Duke Blue Devils (13-11, 9-9)
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FIVE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 1991 1992 2001 2010 2015 DUKE BASKETBALL | 2020-21 SEASON RECAP GoDuke.com | @DukeMBB | #HereComesDuke » 2020-21 SCHEDULE | H: 8-5; A: 3-6; N: 2-0 (13-11, 9-9) AP Rank DUKE BLUE DEVILS Date Duke Opp Opponent TV Time/Result » TEAM INFORMATION » NEWS & NOTES NOVEMBER (1-0) N 28 9 - COPPIN STATE ACCNX W 81-71 Record: 13-11 (9-9; 10th ACC) » The 116th season of Duke Basketball saw the Blue Devils win 13 games DECEMBER (2-2) Final Ranking: nr (AP) / nr (Coaches) and post nine ACC wins during a campaign that was impacted by D 1 6 8 MICHIGAN STATE - 1 ESPN L 69-75 Last Game: vs. Louisville; W, 70-56 the continuation of the COVID-19 pandemic. » After having the previous year’s postseason canceled by the D 4 6 - BELLARMINE - 2 RSN W 76-54 Head Coach: Mike Krzyzewski (Army ‘69) pandemic, the 2020-21 season’s start was delayed and non- D 8 10 6 ILLINOIS - 3 ESPN L 68-83 Career Record: 1,170-361 (46 seasons) conference schedules were cut short by the pandemic. D 16 21 - at Notre Dame * ESPN W 75-65 Record at Duke: 1,097-302 (41 seasons) » Duke played each of its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium and JANUARY (4-3) a majority of its road games with no fans in attendance. J 6 21 - BOSTON COLLEGE * ACCN W 83-82 » The Blue Devils had two ACC games canceled due to COVID issues J 9 21 - WAKE FOREST * ACCN W 79-68 at those institutions and a self-inflicted COVID issue forced Duke J 12 19 20 at Virginia Tech * ACCN L 67-74 to withdraw from the ACC Tournament, after winning games over J 19 rv - at Pittsburgh * ESPN L 73-79 Boston College and Louisville to reach the quarterfinals. » A season defined by COVID-19 was also defined by a series J 23 rv rv at Louisville * ESPN L 65-70 of narrow losses by the Blue Devils in ACC play. Of Duke’s nine J 26 - - GEORGIA TECH * ESPN W 75-68 ACC setbacks, eight were each decided by seven points or less, J 30 - rv CLEMSON * ESPN2 W 79-53 including two in overtime. In seven of the games, Duke either led, FEBRUARY (4-4) or trailed by no more than two, in final 66 seconds of regulation. F 1 - - at Miami * ESPN L 75-77 » Sophomore Matthew Hurt, who was named first-team All-ACC and F 6 - - NORTH CAROLINA * ESPN L 87-91 selected as the ACC Most Improved Player, led the ACC in scoring F 9 - - NOTRE DAME * ACCN L 89-93 at 18.3 points per game. He became the 14th Blue Devil to finish as F 13 - - at NC State * ESPN W 69-53 the ACC’s scoring leader. » Hurt also finished second in the ACC in field goal percentage (.556), F 17 - - at Wake Forest * ACCN W 84-60 fourth in most three-pointers made (2.3) and 17th in rebounding F 20 - 7 VIRGINIA * ESPN W 66-65 (6.2). His 18.6 points in ACC-only games also led the conference. F 22 - - SYRACUSE * ESPN W 85-71 » With Hurt as a first-team All-ACC pick, Duke has had at least one F 27 - - LOUISVILLE * ESPN L OT 73-80 first-team honoree in 14 consecutive years. Also for the Blue Devils, MARCH (2-2) senior Jordan Goldwire was named to the All-Defensive Team, while M 2 - - at Georgia Tech * ACCN L OT 77-81 DJ Steward was an All-Freshman selection. M 6 - - at North Carolina * ESPN L 73-91 » Hurt was named the USBWA District III Player of the Year and M 9 - - vs. Boston College - 4 ACCN W 86-51 garnered All-District honors from both the USBWA and NABC. M 10 - - vs. Louisville - 4 ACCN W 70-56 » Hurt and Steward announced following the season their intentions M 11 15 - vs. Florida State - 4 ESPN canceled to enter the NBA Draft, joining freshman Jalen Johnson, who » Sophomore Matthew Hurt became the 14th Blue Devil to lead made the determination in February to forgo the remainder of his * ACC game the ACC in scoring as the sharpshooters averaged 18.3 points. campaign to prepare for the draft. 1 - State Farm Champions Classic (Cameron Indoor Stadium) » Hurt left Duke having averaged .421 from three-point range (98-of- 2 - Mako Medical Duke Classic Honoring Dr. Onye E. Akwari 233) for his two-year career to rank third on the Blue Devils’ career 3 - Big Ten/ACC Challenge (Cameron Indoor Stadium) list behind only Christian Laettner and Trajan Langdon. 