2016-17 Game Notes No. 2 Duke (27-8) vs. No. 15 Troy (22-14) 36 Friday, March 17, 2017 // 7:20 p.m. ET // TBS Greenville, S.C. // Bon Secours Wellness Arena (15,951) 2016-17 SCHEDULE DUKE INFORMATION THE OPENING TIP BASKETBALL HALL OF FAME TIP-OFF Duke (CAMERON INDOOR STADIUM - DURHAM, N.C.) • After becoming the fi rst team to win four games N11 [1/-] MARIST (ACCN EXTRA) W, 94-49 Blue Devils in four days to claim the ACC Tournament crown, N12 [1/-] GRAND CANYON (RSN) W, 96-61 Duke received the No. 2 seed in the East Region Record 27-8 (11-7 ACC) and will face Troy for the fi rst time Friday. State Farm Champions Classic Rankings (AP/Coaches) TBD (Madison Square Garden - New York, N.Y.) Last Game W, 75-69 vs. No. 22 Notre Dame (3/11/17) • Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski has led the N15 [1/7] vs. Kansas (ESPN) L, 75-77 program to the NCAA Tournament for the 33rd Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski (Army, ‘69) time, a record number of bids by a coach. Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Career Record 1,070-329/42nd Season (Mohegan Sun Arena - Uncasville, Conn.) Duke Record 997-270/37th Season N19 [1/-] vs. Penn State (ACCN Extra) W, 78-68 • Coach K has won a record 90 NCAA Tournament N20 [1/21] vs. Rhode Island (ESPN) W, 75-65 games and his .769 tourney winning percentage is the second-best in history. N23 [6/-] WILLIAM & MARY (ESPNU) W, 88-67 OPPONENT INFORMATION N26 [6/-] APPALACHIAN STATE (RSN) W, 93-58 • Duke has been a top-three seed an NCAA-best Troy 28 times since 1985, four more than the closest ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE team (Kansas, 24). N29 [5/-] MICHIGAN STATE (ESPN) W, 78-69 Trojans • Duke has won a nation’s-best 13 games over RPI D3 [5/-] MAINE (ESPN2) W, 94-55 Record 22-14 (10-8 Sun Belt) top-50 teams. Seven of the 13 have come away Rankings (AP/Coaches) NR/NR from Cameron against ranked teams. Jimmy V Classic Last Game W, 59-53 vs. Texas State (3/12/17) (Madison Square Garden - New York, N.Y.) • Duke ranks fourth nationally in three-point D6 [5/21] vs. Florida (ESPN) W, 84-74 Head Coach Phil Cunningham (Campbellsville, ‘90) fi eld goal percentage defense (.295), outscoring Career Record 52-75/4th Season opponents by 9.7 points from deep on the year. D10 [5/-] vs. UNLV^ (ESPN) W, 94-55 Troy Record 52-75/4th Season D19 [5/-] TENNESSEE STATE (ESPN2) W, 65-55 Luke Kennard D21 [5/-] vs. Elon+ (ESPN2) W, 72-61 • leads the ACC in scoring (20.1) D31 [5/-] at Virginia Tech (ESPN2) L, 75-89 despite ranking second in the league in minutes J4 [8/-] GEORGIA TECH (ESPN2) W, 110-57 BROADCAST INFORMATION played (35.9). He has scored 10+ points in 34-of- J7 [8/-] BOSTON COLLEGE (RSN) W, 93-82 35 games on the year. J10 [7/9] at Florida State (ACCN) L, 72-88 TBS Play-by-Play: Brian Anderson J14 [7/14] at Louisville (ESPN) L, 69-78 Analyst: Chris Webber • Amile Jefferson is the 11th player in Duke J21 [18/-] MIAMI (ESPN) W, 70-58 Reporter: Lewis Johnson history, and seventh under Coach K, to score J23 [17/-] NC STATE (ESPN) L, 82-84 Blue Devil IMG Sports Network Play-by-Play: Bob Harris 1,000 points and record 900 rebounds. He also J28 [17/-] at Wake Forest (ACCN) W, 85-83 Analyst: John Roth ranks eighth on Duke’s career blocks chart. J30 [21/20] at Notre Dame (ESPN) W, 84-74 Westwood One Play-by-Play: John Sadak F4 [21/-] PITTSBURGH (CBS) W, 72-64 Analyst: John Thompson • Jayson Tatum (16.9 points, 7.3 rebounds) is F9 [18/8] NORTH CAROLINA (ESPN/ACCN) W, 86-78 Analyst: Eric Montross making a bid to join Jabari Parker and Jahlil F11 [18/-] CLEMSON (ACCN) W, 64-62 Sirius/XM TBD Okafor as the only freshmen to average 15+ F15 [12/14] at Virginia (ESPN2) W, 65-55 points and 7+ rebounds under Coach K. F18 [12/-] WAKE FOREST (ACCN) W, 99-94 F22 [10/-] at Syracuse (ESPN) L, 75-78 F25 [10/-] at Miami (CBS) L, 50-55 DUKE BLUE DEVIL AVERAGES F28 [17/15] FLORIDA STATE (ESPN) W, 75-70 M4 [17/5] at North Carolina (ESPN) L, 83-90 No. Name (Ht., Wt., Yr.) Pos. PPG RPG APG Notables 0 Jayson Tatum (6-8, 205, Fr.) F 16.9 7.3 2.2 Averaged 22.0 pts on .554 shooting at ACCT ACC Tournament 1 Harry Giles (6-10, 240, Fr.) F 4.3 4.0 0.3 Duke’s fi rst sub in nine games (Barclays Center - Brooklyn, N.Y.) 2 Chase Jeter (6-10, 230, So.) F/C 2.6 2.7 0.4 Has a career-high 17 blocks on the year M8 [14/-] vs. Clemson (ESPN/ACCN) W, 79-72 3 Grayson Allen (6-5, 202, Jr.) G 14.1 3.7 3.5 Duke is 13-2 in 2016-17 when he leads team in assists M9 [14/10] vs. Louisville (ESPN/ACCN) W, 81-77 5 Luke Kennard (6-6, 202, So.) G 20.1 5.3 2.5 Sporting News 2nd-team All-American; ACCT MVP M10 [14/6] vs. North Carolina (ESPN/ACCN) W, 93-83 12 Javin DeLaurier (6-10, 220, Fr.) F 1.7 2.3 0.1 Six of his eight fi eld goals this season are dunks M11 [14/22] vs. Notre Dame (ESPN/ACCN) W, 75-69 13 Matt Jones (6-5, 204, Sr.) G 6.8 2.8 1.9 ACC All-Defensive