1977–78 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
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.
1977–78 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball | |
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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 (4th season) |
Assistant coaches |
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MVP | Jim Spanarkel |
Captain | Jim Spanarkel |
Home arena | Cameron Indoor Stadium |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 North Carolina | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 23 | – | 8 | .742 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 Duke † | 8 | – | 4 | .667 | 27 | – | 7 | .794 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 21 | – | 10 | .677 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 20 | – | 8 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 15 | – | 13 | .536 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 15 | – | 12 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1978 ACC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll[1] |
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
Awards and honors
Team players drafted into the NBA
No one from the men's basketball team was selected in the 1978 NBA Draft. However, Jim Spanarkel was drafted 16th overall in the 1979 NBA Draft. Also, Mike Gminski was picked 7th overall in the 1980 NBA Draft, and Gene Banks and Kenny Dennard were picked 28th and 78th in the 1981 NBA Draft, respectively.[3]
References
- sports-reference.com 1977-78 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
- http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1978
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-18. Retrieved 2009-05-04.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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