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Thursday, March 13
Charlotte, N.C.
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Duke University
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Duke Plays Georgia Tech in ACC Tournament Quarterfinals
3/12/2025 7:27:00 PM | Men's Basketball
The Opening Tip
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- No. 1 Duke opens the ACC Tournament in the quarterfinals against eight-seed Georgia Tech on Thursday, March 13, at the Spectrum Center in Charlotte. The Blue Devils (28-3, 19-1 ACC) and Yellow Jackets (17-15, 10-10 ACC) tip off at 12 p.m., on ESPN.
- Dave O'Brien, Cory Alexander and Angel Gray will call the action on ESPN. David Shumate and John Roth team up for the broadcast on the Blue Devil Sports Network.
- Duke owns the second-highest net rating (39.67) in the history of KenPom (since 1996-97 season). Only the 1998-99 Duke Blue Devils have achieved a higher net rating (43.01).
- The Blue Devils lead the country in scoring margin (+22.1) and rank fourth in field goal percentage defense (.382), fifth in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (+1.80), fifth in effective field goal percentage (.578), sixth in scoring defense (61.4), seventh in rebound margin (+8.6), 11th in three-point percentage (.387), 12th in scoring offense (83.5), 12th in field goal percentage (.491), 14th in assists per game (17.2) and 16th in three-pointers per game (10.4) - all top marks in the ACC.
- Duke leads the ACC in scoring offense (83.5) and scoring defense (61.4), and could become the first team in ACC history to lead the conference in both categories.
- Duke is the only team in the country ranked among the top-four in both offensive (1st) and defensive (2nd) raw efficiency, according to KenPom.
- Duke is the only Division I team to score 80 points or more per game (83.5) and hold its opponents to fewer than 62 points per game (61.4).
- Duke's 10 conference wins +25 points are the most by any team in a season in ACC history.
- The 2024-25 Blue Devils are the first Duke team since the 1948-49 season to hold every regular-season opponent to fewer than 80 points.
- Jon Scheyer's 82 career victories surpass Bill Guthridge (80, North Carolina, 1997-2000) for the most wins by an ACC coach in their first three seasons.
- Cooper Flagg, who turned 18 years old on Dec. 21, is the only player to rank among the ACC's top-10 in all five major statistical categories - scoring (3rd), rebounding (8th), assists (8th), blocked shots (9th) and steals (10th).
- Kon Knueppel is averaging 16.7 points in the last six games, connecting on 33-of-58 (.569) from the field and 14-of-27 (.519) from long range.
- After missing four games due to injury, Maliq Brown returned to the lineup with eight points, including a pair of three-pointers, three rebounds and three assists at North Carolina.
- Khaman Maluach has 57 dunks this season, compared to just 45 combined by Duke foes.
- Duke defeated North Carolina, 82-69, and secured the ACC regular-season title on Saturday, March 8.
- The Blue Devils used an extended 22-5 run in the second half to grab control of the contest, and swept the Tar Heels for the second time under head coach Jon Scheyer.
- Kon Knueppel led four Blue Devils in double-figures, scoring 17 on 7-of-10 (.700) shooting from the field. The freshman was joined in double-figures by his classmate Cooper Flagg, who scored 15, while junior Tyrese Proctor and graduate Sion James scored 16 apiece.
- With the win, Duke finished as regular-season champions of the ACC, the 21st time the Blue Devils have earned at least a share of the regular-season title.
- Duke picked up its 28th win of the season, the most in a season under Scheyer. The Blue Devils had previously won 27 in each of the first two campaigns with Scheyer at the helm.
- The 28 regular-season wins are the most since Duke won 28 in the 2014-15 regular season.
- Duke ended the ACC slate with a plus-434 point differential, the largest by a power-conference team in league play since Kentucky in 1953-54, per Stathead.
- North Carolina entered the game averaging 90.8 points per contest during its six-game winning streak. Duke's defense limited the Tar Heels to 69 points, 13.1 below their season scoring average of 82.1.
