| 2000–01Duke Blue Devils men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
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| Coaches | No. 1 |
| AP | No. 1 |
| Record | 35–4 (13–3 ACC) |
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| Home arena | Cameron Indoor Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6North Carolina | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1Duke † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 35 | – | 4 | .897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11Maryland | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 25 | – | 11 | .694 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 16Virginia | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 20 | – | 9 | .690 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 17 | – | 13 | .567 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 23Wake Forest | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 13 | – | 16 | .448 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 9 | – | 21 | .300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †2001 ACC tournament winner Rankings fromAP Poll[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team representedDuke University during the2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, and were coached by 21st-year head coachMike Krzyzewski.
Duke won the2001 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament and defeatedMonmouth,Missouri,UCLA,USC,Maryland, andArizona to win their third national championship in Duke's history, under the leadership of All-American duoShane Battier andJason "Jay" Williams.
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Shane Battier entered his senior season as the remaining member of Duke's heralded recruiting class of 1997 which includedElton Brand andWilliam Avery and had nearly led Duke to a championshiptwo years earlier. (Brand and Avery, along withCorey Maggette would become the first Duke underclassmen to leave early for thedraft that year.) Despite losing the reigningACC Player of the YearChris Carrawell to graduation, the Blue Devils still retained sophomores Jason Williams,Mike Dunleavy Jr., andCarlos Boozer and welcomed the addition of freshmanChris Duhon to their lineup.
On January 27, 2001, the #2 Duke Blue Devils played at #8Maryland Terrapins in what would become the first of four contests between these two ACC powerhouses. With Duke trailing by 10 points, with 54 seconds left in regulation, Williams scored eight points. These points included two 3 pointers in a 13-second span. James hit two free throws to send this game into overtime. In overtime, Battier blocked a layup byJuan Dixon at the baseline with 4 seconds left to preserve a 98 to 96 victory.[2]
However, the Blue Devils stumbled in the next game at home against their rival, 4th rankedNorth Carolina by a score of85 to 83.[3] A month later, Maryland would avenge their home loss to Duke when the No. 16 Terrapins defeated the No. 2 Blue Devils 91 to 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,[4] Coach Krzyzewski decided to change his 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 Duke's next game at North Carolina, when Duke defeated the No. 4 Tar Heels 95 to 81 to claim a share of the regular season championship.[5] The Blue Devils went on to win 6 of its games following Boozer's injury. Then Boozer rejoined the team in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.
Duke finished the regular season with a 26–4 record entering theACC 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 to 82 whenNate James tipped in the game-winner with 1.3 seconds left[6] 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 to 53[7] and received a No. 1 seed in the East Regional of theNCAA tournament.
The Blue Devils would travel the same path they took nine years ago when they claimed their last championship in1992, fromGreensboro toPhiladelphia toMinneapolis, 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 to 17 with 6:57 to play in the first half and down 49 to 38 at Halftime, Duke went on to stage a comeback against the Terrapins and win95–84 to advance to the championship game. Duke's 22-point deficit and 11-point Halftime deficit marked the largest comeback in Final Four history until 2022, when Kansas overcame a 15-point halftime deficit to defeat North Carolina in the National Championship Game.[8]
Facing fifth-rankedArizona led byGilbert Arenas andRichard Jefferson and coached byLute 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 of82–72. With his third national championship, coach Mike Krzyzewski tied his mentorBob Knight for third place behindAdolph Rupp (4) andJohn Wooden (10). Battier was named theNCAA basketball tournament Most Outstanding Player.[9]
| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| 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 Rivalry | 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 (1–0) | Tallahassee–Leon County Civic Center (4,337) Tallahassee, Florida | ||||||
| January 7, 2001 1:30 pm, RJ | No. 3 | Clemson | W 115–74 | 13–1 (2–0) | 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 (3–0) | 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 (4–0) | 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 (5–0) | Alexander Memorial Coliseum (10,000) Atlanta | ||||||
| January 24, 2001 9:00 pm, RJ | No. 2 | No. 9 Wake Forest | W 85–62 | 18–1 (6–0) | 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 (7–0) | 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 (7–1) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| February 4, 2001 1:00 pm, RJ | No. 2 | Florida State | W 100–58 | 20–2 (8–1) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314) Durham, North Carolina | ||||||
| February 7, 2001 9:00 pm, ESPN | No. 3 | at Clemson | W 81–64 | 21–2 (9–1) | Littlejohn Coliseum (10,700) Clemson, South Carolina | ||||||
| February 11, 2001 3:30 pm, ABC | No. 3 | North Carolina State | W 101–75 | 22–2 (10–1) | 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 (10–2) | 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 (11–2) | 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 (12–2) | 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 (12–3) | 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 (13–3) | Dean Smith Center (21,750) Chapel Hill, North Carolina | ||||||
| ACC tournament | |||||||||||
| March 9, 2001 7:00 pm, ESPN | (7)No. 3 | vs. (7) North Carolina State Quarterfinals | W 76–61 | 27–4 | Georgia Dome (40,083) Atlanta | ||||||
| March 10, 2001 4:15 pm, ESPN | (2)No. 3 | vs. (3) No. 11 Maryland Semifinals | W 84–82 | 28–4 | Georgia Dome (40,083) Atlanta | ||||||
| March 11, 2001 1:15 pm, ESPN | (2)No. 3 | vs. (1) No. 6 North Carolina Finals | W 79–53 | 29–4 | Georgia Dome (40,083) Atlanta | ||||||
| NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
| March 15, 2001* 7:45 pm, CBS | (1 E)No. 1 | vs. (16 E) Monmouth 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 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 Sweet Sixteen | 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 Elite Eight | 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 Final Four | 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 | ||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| AP | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | Not released |
| Coaches | 2 | 2^ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll
