1978–79 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team
Appearance
1978–79 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball | |
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![]() Setting up for a free throw vs. NC State, February 14 | |
ACC regular season co-champions | |
NCAA tournament, second round | |
Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 7 |
AP | No. 11 |
Record | 22–8 (9–3 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Assistant coaches |
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MVP | Jim Spanarkel |
Captain | Jim Spanarkel |
Home arena | Cameron Indoor Stadium |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 North Carolina † | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 23 | – | 6 | .793 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 11 Duke | 9 | – | 3 | .750 | 22 | – | 8 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Virginia | 7 | – | 5 | .583 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maryland | 6 | – | 6 | .500 | 19 | – | 11 | .633 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Clemson | 5 | – | 7 | .417 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wake Forest | 3 | – | 9 | .250 | 12 | – | 15 | .444 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 1979 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll |
The 1978–79 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 1978–79 college basketball season.
Roster
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Schedule
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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November 25* |
No. 1 | at Western Kentucky | W 78–53 | 1–0 |
E. A. Diddle Arena Bowling Green, KY | ||||||
November 27* |
No. 1 | SMU | W 86–80 | 2–0 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
December 1* |
No. 1 | vs. No. 6 N.C. State Big Four Tournament |
W 65–63 | 3–0 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
December 2* |
No. 1 | vs. No. 14 North Carolina Big Four Tournament |
W 78–68 | 4–0 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
December 5* |
No. 1 | La Salle | W 66–42 | 5–0 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
December 13* |
No. 1 | No. 12 Southern California | W 79–65 | 6–0 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
December 29* |
No. 1 | vs. Ohio State ECAC Holiday Tournament |
L 84–90 | 6–1 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | ||||||
December 30* |
No. 1 | vs. St. John's ECAC Holiday Tournament |
L 66–69 | 6–2 |
Madison Square Garden New York, NY | ||||||
January 2* |
No. 1 | at Davidson | W 77–59 | 7–2 |
Davidson, NC | ||||||
January 5* |
No. 5 | vs. No. 15 Long Beach State Holiday Doubleheader |
W 79–78 | 8–2 |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
January 6* |
No. 5 | vs. Tulane Holiday Doubleheader |
W 74–64 | 9–2 |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
January 10 |
No. 7 | Clemson | W 73–54 | 10–2 (1–0) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
January 13 |
No. 7 | at No. 3 North Carolina | L 68–74 | 10–3 (1–1) |
Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
January 18 |
No. 8 | Wake Forest | W 81–69 | 11–3 (2–1) |
Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
January 21 |
No. 8 | at No. 14 N.C. State | W 75–69 | 12–3 (3–1) |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
January 24 |
No. 7 | at Virginia | W 84–66 | 13–3 (4–1) |
Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
January 28* |
No. 7 | No. 13 Marquette | W 69–64 | 14–3 (4–1) |
Cameroon Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
January 31 |
No. 3 | at Wake Forest | W 75–60 | 15–3 (5–1) |
Winston-Salem, NC | ||||||
February 3 |
No. 3 | No. 17 Maryland | W 87–78 | 16–3 (6–1) |
Cameroon Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
February 6 |
No. 3 | Virginia | W 64–63 | 17–3 (7–1) |
Cameroon Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
February 10* |
No. 3 | Pittsburgh | L 69–71 | 17–4 (7–1) |
Cameroon Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
February 14 |
No. 5 | N.C. State | W 66–48 | 18–4 (8–1) |
Cameroon Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
February 16 |
No. 5 | at Maryland | L 68–70 | 18–5 (8–2) |
College Park, MD | ||||||
February 18* |
No. 5 | vs. No. 9 Louisville | W 88–72 | 19–6 (8–2) |
Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||||
February 21 |
No. 6 | at Clemson | L 49–70 | 19–7 (8–3) |
Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC | ||||||
February 24 |
No. 6 | No. 4 North Carolina | W 47–40 | 20–6 (9–3) |
Cameroon Indoor Stadium Cameron, NC | ||||||
ACC tournament | |||||||||||
March 1* |
vs. Wake Forest ACC tournament • quarterfinals |
W 58–56 | 21–6 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | |||||||
March 2* |
vs. N.C. State ACC tournament • semifinals |
W 62–59 | 22–6 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | |||||||
March 3* |
vs. North Carolina ACC tournament • final |
L 63–71 | 22–7 |
Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | |||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
March 11* |
vs. St. John's NCAA tournament • second round |
L 78–80 | 22–8 |
Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | |||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
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Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
AP | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 11 |
Coaches | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | Not released |
^Coaches did not release week 1 or week 2 polls.
References
[edit]- ^ "1978–79 Duke men's basketball roster" (PDF). Duke Athletics. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
- ^ "1978–79 Duke Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved January 29, 2023.
- ^ 1978–79 schedule. GoDuke.com Retrieved 2012-11-20.
- ^ "2019–20 Duke MBB Media Guide" (PDF). Duke Athletics. Duke University. October 14, 2019. p. 174. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
External links
[edit]Media related to 1978–79 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team at Wikimedia Commons
- 1978–79 Duke Blue Devils on Sports Reference