- Trailing by six, 59-53, Duke went on a 12-0 scoring run and an extended burst of 22-5 spanning 7:27 of game time to go up by 11, 75-64, with 4:58 remaining in the contest.
- Duke won the rebounding battle, 39-26, and has finished with a positive margin on the glass in all but seven games this season.
- For the 19th time this season, Duke finished with a double-digit advantage for points in the paint, outscoring the Tar Heels, 40-28, in the category.
- Duke limited North Carolina to just seven fast-break points. The Tar Heels entered Saturday night ranked 37th in the country for the statistic (13.5).
- Duke shot 31-of-55 (.564) from the field, its best shooting percentage in an ACC contest since going 40-of-64 (.625) overall against Stanford on Feb. 15.
- The Blue Devils now have a 53-47 advantage in the last 100 games of the rivalry series.
- In Duke's two games against North Carolina, Knueppel has finished as the team's leading scorer in both games, averaging 19.5 points on 14-of-21 (.667) shooting, fueled by 5-of-10 (.500) from deep, while also averaging 4.0 assists, 3.5 rebounds and 1.5 steals against the Tar Heels.Â
- Flagg stuffed the stat sheet, scoring 15 points, grabbing a game-high nine rebounds, dishing a game-high six assists and blocking a career-high four shots.
- After playing just nine minutes in the first half due to foul trouble, Flagg recorded 10 points, seven rebounds, five assists and four blocked shots after intermission.
- With 15 points on Saturday night, Flagg eclipsed 600 points for the 2024-25 campaign. Flagg's 602 points rank eighth on Duke's single-season scoring list for freshmen.
- Maliq Brown returned to the court after missing four games due to a shoulder injury. The junior scored eight points, matching his season high, fueled by a season-high two three-pointers. He also reeled in three caroms and posted three helpers en route to a team-high plus-minus of +20.
- Khaman Maluach grabbed nine rebounds, matching Flagg for the most in the game.
- Duke head coach Jon Scheyer has achieved a career record of 82-21 after Saturday's victory for a winning percentage of .796.
- Scheyer's 82 victories exceed the standard set by Bill Guthridge (80, North Carolina, 1997-2000) for the most wins by an ACC coach in their first three seasons.
- Duke won its last seven games (Stanford, Virginia, Illinois, Miami, Florida State, Wake Forest, North Carolina) by an average margin of 30.7 points, amassing 95.4 points per contest, while limiting opponents to just 64.7 points per game.
- The Blue Devils have won by 33 or more points five times in the past seven outings.
- Duke handed Illinois a 110-67 defeat at Madison Square Garden on Feb. 22. The 43-point loss was the largest margin of defeat in program history for the Fighting Illini.
- In the time span, Duke is shooting 53.1% (240-452) from the field, 43.1% (81-188) from three-point range and 83.6% (107-128) from the free-throw line, while opponents are shooting 37.7% from the field, 29.5% from long distance and 79.3% from the charity stripe.
- The Blue Devils are also outrebounding their foes by an average of 11.7 boards per game in the last seven contests (40.4/28.7), while distributing 137 assists with 55 turnovers, a 2.5 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- In that same timeframe, Duke has forced more turnovers (79) than opponents have registered assists (71).
- Duke is once again one of the top defenses in the country.
- KenPom ranks the Blue Devils as the second-best defense in the nation with a raw defense efficiency rating of 92.2. (as of March 11)
- This season, Duke ranks fourth in the nation in field goal percentage defense (.382) and sixth in scoring defense (61.4) - both top marks in the ACC.
- The 2024-25 Blue Devils are the first Duke team since the 1948-49 season to hold every regular-season opponent to fewer than 80 points.
