, 1990 (QF) Fewest Points 10 vs. N.C. State, 1968 (SF) Most FGs Attempted 102 vs. N.C. State, 1955 (F) Most FGs Made 44 vs. Wake Forest, 1966 (QF) Highest FG Pct .717 vs. North Carolina, 1980 (SF) Lowest FG Pct .182 vs. N.C. State, 1968 (SF) Most Three-Point FGs Attempted 32 vs. North Carolina, 1998 (F) Most Three-Point FGs Made 17 vs. Clemson, 2000 (QF) Highest Three-Point FG Pct .750 vs. Wake Forest, 1989 (QF) Most FTs Attempted 44 vs. Maryland, 1956 (QF) Most FTs Made 34 - two times Highest FT Pct .926 vs. Georgia Tech, 1992 (SF) Most Rebounds 73 vs. South Carolina, 1955 (QF) Most Assists 23 vs. North Carolina, 1992 (F) GAME RECORDS - INDIVIDUAL Most Points 34 - Ronnie Mayer vs. Virginia, 1955 (SF) Most FGs Attempted 30 - Art Heyman vs. South Carolina, 1961 (SF) Most FGs Made 13 - Art Heyman vs. South Carolina, 1961 (SF) Highest FG Pct 1.000 (8-8) - Grant Hill vs. North Carolina, 1992 (F) Most Three-Point FGs Attempted 11 - two times Most Three-Point FGs Made 6 - Phil Henderson vs. Georgia Tech, 1990 (SF) Most FTs Attempted 16 - two times Most FTs Made 13 - Art Heyman vs. Clemson, 1962 (SF) Most Rebounds 20 - Art Heyman vs. Clemson, 1962 (SF) Most Assists 13 - Bobby Hurley vs. Maryland, 1992 (SF) Most Steals 7 - Christian Laettner vs. North Carolina, 1992 (F) Most Blocked Shots 10 - Cherokee Parks vs. Clemson, 1994 (QF) Most Minutes Played 45 - Tommy Amaker vs. N.C. State, 1987 (QF)
