2000-01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

NCAATeamSeason
Mode=Basketball
Year=2000-2001
Prev year=1999-2000
Next year=2001-2002
Team=Duke Blue Devils

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Conference=Atlantic Coast Conference
Division=
ShortConference=ACC
CoachRank=1
APRank=1
Record=35-4
ConfRecord=13-3
HeadCoach=Mike Krzyzewski
AsstCoach1=Johnny Dawkins
AsstCoach2=Chris Collins
AsstCoach3=Steve Wojciechowski
StadiumArena=Cameron Indoor Stadium
Champion=National Champions,
ACC Tournament Champions,
ACC Regular Season Co-Champions
BowlTourney=NCAA National Championship Game
vs. Arizona
BowlTourneyResult=W, 82-72

The 2000-01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team was a Division I college basketball team that competed in the Atlantic Coast Conference. Under the leadership of All-American duo Shane Battier and Jason "Jay" Williams, coach Mike Krzyzewski's Blue Devils won their third national championship in program history.

Roster

Expectations

Shane Battier entered his senior season as the remaining member of Duke's heralded recruiting class of 1997 which included Elton Brand and William Avery and had nearly led Duke to a championship two years earlier. (Brand and Avery, along with Corey Maggette would become the first Duke underclassmen to leave early for the draft that year.) Despite losing the reigning ACC Player of the Year Chris Carrawell to graduation, the Blue Devils still retained sophomores Jason Williams, Mike Dunleavy, Jr., and Carlos Boozer and welcomed the addition of freshman Chris Duhon to their lineup.

Regular Season

On January 27, 2001, the second-ranked Blue Devils played at eighth-ranked Maryland Terrapins in what would become the first of four contests between these two ACC rivals that year. With Duke trailing by 10 points with 54 seconds left in regulation, Williams scored eight points, including two three-pointers, in a 13-second span and James hit two free throws to send this game into overtime. In overtime Battier blocked a layup by Juan Dixon at the baseline with 4 seconds left to preserve a 98-96 victory. [ [http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/012701aad.html No. 2 Duke Has A Devil Of A Time With No. 8 Maryland] ]

However, the Blue Devils stumbled in the next game at home against their archrival, fourth-ranked North Carolina by a score of 85-83. [ [http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/020101aaa.html Haywood's Heroism Lifts UNC Past Duke] ] A month later, Maryland would avenge their previous home loss to Duke when the No. 16 Terrapins defeated the No. 2 Blue Devils 91-80 on Shane Battier's Senior Night in Cameron Indoor Stadium. After center Carlos Boozer had to leave with a foot injury in that game [ [http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/022701aaa.html No. 16 Terrapins Trip No. 2 Blue Devils, 91-80] ] , coach Krzyzewski decided to change his game 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 his next game at North Carolina, when Duke defeated the No. 4 Tar Heels 95-81 to claim a share of the regular season championship. [ [http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/030401aab.html No. 2 Blue Devils Bomb No. 4 Tar Heels, 95-81] ] With many pundits having written Duke off after Boozer's injury, the new-look Blue Devils in fact went on to win all 6 of its following games before Boozer rejoined the team in the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.

Conference Tournament

Duke finished the regular season with a 26-4 record entering the ACC Tournament as a No. 1 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 84-82 when Nate James tipped in the game-winner with 1.3 seconds left [ [http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031001aab.html Nate James' Tip Tops Terps, 84-82] ] 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 79-53 [ [http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/031101aaa.html Blue Devils Win ACC Championship] ] and received a No. 1 seed in the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament.

NCAA Tournament

The Blue Devils would travel the same path they took nine years ago when they claimed their last championship in 1992, from Greensboro to Philadelphia to Minneapolis, 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 39-17 with 6:57 to play in the first half and down 49-38 at the half, Duke went on to stage a comeback against the Terrapins and win 95-84 to advance to the championship game. Duke's 22-point deficit and 11-point halftime deficit marked the largest comeback in Final Four history. [ [http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/033101aaa.html Duke Comes Back, Trips Up Terps, 95-84] ]

Facing fifth-ranked Arizona led by Gilbert Arenas and Richard Jefferson and coached by Lute 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 of 82-72. With his third national championship, coach Mike Krzyzewski tied his mentor Bob Knight for third place behind Adolph Rupp (4) and John Wooden (10). Battier was named the NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player. [ [http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/040201aaa.html Blue Devils Capture NCAA Championship!] ]

2000-01 Schedule and Results

CBB Schedule Entry
date = November 14, 2000
time = 9:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 2
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Princeton Tigers|school=Princeton University|title=Princeton
opprank =
site_stadium = Cameron Indoor Stadium
site_cityst = Durham, NC
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score = 87-50
overtime =
record = 1-0

CBB Schedule Entry
date = November 17, 2000
time = 7:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 2
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Villanova Wildcats|school=Villanova University|title=Villanova
opprank =
site_stadium = Cameron Indoor Stadium
site_cityst = Durham, NC
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score = 98-85
overtime =
record = 2-0

CBB Schedule Entry
date = November 22, 2000
time = 9:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 2
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Texas Longhorns|school=University of Texas at Austin|title=Texas
opprank =
site_stadium = Madison Square Garden
site_cityst = New York, NY
gamename = Preseason NIT
tv = ESPN
score = 95-69
overtime =
record = 3-0

CBB Schedule Entry
date = November 24, 2000
time = 9:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 2
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Temple Owls|school=Temple University|title=Temple
opprank =
site_stadium = Madison Square Garden
site_cityst = New York, NY
gamename = Preseason NIT
tv = ESPN
score = 63-61
overtime =
record = 4-0

CBB Schedule Entry
date = November 25, 2000
time = 9:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 2
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Army Black Knights|school=United States Military Academy|title=Army
opprank =
site_stadium = Cameron Indoor Stadium
site_cityst = Durham, NC
gamename =
tv = HTS
score = 91-48
overtime =
record = 5-0

CBB Schedule Entry
date = November 28, 2000
time = 9:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 1
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Illinois Fighting Illini|school=University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign|title=Illinois
opprank = 9
site_stadium = Greensboro Coliseum
site_cityst = Greensboro, NC
gamename = ACC - Big Ten Challenge
tv = ESPN
score = 78-77
overtime =
record = 6-0

CBB Schedule Entry
date = December 2, 2000
time = 7:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 1
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Temple Owls|school=Temple University|title=Temple
opprank = 17
site_stadium = Liacouras Center
site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score = 93-68
overtime =
record = 7-0

CBB Schedule Entry
date = December 5, 2000
time = 7:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 1
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Davidson Wildcats|school=Davidson College|title=Davidson
opprank =
site_stadium = Cameron Indoor Stadium
site_cityst = Durham, NC
gamename =
tv = FSS/HTS
score = 102-60
overtime =
record = 8-0

CBB Schedule Entry
date = December 9, 2000
time = 9:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 1
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Michigan Wolverines|school=University of Michigan|title=Michigan
opprank =
site_stadium = Cameron Indoor Stadium
site_cityst = Durham, NC
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score = 104-61
overtime =
record = 9-0

CBB Schedule Entry
date = December 19, 2000
time = 10:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 1
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Portland Pilots (Oregon)|school=University of Portland|title=Portland
opprank =
site_stadium = Rose Garden
site_cityst = Portland, OR
gamename =
tv =
score = 97-64
overtime =
record = 10-0

CBB Schedule Entry
date = December 21, 2000
time = 9:00 PM
w/l = l
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral = yes
rank = 1
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Stanford Cardinal|school=Stanford University|title=Stanford
opprank = 3
site_stadium = The Arena in Oakland
site_cityst = Oakland, CA
gamename = Pete Newell Challenge
tv = FSN/HTS
score = 83-84
overtime =
record = 10-1

CBB Schedule Entry
date = December 30, 2000
time = 1:30 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 3
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=North Carolina A&T Aggies|school=North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University|title=North Carolina A&T
opprank =
site_stadium = Cameron Indoor Stadium
site_cityst = Durham, NC
gamename =
tv = RJ
score = 108-73
overtime =
record = 11-1

CBB Schedule Entry
date = January 4, 2001
time = 7:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 3
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Florida State University Seminoles|school=Florida State University|title=Florida State
opprank =
site_stadium = Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
site_cityst = Tallahassee, FL
gamename =
tv = ESPN2
score = 99-72
overtime =
record = 12-1

CBB Schedule Entry
date = January 7, 2001
time = 1:30 PM
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 3
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Clemson Tigers|school=Clemson University|title=Clemson
opprank =
site_stadium = Cameron Indoor Stadium
site_cityst = Durham, NC
gamename =
tv = RJ
score = 115-74
overtime =
record = 13-1

CBB Schedule Entry
date = January 10, 2001
time = 9:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 2
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=North Carolina State Wolfpack|school=North Carolina State University|title=NC State
opprank =
site_stadium = RBC Center
site_cityst = Raleigh, NC
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score = 84-78
overtime =
record = 14-1

