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1997-98 Duke Blue Devils Men's Schedule and Results

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Record: 32-4 (15-1, 1st in ACC MBB)

Rank: 3rd in the Final AP Poll

Coach: Mike Krzyzewski

PS/G: 85.6 (7th of 308)

PA/G: 64.1 (30th of 308)

SRS: 29.55 (1st of 306)

SOS: 9.32 (11th of 306)

ORtg: 116.6 (3rd of 308)

DRtg: 87.3 (2nd of 308)

NCAA Tournament: (#1 seed in South)
Won South First Round (99-63) versus #16 Radford
Won South Second Round (79-73) versus #8 Oklahoma State
Won South Regional Semifinal (80-67) versus #5 Syracuse
Lost South Regional Final (86-84) versus #2 Kentucky

ACC Reg Season Champ

AP Poll Summary

1997-98 Season AP Poll summary

AP Poll Summary Table
School	Pre	11/17	11/24	12/1	12/8	12/15	12/22	12/29	1/5	1/12	1/19	1/26	2/2	2/9	2/16	2/23	3/2	Final
Duke	3	3	3	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	3

Schedule and Results

Schedule and Results Table
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
1	Sun, Nov 16, 1997	REG	@	Army	Patriot	-20.38	W	78	45		1	0	W 1	Christl Arena
2	Thu, Nov 20, 1997	REG		Davidson	Southern	-0.71	W	100	65		2	0	W 2	Cameron Indoor Stadium
3	Mon, Nov 24, 1997	REG	@	Chaminade			W	106	70		3	0	W 3	McCabe Gymnasium
4	Tue, Nov 25, 1997	REG	N	Missouri	Big 12	6.81	W	82	59		4	0	W 4	Lahaina Civic Center
5	Wed, Nov 26, 1997	REG	N	Arizona (1)	Pac-10	24.56	W	95	87		5	0	W 5	Lahaina Civic Center
6	Mon, Dec 1, 1997	REG		South Carolina State	MEAC	-5.65	W	98	40		6	0	W 6	Cameron Indoor Stadium
7	Wed, Dec 3, 1997	REG		UNC Greensboro	Southern	-12.69	W	93	37		7	0	W 7	Cameron Indoor Stadium
8	Sat, Dec 6, 1997	REG		Virginia	ACC	6.03	W	103	59		8	0	W 8	Cameron Indoor Stadium
9	Wed, Dec 10, 1997	REG		Villanova	Big East	6.75	W	94	66		9	0	W 9	Cameron Indoor Stadium
10	Sat, Dec 13, 1997	REG	@	Michigan	Big Ten	18.79	L	73	81		9	1	L 1	Crisler Arena
11	Sun, Dec 21, 1997	REG		Mercer	TAAC	-19.23	W	126	64		10	1	W 1	Cameron Indoor Stadium
12	Tue, Dec 30, 1997	REG		Portland State	Big Sky		W	89	39		11	1	W 2	Cameron Indoor Stadium
13	Sat, Jan 3, 1998	REG	@	Maryland (20)	ACC	18.79	W	104	72		12	1	W 3	Cole Fieldhouse
14	Wed, Jan 7, 1998	REG		NC State	ACC	10.84	W	64	50		13	1	W 4	Cameron Indoor Stadium
15	Sat, Jan 10, 1998	REG	@	Florida State (13)	ACC	12.93	W	75	63		14	1	W 5	Tallahassee-Leon County Civic Center
16	Wed, Jan 14, 1998	REG	@	Wake Forest	ACC	9.62	W	88	52		15	1	W 6	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum
17	Sat, Jan 17, 1998	REG		Clemson	ACC	17.17	W	81	80		16	1	W 7	Cameron Indoor Stadium
18	Tue, Jan 20, 1998	REG	@	North Carolina A&T	MEAC	-18.02	W	101	66		17	1	W 8	Greensboro Coliseum
19	Sat, Jan 24, 1998	REG	@	Virginia	ACC	6.03	W	72	65		18	1	W 9	University Hall
20	Thu, Jan 29, 1998	REG		Maryland (23)	ACC	18.79	W	86	59		19	1	W 10	Cameron Indoor Stadium
21	Sun, Feb 1, 1998	REG		Georgia Tech	ACC	12.82	W	90	69		20	1	W 11	Cameron Indoor Stadium
22	Thu, Feb 5, 1998	REG	@	North Carolina (2)	ACC	26.67	L	73	97		20	2	L 1	Dean Smith Center
23	Sun, Feb 8, 1998	REG	@	NC State	ACC	10.84	W	65	49		21	2	W 1	Reynolds Coliseum
24	Tue, Feb 10, 1998	REG		Florida State	ACC	12.93	W	86	72		22	2	W 2	Cameron Indoor Stadium
25	Sat, Feb 14, 1998	REG		Wake Forest	ACC	9.62	W	78	47		23	2	W 3	Cameron Indoor Stadium
26	Wed, Feb 18, 1998	REG	@	Clemson	ACC	17.17	W	70	66		24	2	W 4	Littlejohn Coliseum
27	Sun, Feb 22, 1998	REG		UCLA (12)	Pac-10	13.03	W	120	84		25	2	W 5	Cameron Indoor Stadium
28	Wed, Feb 25, 1998	REG	@	Georgia Tech	ACC	12.82	W	76	53		26	2	W 6	Alexander Memorial Coliseum
29	Sat, Feb 28, 1998	REG		North Carolina (3)	ACC	26.67	W	77	75		27	2	W 7	Cameron Indoor Stadium
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
30	Thu, Mar 5, 1998	CTOURN	N	Virginia	ACC	6.03	W	63	41		28	2	W 8	Greensboro Coliseum
31	Sat, Mar 7, 1998	CTOURN	N	Clemson	ACC	17.17	W	66	64		29	2	W 9	Greensboro Coliseum
32	Sun, Mar 8, 1998	CTOURN	N	North Carolina (4)	ACC	26.67	L	68	83		29	3	L 1	Greensboro Coliseum
G	Date	Type		Opponent	Conf	SRS		Tm	Opp	OT	W	L	Streak	Arena
33	Fri, Mar 13, 1998	NCAA	N	Radford	Big South	-5.25	W	99	63		30	3	W 1	Rupp Arena
34	Sun, Mar 15, 1998	NCAA	N	Oklahoma State	Big 12	14.30	W	79	73		31	3	W 2	Rupp Arena
35	Fri, Mar 20, 1998	NCAA	N	Syracuse (21)	Big East	11.87	W	80	67		32	3	W 3	Tropicana Field
36	Sun, Mar 22, 1998	NCAA	N	Kentucky (5)	SEC	22.95	L	84	86		32	4	L 1	Tropicana Field