- Based on EvanMiya's Defensive Bayesian Performance Rating, Duke has six of the top 14 defenders in the ACC: Cooper Flagg (1st), Maliq Brown (2nd), Kon Knueppel (4th), Sion James (8th), Khaman Maluach (11th) and Tyrese Proctor (14th). Flagg ranks as the second-best defender in the nation with a rating of 4.64.
- Duke opponents have committed 33 shot clock violations on the season, compared to just six by the Blue Devils.
- Last season, the 2023-24 Blue Devils finished 16th in the nation in defense efficiency (95.2), and ranked 28th in the nation in scoring defense, holding opponents to just 66.3 points per game.
- In 2022-23, Jon Scheyer's first season as head coach, Duke finished the season 16th in the nation in defense efficiency (93.9), and ranked 24th in three-point percentage defense (.305), 27th in field goal percentage defense (.406) and 30th in scoring defense (63.6).
- While Duke established itself as an imposing defensive unit early in the season, the Blue Devils have evolved into one of the top-rated offenses in the country.
- The Blue Devils are No. 1 on KenPom's raw offensive efficiency list (125.4), followed by Auburn (122.3) and High Point (121.3).
- Duke also owns the top-rated offense by EvanMiya with an offensive performance rating of 20.9, ahead of Auburn (19.5) and Alabama (18.8). (as of March 11)
- Duke ranks fifth in the nation in assist-to-turnover ratio (1.80), fifth in effective field goal percentage (.578), 12th in field goal percentage (.491) and 14th in assists per game (17.2) - all top marks in the ACC.
- In the last seven games (wins over Stanford, Virginia, Illinois, Miami, Florida State, Wake Forest and North Carolina), Duke is averaging 95.4 points per contest, while shooting 240-of-452 (53.1%) from the field, 81-of-188 (43.1%) from three-point land and 107-of-128 (83.6%) from the free-throw line.
- Against Stanford, Duke averaged 1.68 points per possession, the fourth-highest efficiency against a high-major opponent in the KenPom database (since 1996-97), then 1.31 PPP at Virginia and 1.51 PPP versus Illinois. The offensive rating of 147 during those three games is the best three-game stretch against high-major opponents in KenPom history, topping the previous high of 140 by North Carolina in 2016. (The Athletic)
- The Blue Devils distributed 67 assists with just 17 turnovers during that three-game stretch, for an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.94.
- Duke moved to the top of both the Associated Press and USA TODAY Coaches top-25 polls on Monday, March 10.
- The No. 1 ranking is the first time the Blue Devils have been positioned atop the Associated Press poll since Nov. 29, 2021.
- Duke has now been ranked as the No. 1 team in the nation for 146 weeks, more than any other program in the country.
- Duke freshman Cooper Flagg was announced as the ACC Player of the Year and ACC Rookie of the Year, while being named to the All-ACC First Team, ACC All-Defensive Team and ACC All-Rookie Team.
- Flagg collected 18 points, seven rebounds, five assists and three steals in the season-opener against Maine to become the first freshman in Duke history to have at least 10 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals in their debut.
- Flagg was the first Duke player in the last 40 years to amass 50+ points, 25+ rebounds and 10+ assists in his first three career games, per ESPN.
- Flagg was voted as the ACC Men's Basketball Player and Rookie of the Week on Nov. 25, becoming the first player to earn both honors in the same week since Feb. 3, 2020, when Duke's Vernon Carey, Jr., accomplished the same feat.
- Flagg became the only 17-year-old in NCAA history to register multiple 20-point double-doubles, according to Real Sports.
- In Duke's four top-25 matchups, Flagg averaged 21.3 points, 8.5 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.8 blocks and 1.3 steals per game.
- After registering a pair of 20-point double-doubles without committing a turnover against No. 2 Auburn and at Louisville, Flagg was declared the Associated Press and Lute Olson National Player of the Week and the ACC Rookie of the Week (Dec. 9).
- Flagg broke the Duke and ACC freshman single-game scoring records with 42 points versus Notre Dame (Jan. 11), becoming the youngest player in NCAA history to have a 40-point game, according to Real Sports.