CBB Schedule Entry
date = January 13, 2001
time = 3:30 PM
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 2
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Virginia Cavaliers|school=University of Virginia|title=Virginia
opprank = 10
site_stadium = Cameron Indoor Stadium
site_cityst = Durham, NC
gamename =
tv = ABC
score = 103-61
overtime =
record = 15-1

CBB Schedule Entry
date = January 16, 2001
time = 7:30 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 2
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Boston College Eagles|school=Boston College|title=Boston College
opprank = 25
site_stadium = Cameron Indoor Stadium
site_cityst = Durham, NC
gamename =
tv = ESPN2
score = 97-75
overtime =
record = 16-1

CBB Schedule Entry
date = January 20, 2001
time = 12:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 2
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets|school=Georgia Institute of Technology|title=Georgia Tech
opprank =
site_stadium = Alexander Memorial Coliseum
site_cityst = Atlanta, GA
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score = 98-77
overtime =
record = 17-1

CBB Schedule Entry
date = January 24, 2001
time = 9:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 2
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Wake Forest Demon Deacons|school=Wake Forest University|title=Wake Forest
opprank = 9
site_stadium = Cameron Indoor Stadium
site_cityst = Durham, NC
gamename =
tv = RJ
score = 85-62
overtime =
record = 18-1

CBB Schedule Entry
date = January 27, 2001
time = 8:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 2
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Maryland Terrapins|school=University of Maryland at College Park|title=Maryland
opprank =
site_stadium = Cole Field House
site_cityst = College Park, MD
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score = 98-96
overtime = OT
record = 19-1

CBB Schedule Entry
date = February 1, 2001
time = 9:00 PM
w/l = l
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 2
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=North Carolina Tar Heels|school=University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|title=North Carolina
opprank = 4
site_stadium = Cameron Indoor Stadium
site_cityst = Durham, NC
gamename =
tv = ESPN2
score = 83-85
overtime =
record = 19-2

CBB Schedule Entry
date = February 4, 2001
time = 1:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 2
opponent = Florida State
opprank =
site_stadium = Cameron Indoor Stadium
site_cityst = Durham, NC
gamename =
tv = RJ
score = 100-58
overtime =
record = 20-2

CBB Schedule Entry
date = February 7, 2001
time = 9:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 3
opponent = Clemson
opprank =
site_stadium = Littlejohn Coliseum
site_cityst = Clemson, SC
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score = 81-64
overtime =
record = 21-2

CBB Schedule Entry
date = February 11, 2001
time = 3:30 PM
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 3
opponent = NC State
opprank =
site_stadium = Cameron Indoor Stadium
site_cityst = Durham, NC
gamename =
tv = ABC
score = 101-75
overtime =
record = 22-2

CBB Schedule Entry
date = February 14, 2001
time = 7:00 PM
w/l = l
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 3
opponent = Virginia
opprank = 12
site_stadium = University Hall
site_cityst = Charlottesville, VA
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score = 89-91
overtime =
record = 22-3

CBB Schedule Entry
date = February 18, 2001
time = 12:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 3
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=St. John's Red Storm|school=St. John's University|title=St. John's
opprank =
site_stadium = Madison Square Garden
site_cityst = New York, NY
gamename =
tv = CBS
score = 91-59
overtime =
record = 23-3

CBB Schedule Entry
date = February 21, 2001
time = 7:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral =
rank = 4
opponent = Georgia Tech
opprank =
site_stadium = Cameron Indoor Stadium
site_cityst = Durham, NC
gamename =
tv = ESPN
score = 98-54
overtime =
record = 24-3

CBB Schedule Entry
date = February 24, 2001
time = 1:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 4
opponent = Wake Forest
opprank = 24
site_stadium = Lawrence Joel Coliseum
site_cityst = Winston-Salem, NC
gamename =
tv = CBS
score = 82-80
overtime =
record = 25-3

CBB Schedule Entry
date = February 27, 2001
time = 8:00 PM
w/l = l
nonconf =
homecoming = yes
away =
neutral =
rank = 2
opponent = Maryland
opprank = 16
site_stadium = Cameron Indoor Stadium
site_cityst = Durham, NC
gamename =
tv = RJ
score = 80-91
overtime =
record = 25-4

CBB Schedule Entry
date = March 4, 2001
time = 3:30 PM
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away = yes
neutral =
rank = 2
opponent = North Carolina
opprank = 4
site_stadium = Dean Smith Center
site_cityst = Chapel Hill, NC
gamename =
tv = ABC
score = 95-81
overtime =
record = 26-4

