1996–97 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

The 1996–97 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The head coach was Mike Krzyzewski. The team played its home games in the Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

1996–97 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
ACC regular season champions
NCAA Tournament, Second Round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 8
1996–97 record24–9 (12–4 ACC)
Head coachMike Krzyzewski (17th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCameron Indoor Stadium
1996–97 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 8 Duke124 .750  249  .727
No. 9 Wake Forest115 .688  247  .774
No. 4 North Carolina115 .688  287  .800
No. 14 Clemson97 .563  2310  .697
No. 22 Maryland97 .563  2111  .656
Virginia79 .438  1813  .581
NC State412 .250  1715  .531
Georgia Tech313 .188  918  .333
1997 ACC Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

NCAA basketball tournament

Seeding in brackets

  • West
    • Duke (2) 81, Murray State (15) 78
    • Providence (10) 98, Duke 87

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Rankings

Awards and honors

  • Mike Krzyzewski, ACC Coach of the Year
  • Mike Krzyzewski, Basketball Times National Coach of the Year

Team players drafted into the NBA

No one from the men's basketball team was selected in the 1997 NBA Draft.[2]

References

  1. http://www.databasesports.com/ncaab/tourney.htm?yr=1997
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-03-31. Retrieved 2009-05-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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