- On Jan. 13, Flagg became the first player in ACC history to sweep the conference weekly awards (player and rookie of the week) three times. He is the fifth player in the history of the league to sweep the conference's weekly awards multiple times in a season, joining four former Blue Devils - Vernon Carey Jr. (2019-20), Zion Williamson (2018-19), Marvin Bagley III (2017-18) and Jabari Parker (2013-14), who each did so twice.
- The freshman achieved a perfect 4.0 grade point average during the fall 2024 semester.
- Flagg has posted seven double-doubles this season, including four with 20 points or more and two of those against ranked opponents, collecting 26 points and 11 rebounds versus No. 19 Kentucky and 22 points and 11 caroms against No. 2 Auburn.
- Flagg has been voted as the ACC Rookie of the Week a record 12 times (Nov. 18, Nov. 25, Dec. 9, Dec. 23, Jan. 6, Jan. 13, Jan. 20, Jan. 27, Feb. 3, Feb. 17, Feb. 24, March 10) and the ACC Player of the Week five times (Nov. 25, Jan. 6, Jan. 13, Feb. 3, Feb. 24).
- Flagg's 12 ACC Rookie of the Week awards are the conference record, passing the standard of 10 honors by Kenny Anderson of Georgia Tech (1990), Tyler Hansbrough of UNC (2006) and Jabari Parker of Duke (2014).
- Flagg became the first ACC player to amass 500 points, 100 assists and 30 blocks in the regular season in the last 25 years, reaching those numbers in 26 games (at Virginia).
- Flagg, who turned 18 years old on Dec. 21, currently leads Duke in points (602), rebounds (235), assists (131), steals (47) and blocked shots (39).
- Flagg is the only player to rank among the ACC's top-10 in all five major statistical categories - scoring (3rd), rebounding (8th), assists (8th), blocked shots (9th) and steals (10th).
- Flagg is the highest rated player in the history of the KenPom Player of the Year Standings (since 2011) with a rating of 2.965, eclipsing Frank Kaminsky of Wisconsin in 2015 (2.794).
- Flagg currently leads the KenPom Player of the Year Standings with a 2.965 rating, ahead of Auburn's Johni Broome (2.340) and Hunter Dickinson of Kansas (1.562).
- Flagg is the top-rated player by EvanMiya with a combined offensive and defensive rating of 10.91, compared to Johni Broome of Auburn, who is second with a 9.88 rating.
- Flagg is rated as the No. 1 defender in the ACC and second nationally by EvanMiya with a defensive performance rating of 4.564 which is more than a point ahead of the conference's second-highest rated defender.
- Flagg has distributed 36 assists with just six turnovers in the last seven games – a 6.0 assist-to-turnover ratio.
- Duke has a record of 11-2 on March 13.
- The Blue Devils have won 10 of their last 11 contests on this date.
- The last time Duke played on March 13, Notre Dame beat the Blue Devils, 74-64, in the 2015 ACC Tournament semifinals in Greensboro.
- In Duke's lone March 13 contest in Charlotte, the Blue Devils defeated Maryland, 94-87, in the 1992 ACC Tournament quarterfinals.
- The weekly television show, "Duke All-Access with Jon Scheyer," is back for its third season in 2024-25.
- The 30-minute show features Jon Scheyer and his Blue Devils team. Presented in magazine format and produced by John Roth, the show also includes informative player features and behind-the-scenes access to the Duke program.
- A production of Blue Devil Sports Properties from LEARFIELD, the show airs locally on ABC-11 WTVD on Sundays at noon ET and is live streamed on ABC11.com Saturdays at 10 a.m. ET. It is also available regionally across the FanDuel Sports Network on Fridays at 5:30 p.m. ET; and on MASN Saturdays at 8:30 a.m. ET. It can also be viewed via the Duke Athletics YouTube Channel and archived on GoDuke.com.
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