CBB Schedule Entry
date = March 9, 2001
time = 7:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 3
opponent = NC State
opprank =
site_stadium = Georgia Dome
site_cityst = Atlanta, GA
gamename = ACC Tournament Quarterfinals
tv = ESPN
score = 76-61
overtime =
record = 27-4

CBB Schedule Entry
date = March 10, 2001
time = 4:15 PM
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 3
opponent = Maryland
opprank = 11
site_stadium = Georgia Dome
site_cityst = Atlanta, GA
gamename = ACC Tournament Semifinals
tv = ESPN
score = 84-82
overtime =
record = 28-4

CBB Schedule Entry
date = March 11, 2001
time = 1:15 PM
w/l = w
nonconf =
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 3
opponent = North Carolina
opprank = 6
site_stadium = Georgia Dome
site_cityst = Atlanta, GA
gamename = ACC Tournament Finals
tv = ESPN
score = 79-53
overtime =
record = 29-4

CBB Schedule Entry
date = March 15, 2001
time = 7:45 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 1
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Monmouth Hawks|school=Monmouth University|title=Monmouth
opprank =
site_stadium = Greensboro Coliseum
site_cityst = Greensboro, NC
gamename = NCAA East First Round
tv = CBS
score = 95-52
overtime =
record = 30-4

CBB Schedule Entry
date = March 17, 2001
time = 1:15 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 1
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Missouri Tigers|school=University of Missouri|title=Missouri
opprank =
site_stadium = Greensboro Coliseum
site_cityst = Greensboro, NC
gamename = NCAA East Second Round
tv = CBS
score = 94-81
overtime =
record = 31-4

CBB Schedule Entry
date = March 22, 2001
time = 7:30 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 1
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=UCLA Bruins|school=University of California at Los Angeles|title=UCLA
opprank = 15
site_stadium = Wachovia Center
site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA
gamename = NCAA East Regional Semifinal
tv = CBS
score = 76-63
overtime =
record = 32-4

CBB Schedule Entry
date = March 24, 2001
time = 7:00 PM
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 1
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=USC Trojans|school=University of Southern California|title=USC
opprank =
site_stadium = Wachovia Center
site_cityst = Philadelphia, PA
gamename = NCAA East Regional Final
tv = CBS
score = 79-69
overtime =
record = 33-4

CBB Schedule Entry
date = March 31, 2001
time =
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 1
opponent = Maryland
opprank = 11
site_stadium = Metrodome
site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
gamename = NCAA National Semifinal
tv = CBS
score = 95-84
overtime =
record = 34-4

CBB Schedule Entry
date = April 6, 2001
time =
w/l = w
nonconf = yes
homecoming =
away =
neutral = yes
rank = 1
opponent = cbb link |year=2000-01|team=Arizona Wildcats|school=University of Arizona|title=Arizona
opprank = 5
site_stadium = Metrodome
site_cityst = Minneapolis, MN
gamename = NCAA National Championship
tv = CBS
score = 82-72
overtime =
record = 35-4

Accomplishments

*3rd national championship in school history (1991, 1992, 2001)
*2nd appearance in national championship game in three years (1999, 2001)
*3rd straight No. 1-ranking in final regular season AP poll, and 1st No. 1-ranked team to win the national championship since UCLA in 1995.
*Duke set an NCAA record by winning its 133rd game over a four-year period. The Blue Devils (133-15) broke the record set by Kentucky from 1995-98 and 1996-99.
*Duke is the first team to be seeded No. 1 over four consecutive seasons since the NCAA began seeding teams in 1979.
*Duke swept all the major National Player of the Year Awards:
**Jason Williams was named the NABC Player of the Year.
**Shane Battier claimed the AP National Player of the Year, Oscar Robertson Trophy, Wooden Award, Naismith Award, and Adolph Rupp Trophy awards.
*Shane Battier won the NABC Defensive Player of the Year award for the third straight time.
*Shane Battier tied an NCAA record for victories (131) for a four-year period set by Kentucky's Wayne Turner.
*Jason Williams set a Duke single-season scoring record with 841 points, previously held by Dick Groat (831) in 1951.
*Three players received All-ACC honors:
**Shane Battier, Jason Williams (1st Team)
**Nate James (3rd Team)
*Two players from the 2001 squad (Battier and Jason Williams) had their jerseys retired by Duke.

ee also

*2001 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

References

External links

* [http://goduke.statsgeek.com/basketball-m/seasons/season-stats.php?season=2000-01 Duke Blue Devils Basketball Statistical Database]