2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
NCAA tournament National champions
ACC tournament champions
ACC regular season co-champions
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
APNo. 1
Record35–4 (13–3 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCameron Indoor Stadium
2000–01 ACC men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 North Carolina13–3 .81326–7  .788
No. 1 Duke †13–3 .81335–4  .897
No. 11 Maryland10–6 .62525–11  .694
No. 16 Virginia9–7 .56320–9  .690
Georgia Tech8–8 .50017–13  .567
No. 23 Wake Forest8–8 .50019–11  .633
NC State5–11 .31313–16  .448
Florida State4–12 .2509–21  .300
Clemson2–14 .12512–19  .387
† 2001 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]
U.S. President George W. Bush shaking Coach Krzyzewski's hand following the championship win. Several Duke players stand behind them.

The 2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2000–01 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, and were coached by 21st-year head coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Duke won the 2001 Atlantic Coast Conference tournament and defeated Monmouth, Missouri, UCLA, USC, Maryland, and Arizona to win their third national championship in Duke's history, under the leadership of All-American duo Shane Battier and Jason "Jay" Williams.

Roster

2000–01 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightWeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
F 31 Shane Battier 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)220 lb (100 kg) SrCountry Day Birmingham, MI
C 4 Carlos Boozer 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)280 lb (127 kg) SoJuneau–Douglas Juneau, AK
G 40 Andy Borman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)180 lb (82 kg) SoBradenton (FL) Morrisville, NC
G 15 Andre Buckner 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)170 lb (77 kg) SoUniversity Heights Hopkinsville, KY
G 5 Ryan Caldbeck 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)190 lb (86 kg) SrRice Memorial Shelburne, VT
F 41 Matt Christensen 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)265 lb (120 kg) JrBelmont Belmont, MA
G 21 Chris Duhon 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)190 lb (86 kg) FrSalmen Slidell, LA
G/F 34 Mike Dunleavy 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)220 lb (100 kg) SoJesuit Lake Oswego, OR
F 3 Nick Horvath 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)250 lb (113 kg) SoMounds View Shoreview, MN
G/F 14 Nate James 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)205 lb (93 kg) SrSt. John Washington, DC
G/F 30 Dahntay Jones Current redshirt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)210 lb (95 kg) JrSteinart Trenton, NJ
F 42 Reggie Love 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)225 lb (102 kg) FrProvidence Day Charlotte, NC
C 20 Casey Sanders 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)235 lb (107 kg) SoTampa Prep Tampa, FL
G 13 J.D. Simpson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)200 lb (91 kg) SrSt. Francis Woodside, CA
G/F 12 Andre Sweet 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)205 lb (93 kg) FrBrother Rice New York, NY
G 22 Jay Williams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)195 lb (88 kg) SoSt. Joseph's Plainfield, NJ
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: 2017-05-13

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 #2 Duke Blue Devils played at #8 Maryland 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 by Juan 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 ranked North Carolina by a score of 85 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.

Conference tournament

Duke finished the regular season with a 26–4 record entering the ACC 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 when Nate 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 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 17 to 39 with 6:57 to play in the first half and down 38 to 49 at Halftime, 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.[8]

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.[9]

2000–01 schedule and results

Date
time, TV		 Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
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
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415161718Final
AP2221111332222334231Not released
Coaches22^111113322223332211

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll

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 1995–96 and 1998–99.
  • 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:
  • 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.
  • Shane Battier and Jason Williams were consensus All-American First Team selections.[10]
  • Shane Battier was an Academic All-American First Team selection for the 2nd straight year.[11]
  • 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.
  • Duke set records with the most three-pointers made (407) and attempted (1,057) in a single season by a college basketball team.

References

  1. ↑ sports-reference.com 2000-01 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
  2. ↑ "No. 2 Duke Has A Devil Of A Time With No. 8 Maryland". Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Haywood's Heroism Lifts UNC Past Duke". Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  4. ↑ "No. 16 Terrapins Trip No. 2 Blue Devils, 91–80". Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  5. ↑ "No. 2 Blue Devils Bomb No. 4 Tar Heels, 95–81". Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  6. ↑ "Nate James' Tip Tops Terps, 84–82". Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  7. ↑ "Blue Devils Win ACC Championship". Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  8. ↑ "Duke Comes Back, Trips Up Terps, 95–84". Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  9. ↑ "Blue Devils Capture NCAA Championship!". Archived from the original on February 13, 2012. Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  10. ↑ "ACC Dominates All-America Team". Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
  11. ↑ "Shane Battier Named Verizon Academic All-America of the Year". Archived from the original on March 7, 2012. Retrieved May 7, 2009.
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