2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
ACC Tournament champions
ACC regular season co-champions
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches No. 1
AP No. 1
2000–01 record 35–4 (13–3 ACC)
Head coach Mike Krzyzewski (21st season)
Assistant coach Johnny Dawkins
Assistant coach Chris Collins
Assistant coach Steve Wojciechowski
Home arena Cameron Indoor Stadium

The 2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team was a Division I college basketball team that competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Under the leadership of All-American duo Shane Battier and Jason "Jay" Williams, coach Mike Krzyzewski's Blue Devils won their third national championship in program history.

Roster

2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 31 Shane Battier 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)220 lb (100 kg) SrCountry Day Birmingham, MI
C 4 Carlos Boozer 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)280 lb (127 kg) SoJuneau–Douglas Juneau, AK
G 40 Andy Borman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)180 lb (82 kg) SoBradenton (FL) Morrisville, NC
G 15 Andre Buckner 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)170 lb (77 kg) SoUniversity Heights Hopkinsville, KY
G 5 Ryan Caldbeck 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)190 lb (86 kg) SrRice Memorial Shelburne, VT
F 41 Matt Christensen 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)265 lb (120 kg) JrBelmont Belmont, MA
G 21 Chris Duhon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)190 lb (86 kg) FrSalmen Slidell, LA
G/F 34 Mike Dunleavy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)220 lb (100 kg) SoJesuit Lake Oswego, OR
F 3 Nick Horvath 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)250 lb (113 kg) SoMounds View Shoreview, MN
G/F 14 Nate James 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)205 lb (93 kg) SrSt. John Washington, DC
G/F 30 Dahntay Jones  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)210 lb (95 kg) JrSteinart Trenton, NJ
F 42 Reggie Love 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)225 lb (102 kg) FrProvidence Day Charlotte, NC
C 20 Casey Sanders 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)235 lb (107 kg) SoTampa Prep Tampa, FL
G 13 J.D. Simpson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)200 lb (91 kg) SrSt. Francis Woodside, CA
G/F 12 Andre Sweet 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)205 lb (93 kg) FrBrother Rice New York, NY
G 22 Jason Williams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)195 lb (88 kg) SoSt. Joseph's Plainfield, NJ
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2017-05-13

Expectations

Shane Battier entered his senior season as the remaining member of Duke's heralded recruiting class of 1997 which included Elton Brand and William Avery and had nearly led Duke to a championship two years earlier. (Brand and Avery, along with Corey Maggette would become the first Duke underclassmen to leave early for the draft that year.) Despite losing the reigning ACC Player of the Year Chris Carrawell to graduation, the Blue Devils still retained sophomores Jason Williams, Mike Dunleavy, Jr., and Carlos Boozer and welcomed the addition of freshman Chris Duhon to their lineup.

Regular season

On January 27, 2001, the second-ranked Blue Devils played at eighth-ranked Maryland Terrapins in what would become the first of four contests between these two ACC rivals that year. With Duke trailing by 10 points with 54 seconds left in regulation, Williams scored eight points, including two three-pointers, in a 13-second span and James hit two free throws to send this game into overtime. In overtime Battier blocked a layup by Juan Dixon at the baseline with 4 seconds left to preserve a 98–96 victory.[1]

However, the Blue Devils stumbled in the next game at home against their archrival, fourth-ranked North Carolina by a score of 85–83.[2] A month later, Maryland would avenge their previous home loss to Duke when the No. 16 Terrapins defeated the No. 2 Blue Devils 91–80 on Shane Battier's Senior Night in Cameron Indoor Stadium. After center Carlos Boozer had to leave with a foot injury in that game,[3] coach Krzyzewski decided to change his game strategy, favoring a smaller, quicker lineup by having Duhon start at point guard and moving Williams over to shooting guard. His plan was successful in his next game at North Carolina, when Duke defeated the No. 4 Tar Heels 95–81 to claim a share of the regular season championship.[4] With many pundits having written Duke off after Boozer's injury, the new-look Blue Devils in fact went on to win all 6 of its following games before Boozer rejoined the team in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.

Conference Tournament

Duke finished the regular season with a 26–4 record entering the ACC Tournament as a No. 2 seed. In the tournament semifinals, they met Maryland for the third time this season. In another thrilling contest, after Maryland had rallied from a 14-point, second-half deficit, the Blue Devils defeated the Terrapins 84–82 when Nate James tipped in the game-winner with 1.3 seconds left[5] to advance to the title game against North Carolina. In the third game between Duke and UNC that season, the Blue Devils emerged victorious as ACC Tournament champions by the score of 79–53[6] and received a No. 1 seed in the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament.

NCAA tournament

The Blue Devils would travel the same path they took nine years ago when they claimed their last championship in 1992, from Greensboro to Philadelphia to Minneapolis, where they met Maryland for the fourth time that season, this time in the Final Four with a berth in the championship game at stake. Finding themselves down 39–17 with 6:57 to play in the first half and down 49–38 at the half, Duke went on to stage a comeback against the Terrapins and win 95–84 to advance to the championship game. Duke's 22-point deficit and 11-point halftime deficit marked the largest comeback in Final Four history.[7]

Facing fifth-ranked Arizona led by Gilbert Arenas and Richard Jefferson and coached by Lute Olson, who had lost his wife to cancer earlier during the season, Duke was able to stave off a comeback attempt in the second half and clinch the title by a final score of 82–72. With his third national championship, coach Mike Krzyzewski tied his mentor Bob Knight for third place behind Adolph Rupp (4) and John Wooden (10). Battier was named the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player.[8]

2000–01 schedule and results

Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
November 14, 2000*
9:00 PM, ESPN		 No. 2 Princeton W 107-59  1–0
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, North Carolina
November 17, 2000*
7:00 PM, ESPN		 No. 2 Villanova W 98–85  2–0
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, North Carolina
November 22, 2000*
9:00 PM, ESPN		 No. 2 vs. Texas
Preseason NIT		 W 95–69  3–0
 Madison Square Garden (11,449)
New York City
November 24, 2000*
9:00 PM, ESPN		 No. 2 vs. Temple
Preseason NIT		 W 63–61  4–0
 Madison Square Garden (12,989)
New York
November 25, 2000*
9:00 PM, HTS		 No. 2 Army W 91–48  5–0
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, North Carolina
November 28, 2000*
9:00 PM, ESPN		 No. 1 vs. No. 9 Illinois
ACC–Big Ten Challenge		 W 78–77  6–0
 Greensboro Coliseum (17,966)
Greensboro, North Carolina
December 2, 2000*
7:00 PM, ESPN		 No. 1 at No. 17 Temple W 93–68  7–0
 First Union Center (19,455)
Philadelphia
December 5, 2000*
7:00 PM, FSS/HTS		 No. 1 Davidson W 102–60  8–0
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, North Carolina
December 9, 2000*
9:00 PM, ESPN		 No. 1 Michigan W 104–61  9–0
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, North Carolina
December 19, 2000*
10:00 PM		 No. 1 at Portland W 97–64  10–0
 Rose Garden (15,341)
Portland, Oregon
December 21, 2000*
9:00 PM, FSN/HTS		 No. 1 vs. No. 3 Stanford
Pete Newell Challenge		 L 83–84  10–1
 The Arena in Oakland (19,804)
Oakland, California
December 30, 2000*
1:30 PM, RJ		 No. 3 North Carolina A&T W 108–73  11–1
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, North Carolina
January 4, 2001
7:00 PM, ESPN2		 No. 3 at Florida State W 99–72  12–1
 Tallahassee–Leon County Civic Center (4,337)
Tallahassee, Florida
January 7, 2001
1:30 PM, RJ		 No. 3 Clemson W 115–74  13–1
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, North Carolina
January 10, 2001
9:00 PM, ESPN		 No. 2 at North Carolina State W 84–78  14–1
 Entertainment & Sports Arena (18,263)
Raleigh, North Carolina
January 13, 2001
3:30 PM, ABC		 No. 2 No. 10 Virginia W 103–61  15–1
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, North Carolina
January 16, 2001*
7:30 PM, ESPN2		 No. 2 No. 25 Boston College W 97–75  16–1
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, North Carolina
January 20, 2001
12:00 PM, ESPN		 No. 2 at Georgia Tech W 98–77  17–1
 Alexander Memorial Coliseum (10,000)
Atlanta
January 24, 2001
9:00 PM, RJ		 No. 2 No. 9 Wake Forest W 85–62  18–1
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, North Carolina
January 27, 2001
8:00 PM, ESPN		 No. 2 at No. 8 Maryland W 98–96 OT 19–1
 Cole Field House (14,500)
College Park, Maryland
February 1, 2001
9:00 PM, ESPN2		 No. 2 No. 4 North Carolina L 83–85  19–2
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, North Carolina
February 4, 2001
1:00 PM, RJ		 No. 2 Florida State W 100–58  20–2
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, North Carolina
February 7, 2001
9:00 PM, ESPN		 No. 3 at Clemson W 81–64  21–2
 Littlejohn Coliseum (10,700)
Clemson, South Carolina
February 11, 2001
3:30 PM, ABC		 No. 3 North Carolina State W 101–75  22–2
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, North Carolina
February 14, 2001
7:00 PM, ESPN		 No. 3 at No. 12 Virginia L 89–91  22–3
 University Hall (8,242)
Charlottesville, Virginia
February 18, 2001*
12:00 PM, CBS		 No. 3 at St. John's W 91–59  23–3
 Madison Square Garden (19,580)
New York
February 21, 2001
7:00 PM, ESPN		 No. 4 Georgia Tech W 98–54  24–3
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, North Carolina
February 24, 2001
1:00 PM, CBS		 No. 4 at No. 24 Wake Forest W 82–80  25–3
 Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum (14,400)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
February 27, 2001
8:00 PM, RJ		 No. 2 No. 16 Maryland L 80–91  25–4
 Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
Durham, North Carolina
March 4, 2001
3:30 PM, ABC		 No. 2 at No. 4 North Carolina W 95–81  26–4
 Dean Smith Center (21,750)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
ACC Tournament
March 9, 2001
7:00 PM, ESPN		 No. 3 vs. North Carolina State
ACC Tournament Quarterfinals		 W 76–61  27–4
 Georgia Dome (40,083)
Atlanta
March 10, 2001
4:15 PM, ESPN		 No. 3 vs. No. 11 Maryland
ACC Tournament Semifinals		 W 84–82  28–4
 Georgia Dome (40,083)
Atlanta
March 11, 2001
1:15 PM, ESPN		 No. 3 vs. No. 6 North Carolina
ACC Tournament Finals		 W 79–53  29–4
 Georgia Dome (40,083)
Atlanta
2001 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament
March 15, 2001*
7:45 PM, CBS		 (1 E) No. 1 vs. (16 E) Monmouth
East First Round		 W 95–52  30–4
 Greensboro Coliseum (18,932)
Greensboro, North Carolina
March 17, 2001*
1:15 PM, CBS		 (1 E) No. 1 vs. (9 E) Missouri
East Second Round		 W 94–81  31–4
 Greensboro Coliseum (18,500)
Greensboro, North Carolina
March 22, 2001*
7:30 PM, CBS		 (1 E) No. 1 vs. (4 E) No. 15 UCLA
East Regional Semifinal		 W 76–63  32–4
 First Union Center (20,270)
Philadelphia
March 24, 2001*
7:00 PM, CBS		 (1 E) No. 1 vs. (6 E) USC
East Regional Final		 W 79–69  33–4
 First Union Center (20,270)
Philadelphia
March 31, 2001*
 CBS		 (1 E) No. 1 vs. (3 W) No. 11 Maryland
National Semifinal		 W 95–84  34–4
 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (45,406)
Minneapolis
April 2, 2001*
 CBS		 (1 E) No. 1 vs. (2 MW) No. 5 Arizona
National Championship		 W 82–72  35–4
 Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome (45,994)
Minneapolis
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Accomplishments

  • 3rd national championship in school history (1991, 1992, 2001)
  • 2nd appearance in national championship game in three years (1999, 2001)
  • 3rd straight No. 1-ranking in final regular season AP poll, and 1st No. 1-ranked team to win the national championship since UCLA in 1995.
  • Duke set an NCAA record by winning its 133rd game over a four-year period. The Blue Devils (133–15) broke the record set by Kentucky from 1995–96 and 1998–99.
  • Duke is the first team to be seeded No. 1 over four consecutive seasons since the NCAA began seeding teams in 1979.
  • Duke swept all the major National Player of the Year Awards:
  • Shane Battier won the NABC Defensive Player of the Year award for the third straight time.
  • Shane Battier tied an NCAA record for victories (131) for a four-year period set by Kentucky's Wayne Turner.
  • Jason Williams set a Duke single-season scoring record with 841 points, previously held by Dick Groat (831) in 1951.
  • Shane Battier and Jason Williams were consensus All-American First Team selections.[9]
  • Shane Battier was an Academic All-American First Team selection for the 2nd straight year.[10]
  • Three players received All-ACC honors:
    • Shane Battier, Jason Williams (1st Team)
    • Nate James (3rd Team)
  • Two players from the 2001 squad (Battier and Jason Williams) had their jerseys retired by Duke.
  • Duke set records with the most three-pointers made (407) and attempted (1,057) in a single season by a college basketball team.

References

  1. ↑ No. 2 Duke Has A Devil Of A Time With No. 8 Maryland
  2. ↑ Haywood's Heroism Lifts UNC Past Duke
  3. ↑ No. 16 Terrapins Trip No. 2 Blue Devils, 91–80
  4. ↑ No. 2 Blue Devils Bomb No. 4 Tar Heels, 95–81
  5. ↑ Nate James' Tip Tops Terps, 84–82
  6. ↑ Blue Devils Win ACC Championship
  7. ↑ Duke Comes Back, Trips Up Terps, 95–84
  8. ↑ Blue Devils Capture NCAA Championship!
  9. ↑ "ACC Dominates All-America Team". Archived from the original on 2009-05-14. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
  10. ↑ "Shane Battier Named Verizon Academic All-America of the Year". Archived from the original on 2012-03-07. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
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