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Men's Basketball Game Notes: 11/27/03 Great Alaska Shootout
Nov. 26, 2003
Duke vs. the Field
Duke (1-0), ranked second in the nation in both major polls, faces Pacific (1-0) on Nov. 27 at Sullivan Arena in the opening round of the 2004 Carrs Great Alaska Shootout. Tipoff is set for 11:30 PM Eastern time.
Duke has posted an overall 11-5 record vs. the seven other Shootout teams, including a 4-1 mark vs. Canisius, 1-0 vs. Pacific, 1-3 vs. Purdue and 5-1 vs. Seton Hall.
The game will be televised by espn2 with Bob Carpenter and Jimmy Dykes calling the action.
Duke at the Shootout
This is Duke's third appearance in the Carrs Great Alaska Shootout. The Blue Devils, who own a 5-1 record in the tournament, won the Shootout in 1995 after defeating Old Dominion, 23rd-ranked Indiana and 10th-ranked Iowa. Current Duke assistant coach Chris Collins was a captain on that squad and scored a game-best 30 points vs. Iowa in the final. Collins was 8-of-12 from the field (5-of-7 from three-point range) and 9-of-12 from the foul line vs. the Hawkeyes. Steve Wojciechowski, another current Duke assistant, also played in all three of those games, scoring 22 points for the Blue Devils.
In 1998, No. 1 Duke fell to Cincinnati, 77-75, in the championship game. It would be Duke's only regular season loss of the the 1998-99 season and the Blue Devils won 32 in succession following that setback.
Here is a look at Duke's six games in the Shootout:
Date Opponent Result 11/23/95 Old Dominion W, 75-55 11/24/95 [23] Indiana W, 70-64 11/25/95 [10] Iowa W, 88-81 11/26/98 Notre Dame W, 111-82 11/27/98 Fresno State W, 93-82 11/28/98 [15] Cincinnati L, 75-77
Storylines
- Second-ranked Duke travels to Anchorage, Alaska, to participate in the 2004 Carrs Great Alaska Shootout. This is the 99th season of basketball for the Blue Devils, who have won 1,707 games overall, fourth all-time
- The Blue Devils enter the game ranked second in the nation by the AP and by ESPN/USA Today. This marked the eighth consecutive season that Duke entered the season ranked among the country's top 10 teams
- Duke has won three in-season tournaments in the past seven seasons - the 1997 and 2001 Maui Invitationals and the 2000 TiVo Preseason NIT
- With 664 career triumphs, Mike Krzyzewski is one win shy of passing John Wooden into 17th place among the all-time victory leaders at the Division I level. He tied Wooden with the 67-56 victory over Detroit on Nov. 22
- Mike Krzyzewski became a grandfather again on Nov. 21. His oldest daughter, Debbie, gave birth to twin girls - Carlyn Colleen (7 lbs. 11 oz.) and Emelia Kaye Savarino (6 lbs. 8 oz.). Coach K now has four grandchildren, all from Debbie - Joey and Michael Savarino, along with the new additions
- Coach K is also quickly approaching 600 victories as the head coach at Duke. Krzyzewski now has 591 wins at the school
- Two of Duke's All-Americas in recent years came from the state of Alaska - Trajan Langdon and Carlos Boozer. Langdon hailed from Anchorage while Boozer was from Juneau
- Current Duke assistant coach Chris Collins was an assistant coach at Seton Hall, one of the Shootout participants, for two seasons (1999-2000) under former Duke All-America and Michigan head coach Tommy Amaker
- Former Duke assistant SID Elliot Bloom, who was at the school for the 2001 national championship run, is now the basketball SID at Purdue, another Shootout participant
Duke in Season Openers
With its 67-56 win over Detroit on Nov. 22, Duke has a 75-24 (.758) record in season-opening contests, including a 22-2 (.917) mark under head coach Mike Krzyzewski. The Blue Devils have now won four consecutive openers since dropping an 80-79 decision to 13th-ranked Stanford to start the 1999-2000 season. Duke has won its last four openers by an average of 24.3 points per game.
Duke utilized a strong defensive effort to hold off Detroit. The Blue Devils trailed by as many as 13 points twice in the first half and took nearly eight minutes to register their first field goal in the game. However, despite shooting just .356 from the floor during the game, Duke limited the Titans to just 36 points over the final 29 minutes of the game to earn its 29th consecutive home victory. Freshman Luol Deng scored 21 points in his debut and sophomore J.J. Redick had 19 points (10-of-10 from the free throw line) for the Blue Devils.