Team; averaging 1.7 steals/game 15 Frank Jackson (6-3, 205, Fr.) G 10.7 2.6 1.6 Averaging 13.0 pts on .515 shooting in last 4 games NCAA Tournament 20 Marques Bolden (6-11, 245, Fr.) C 1.5 1.1 0.1 Blocked a season-high 3 shots at MIami (2/25) (Bon Secours Wellness Arena - Greenville, S.C.) 21 Amile Jefferson (6-9, 224, Gr.) F 10.9 8.2 1.6 Will play in Duke-record 149th game Friday M8 [TBD/-] vs. Troy (TBS) 7:20 p.m. ET 30 Antonio Vrankovic (7-0, 261, So.) C 2.8 2.8 0.5 Has seen action in 11 games 34 Sean Obi (6-9, 255, Jr.) F - - - Transferred to Duke prior to 2014-15 season [ ] - denotes Duke/opponent AP ranking at time of game 41 Jack White (6-7, 215, Fr.) F 2.3 1.4 0.1 Has seen action in nine games ^ - T-Mobile Arena (Las Vegas, Nev.) 45 Nick Pagliuca (6-3, 195, Sr.) G 0.0 0.0 0.4 Has seen action in 29 career games + - Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, N.C.) 50 Justin Robinson (6-8, 194, R-Fr.) F 0.2 0.2 0.0 Has played in fi ve games 53 Brennan Besser (6-5, 188, So.) G 0.0 0.0 0.0 Has seen action in two career games DUKE 2016-17 WINS VS. LOSSES STATISTICAL COMPARISON Category Wins Losses Duke ........................................................................Category ............................................................................. Troy Points per game 83.0 72.6 80.7 ............................................................................ Points per Game ..................................................................................78.4 Opponent points per game 66.9 79.9 69.8 ...................................................................Opponent Points per Game ..........................................................................71.7 .477........................................................................ Field Goal Percentage ............................................................................ .457 Field goal pct. .493 .422 .433 ..............................................................Opponent Field Goal Percentage .................................................................. .427 Opponent fi eld goal pct. .414 .499 .376 .............................................................Three-Point Field Goal Percentage ................................................................ .362 3FG percentage .392 .320 .295 ..................................................Opponent Three-Point Field Goal Percentage ....................................................... .336 Opponent 3FG pct. .280 .357 8.2............................................................... Three-Point Field Goals per Game .................................................................... 8.5 Free throw pct. .772 .713 5.0......................................................Opponent Three-Point Field Goals per Game ...........................................................7.8 Rebounds per game 36.6 35.4 .758 ....................................................................... Free Throw Percentage ............................................................................ .722 Rebound margin +3.6 +0.3 +2.9 ............................................................................. Rebound Margin .................................................................................. +2.6 Assists per game 13.7 10.9 13.1 ...............................................................................Assists per Game .................................................................................. 13.2 Turnovers per game 10.9 12.6 11.3............................................................................Turnovers per Game ...............................................................................12.4 Turnover margin +1.5 -2.0 4.5 .............................................................................. Blocks per Game .....................................................................................3.5 5.9 ...............................................................................Steals per Game ......................................................................................6.1 Steals per game 6.1 5.3 18.1 ............................................................................... Fouls per Game .....................................................................................17.6 Blocks per game 4.6 4.3 DUKE VS. TROY - LAST 10 GAMES | ALL-TIME SERIES: NEVER MET Date Location Result Duke’s Leading Scorer DUKE IN THE NCAA (THROUGH MARCH 12) Never met Category Rank (Avg.) Winning percentage ........................................... 29th (.771) Scoring offense ..................................................28th (80.7) Scoring defense................................................. 112th (69.8) Scoring margin ....................................................23rd (10.8) Field goal percentage