DBP takes a look at our notable facts/figures of the past decade
Top 10 Duke Stats of the Decade
*We Won Early, Often… With 30 wins in 2008-09, Duke capped off the decade with an NCAA-best 291 victories (also the all-time record for most wins by a program in a single decade).
*King of the Big Dance… Coach K became the NCAA Tourney all-time wins leader with a win in the 2005 NCAA Tournament. The Blue Devil leader has 71 victories in the Big Dance, six more than any coach in history (Dean Smith is second with 65).
*Making ACC History… Duke won 7 ACC Tournament titles, with the rest of the league winning three (UNC- 2, Maryland- 1). The Devils set an ACC record in 2003 when we won the conference tournament for a fifth straight year.
*Atop the Polls… Duke reached the No. 1 ranking (AP) in more seasons (seven) than any entire conference combined (teams from the Big East, Pac-10 and ACC excluding Duke each reached the top ranking in six seasons). The Blue Devils finished nine of the 10 years ranked in the Top 10 in the final AP poll of the year (NCAA leader by three). Also, in 2006, Coach K set the all-time record for most seasons ranked No. 1 by a coach, passing John Wooden’s mark of 12. The Devils again reached the top spot in 2009, pushing Coach K’s record number of seasons ranked No. 1 to 14. Over the course of the decade, Duke was ranked No. 1 a total of 41 weeks and set a record in 2002 by finishing a fourth straight season ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll.
*Decade’s Best Wore Duke Blue… Duke players Shane Battier, Jason Williams and JJ Redick combined to earn five National Player of the Year awards. Kansas was the only other school with multiple NPOY awards (with two).
*Red, White and Blue Devils… 10 different Duke players earned a total of 15 All-America selections, and the Blue Devils produced an All-American in eight of the decade’s 10 seasons. No other program had more than seven All-Americans (Kansas/UNC) or 11 All-America picks (UNC).
*Always Ready to Dance… Duke earned an NCAA Tournament No. 1 seed in over half the Big Dances contested in the decade (six). No other school had more than four top seeds in the NCAA Tourney.
*Devilish in the Classroom Too… Duke produced 19 ACC Academic Honor Roll selections in the decade, five more than any team in the conference (Clemson was second with 14). Blue Devils were named Academic All-Americans five times during the decade.
*Spotlight On Us… Duke had 268 regular-season national TV appearances over the decade’s 10 seasons, 81 more than any other school (UNC was second with 187).
*Duke Pride in the NBA… Former Duke players won four straight NBA Sportsmanship Awards from 2005-2008 (Grant Hill in 2005 and 2008, Elton Brand in 2006, Luol Deng in 2007). The annual honor is the league’s top award for character and sportsmanship.
Other NBA Facts:
*Duke matched UConn for most lottery picks in the decade (seven).
*Duke players (Grant Hill, Elton Brand, Carlos Boozer) were selected to six NBA All-Star games.
*During the decade, Coach K pushed his all-time record total of lottery picks produced to 15 (four more than any other coach in history).
*A total of 24 different former Blue Devils played in the NBA during the decade.
*On NBA opening day this season, Duke and UCLA were tied with the most alums in the NBA (14).
*Blue Devils in the NBA will combined to make $82,010,274 in salary this season, an all-time NBA record for a college alumni group.
National Titles… 2001
Final Fours… 2001, 2004
ACC Tourney Champs… 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009
ACC Regular Season Champs… 2000, 2001, 2004, 2006
Undefeated Seasons in Cameron… 2002, 2003
Retired Jerseys… Shane Battier (2001), Jason Williams (2003), Shelden Williams (2007), JJ Redick (2007)
Seasons Ranked No. 1… 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2009
Duke vs. the ACC… Boston College: 8-1, Clemson: 16-2, Florida State: 14-4, GA Tech: 18-2, Maryland: 16-9, Miami: 7-1, UNC: 14-9, NC State: 18-3, Virginia: 16-3, VA Tech: 6-2, Wake Forest: 16-5
Duke National Players of the Year (3 players, 5 awards)… Shane Battier (2001), Jason Williams (2001), Jason Williams (2002), JJ Redick (2005), JJ Redick (2006)
Duke National Defensive Players of the Year (2 players, 4 awards)… Shane Battier (2000), Shane Battier (2001), Shelden Williams (2005), Shelden Williams (2006)
Duke All-Americans (10 players, 15 selections)… Chris Carrawell (2000), Shane Battier (2000, 2001), Jason Williams (2001, 2002), Carlos Boozer (2002), Mike Dunleavy (2002), Chris Duhon (2004), JJ Redick (2004, 2005, 2006), Shelden Williams (2005, 2006), DeMarcus Nelson (2008), Gerald Henderson (2009)
NBA Pros This Decade (24 players)… William Avery, Shane Battier, Elton Brand, Carlos Boozer, Luol Deng, Chris Duhon, Mike Dunleavy, Daniel Ewing, Danny Ferry, Gerald Henderson, Grant Hill, Dahntay Jones, Christian Laettner, Antonio Lang, Trajan Langdon, Corey Maggette, Roshown McLeod, Josh McRoberts, DeMarcus Nelson, Cherokee Parks, Shavlik Randolph, JJ Redick, Jason Williams, Shelden Williams
