1996–97 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

1996–97 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
ACC regular season champions
NCAA tournament, round of 32
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 8
Record24–9 (12–4 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCameron Indoor Stadium
Seasons
1996–97 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Duke 12 4   .750 24 9   .727
No. 9 Wake Forest 11 5   .688 24 7   .774
No. 4 North Carolina 11 5   .688 28 7   .800
No. 14 Clemson 9 7   .563 23 10   .697
No. 22 Maryland 9 7   .563 21 11   .656
Virginia 7 9   .438 18 13   .581
NC State 4 12   .250 17 15   .531
Georgia Tech 3 13   .188 9 18   .333
1997 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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.

Roster

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1996–97 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 5 Jeff Capel 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Sr Cardinal Ritter Fayetteville, NC
F 23 Chris Carrawell 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr South View St. Louis, MO
F 41 Matt Christensen 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 265 lb (120 kg) So Belmont Belmont, MA
C 40 Taymon Domzalski 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) So New Mexico Military Institute Lovington, NM
G 22 Jay Heaps 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 155 lb (70 kg) So Longmeadow Longmeadow, MA
G 21 Trajan Langdon 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS So East Anchorage Anchorage, AK
F 4 Roshown McLeod 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Sr St. Anthony's Jersey City, NJ
F/C 55 Greg Newton 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Sr A.N. Myer Niagara Falls, Ontario
G/F 3 Ricky Price 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Serra Gardena, CA
F 15 Todd Singleton 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Old Mill Severn, MD
F 34 Carmen Wallace 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Tower Hill Wilmington, DE
G 12 Steve Wojciechowski 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Jr Cardinal Gibbons Severn, MD
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2021-01-23

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Regular season
November 20, 1996*
No. 10 St. Joseph's
Preseason NIT
W 89–60  1–0
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
November 22, 1996*
No. 10 Vanderbilt
Preseason NIT
W 86–57  2–0
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
November 27, 1996*
No. 6 vs. No. 22 Tulsa
Preseason NIT
W 72–67  3–0
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
November 29, 1996*
No. 6 vs. No. 20 Indiana
Preseason NIT
L 69–85  3–1
Madison Square Garden 
New York, NY
December 2, 1996*
No. 10 Lehigh W 103–51  4–1
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
December 5, 1996
No. 10 Florida State W 72–66 OT 5–1
(1–0)
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
December 8, 1996*
No. 10 No. 7 Michigan L 61–62  5–2
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
December 11, 1996*
No. 14 Davidson W 85–58  6–2
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
December 14, 1996*
No. 14 at No. 4 Villanova W 87–79  7–2
CoreStates Center 
Philadelphia, PA
December 22, 1996*
No. 11 Army W 100–38  8–2
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
December 30, 1996*
No. 13 Western Carolina W 104–54  9–2
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
January 2, 1997*
No. 13 South Carolina State W 104–54  10–2
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
January 5, 1997
No. 13 at Georgia Tech W 66–56  11–2
(2–0)
Alexander Memorial Coliseum 
Atlanta, GA
January 7, 1997
No. 10 at No. 5 Clemson L 82–86 OT 11–3
(2–1)
Littlejohn Coliseum 
Clemson, SC
January 11, 1997
No. 10 No. 2 Wake Forest L 69–81  11–4
(2–2)
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
January 13, 1997*
No. 13 Campbell W 84–59  12–4
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
January 15, 1997*
No. 13 at UNC Greensboro W 87–49  13–4
Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
January 18, 1997
No. 13 Virginia W 78–59  14–4
(3–2)
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
January 21, 1997
No. 10 at NC State W 70–55  15–4
(4–2)
Reynolds Coliseum 
Raleigh, NC
January 26, 1997
No. 10 at No. 7 Maryland L 70–74  15–5
(4–3)
Cole Field House 
College Park, MD
January 29, 1997
No. 12 No. 19 North Carolina W 80–73  16–5
(5–3)
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
February 2, 1997
No. 12 Georgia Tech W 70–61  17–5
(6–3)
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
February 5, 1997
No. 8 at No. 2 Wake Forest W 73–68  18–5
(7–3)
LJVM Coliseum 
Winston-Salem, NC
February 8, 1997
No. 8 NC State W 80–51  19–5
(8–3)
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
February 11, 1997
No. 6 at Virginia W 62–61  20–5
(9–3)
University Hall 
Charlottesville, VA
February 15, 1997
No. 6 at Florida State W 89–79  21–5
(10–3)
Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
February 18, 1997
No. 6 No. 8 Clemson W 84–77  22–5
(11–3)
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
February 23, 1997*
No. 6 at No. 17 UCLA L 69–73  22–6
Pauley Pavilion 
Los Angeles, CA
February 27, 1997
No. 7 No. 16 Maryland W 81–69  23–6
(12–3)
Cameron Indoor Stadium 
Durham, NC
March 2, 1997
No. 7 at No. 8 North Carolina L 85–91  23–7
(12–4)
Dean Smith Center 
Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Tournament
March 7, 1997
(1) No. 7 vs. (8) NC State
ACC tournament
L 60–66  23–8
Greensboro Coliseum 
Greensboro, NC
NCAA tournament
March 14, 1997*
, CBS
(2) No. 8 vs. (15) Murray State
NCAA SE First Round
W 71–68  24–8
Charlotte Coliseum 
Charlotte, NC
March 16, 1997*
, CBS
(2) No. 8 vs. (10) Providence
NCAA SE Second Round
L 87–98  24–9
Charlotte Coliseum 
Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
SE=Southeast region.
Source: Duke media guide[1]

Rankings

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Awards and honors

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

Team players drafted into the NBA

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

References

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  1. ^ "2019–20 Duke MBB Media Guide" (PDF). Duke Athletics. Duke University. October 14, 2019. p. 177. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "1997 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 31, 2008. Retrieved May 5, 2009.