1977–78 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
1977–78 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
ACC Tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, Runner-up
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 9
AP	No. 7
1977–78 record	27–7 (8–4 ACC)
Head coach	Bill Foster
Assistant coach	Bob Wenzel
Assistant coach	Lou Goetz
Assistant coach	Ray Jones
MVP	Jim Spanarkel
Captain	Jim Spanarkel
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium

The 1977–78 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The head coach was Bill Foster. The team played its home games in the Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

NCAA basketball tournament

East
- Duke 63, Rhode Island 62
- Duke 84, Pennsylvania 80
- Duke 90, Villanova 72
Final Four
- Duke 90, Notre Dame 86
- Kentucky 94, Duke 88

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Team players drafted into the NBA

No one from the men’s basketball team was selected in the 1978 NBA Draft.^[2]

References

↑ http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1978
↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2009-05-04.

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[1] ttp://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1978

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2009-05-04.

Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
Venues	The Ark (1906–1923) Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (1924–1930) Card Gymnasium (1930–1939) Cameron Indoor Stadium (1940–present)
Rivalries	North Carolina (Carlyle Cup) Maryland Michigan
Culture & lore	"Blue and White" Cameron Crazies Champions Classic Dixie Classic/Big Four "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!" I Hate Christian Laettner Krzyzewskiville "The Shot" Tobacco Road
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics