1962–63 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

The 1962–63 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The head coach was Vic Bubas. The team played its home games in the Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

1962–63 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
ACC regular season champions
ACC Tournament champions
NCAA Men's Division I Tournament, Third Place
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 2
1962–63 record27–3 (14–0 ACC)
Head coachVic Bubas
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCameron Indoor Stadium
1962–63 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 2 Duke140 1.000  273  .900
Wake Forest113 .786  1610  .615
North Carolina104 .714  156  .714
Clemson59 .357  1213  .480
NC State59 .357  1011  .476
South Carolina410 .286  915  .375
Maryland410 .286  813  .381
Virginia311 .214  520  .200
1963 ACC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Roster

# Pos. Player Height
11 G Fred Schmidt 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
13 F Brent Kitching 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
20 G Denny Ferguson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
22 C Jay Buckley 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
23 G Ray Cox 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
25 F Art Heyman 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
30 G Buzzy Harrison 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
31 C Hack Tison 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
33 F Bob Jamieson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
44 F Jeff Mullins 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
45 F Ted Mann, Jr. 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
55 G Ron Herbster 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Source: 1963 NCAA Championship program[2]

NCAA basketball tournament

Duke center Jay Buckley blocks Les Hunter of Loyola during the NCAA national semifinal.
  • West
    • Duke 81, New York 76
    • Duke 73, St. Joseph's, Pennsylvania 59
  • Final Four
  • Third Place Game
    • Duke 85, Oregon State 63

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Awards and honors

Art Heyman rebounding against Clemson

Team players drafted into the NBA

RoundPickPlayerNBA Club
11Art HeymanNew York Knicks

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References

  1. sports-reference.com 1962-63 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
  2. NCAA Annual National Collegiate Basketball Championship: 25th Anniversary Souvenir Program (Game program), NCAA, 1963-03-22 via Mississippi State University Libraries
  3. 1963 NCAA Basketball Tournament Bracket and Results - databaseSports.com
  4. "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". cbs.sportsline.com. Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2008.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-06-11. Retrieved 2008-06-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. 1963 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com Archived 2012-08-05 at the Wayback Machine


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