4 - New York Life ACC Tournament (Greensboro, N.C.) » Freshman Mark Williams, who emerged late in the season as a factor Duke/opponent AP ranking at time of game in the front court, was named second-team All-ACC Tournament. In Duke’s final game of the season -- a win over Louisville in the ACC Non-Conference games not played: Dec. 6 vs. Elon; second round -- Williams posted his second career double-double Dec. 12 vs. Charleston Southern; Dec. 19 vs. Gardner-Webb with career highs in points (23) and rebounds (19), setting an ACC Tournament record for rebounds by a freshman. Conference games not played: Dec. 29 vs. Pittsburgh; » Williams scored 100 points over his final six games and averaged Jan. 2 at Florida State 16.7 points, 7.8 rebounds and shot 44-of-59 (.746) over that stretch, which included both of his career double-doubles. » For the season, Williams averaged 7.1 points, 4.5 rebounds, shot 71-of-107 (.664) from the field and swatted 1.4 blocks per game » IN THESE NOTES -- seventh in the ACC. Roster/TV/Radio Chart Page 2 Duke in the Polls Pages 25-26 » A Blue Devil has now been the ACC’s freshman scoring leader in Team Notes Pages 3-6 Duke Stats/Charts Pages 27-32 seven of the last eight seasons and eight of the last 10 as Steward Coach K Notes Pages 7-9 Box Scores Pages 33-36 did so this past season by averaging 13.0 points. NCAA Stats Page 10 Duke Overall Stats Page 37 » Goldwire capped an impressive four-year career by leading the Player Notes/Stats Pages 11-24 Duke ACC Stats Page 38 ACC in assist/turnover ratio (+2.82) as a senior, finishing second in the conference in steals (2.25) and seventh in assists (4.0). His 2.25 steals per game rank ninth best in a season at Duke, while his +2.82 » BASKETBALL COMMUNICATIONS assist/turnover ratio ranks seventh on Duke’s single-season list. Executive Director of Communications: Mike DeGeorge » Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski enters his 47th season overall and » [email protected] // C: 919-384-6601 // O: 919-668-1712 42nd at Duke in the 2021-22 season and is three wins shy of his Communications Staff Assistant: Kyle Williams » Freshman Mark Williams averaged 16.7 points, 7.8 rebounds 1,100th as the Blue Devils’ head coach. He has 1,170 victories overall, » [email protected] // C: 203-858-8650 // O: 919-668-4393 and shot .746 from the field over the season’s final six games. the most by any coach in college basketball history. » DUKE OVERALL / ACC-ONLY STATS 76.0 .468 .352 .691 71.3 .455 .356 +1.8 16.3 1.3 4.5 8.2 17.1 SCORING FG% 3FG% REBOUND AST-TURN POINTS FG% 3FG% FT% ASSISTS BLOCKS STEALS FOULS DEFENSE DEFENSE DEFENSE MARGIN RATIO 76.3 .472 .347 .706 73.4 .473 .380 +0.8 16.3 1.3 4.4 8.1 16.8 » RADIO / TV ROSTER » DUKE BY THE NUMBERS Seasons of Men’s Basketball 116th in 2020-21 Total Games 3,118 Duke all-time record 2,214-904 (.710) Duke all-time ACC record (regular season only) 6745-336 (.667) Duke under Coach K 1,097-302 (.784) Duke record in Cameron Indoor Stadium 915-168 (.846) ACC Championships 21 (last in 2018-19) NCAA Tournament Appearances 43 (last in 2018-19) NIT Postseason Appearances 5 (last in 1980-81) 20+ Win Seasons 55 (last in 2019-20) 30+ Win Seasons 15 (last in 2018-19) AP Top 10 Finishes 37 (last in 2018-19) AP No. 1 Finishes 8 (last in 2018-19) 3 • JEREMY ROACH 0 • WENDELL MOORE JR. 2 • DJ STEWARD Years Ranked No. 1 in the country (AP only) 23 (last in 2019-20) G | 6-1 | 175 | Fr. F | 6-5 | 216 | So. G | 6-2 | 163 | Fr. Overtime Games 133 (70-63) Leesburg, Va. Charlotte, N.C. Chicago, Ill. Duke 100-Point Games 193 (187-6) National Players of the Year 13 honors / 11 players (last in 2018-19) National Defensive Players of the Year 9 honors / 6 players (last in 2005-06) National Freshman of the Year 6 (last in 2019-20) All-American Honors 74 (last in 2019-20) Academic All-American Honors 20 (last in 2015-16) ACC Players of the Year 18 (last in 2019-20) ACC Freshman of the Year 12 (last in 2019-20) » 2020-21 ROSTER # Name Pos Ht Wt Yr Hometown High School / Previous 0 Wendell Moore Jr. F 6-5 216 So. Charlotte, N.C. Cox Mill 2 DJ Steward G 6-2 163 Fr. Chicago, Ill. Whitney Young 3 Jeremy Roach G 6-1 175 Fr. Lessburg, Va. Paul VI 5 • JAEMYN BRAKEFIELD 12 • PATRICK TAPÉ 13 • JOEY BAKER 5 Jaemyn Brakefield F 6-8 216 Fr.