1989–90 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

1989–90 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
1989–90 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Runner-up
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 15
1989–90 record	29–9 (9–5 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Krzyzewski (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Mike Brey; Tommy Amaker; Jay Bilas (1st season);
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium
	Seasons ← 1988–89 1990–91 →

The 1989–90 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The head coach was Mike Krzyzewski. The team played its home games in the Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Roster[]

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
C	30	Alaa Abdelnaby	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	Bloomfield, New Jersey
F	21	Robert Brickey	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Fayetteville, North Carolina
F/C	45	Clay Buckley	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Wayne, Pennsylvania
G	13	Joe Cook	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Lincoln, Illinois
G/F	23	Brian Davis	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Capitol Heights, Maryland
G	3	Phil Henderson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sr	University Park, Illinois
G/F	25	Thomas Hill	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Lancaster, Texas
G	11	Bobby Hurley	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	150 lb (68 kg)	Fr	Jersey City, New Jersey
F	22	Greg Koubek	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Clifton Park, New York
F	32	Christian Laettner	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Angola, New York
G	5	Billy McCaffrey	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Fr	Allentown, Pennsylvania
C	34	Crawford Palmer	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	So	Arlington, Virginia

Head coach

Mike Krzyzewski (Army)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 25, 1989*	No. 10	Harvard	W 130–54	1–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
November 29, 1989*	No. 7	Canisius	W 102–66	2–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
December 2, 1989*	No. 7	at Northwestern	W 103–77	3–0
December 6, 1989*	No. 6	vs. No. 1 Syracuse ACC/Big East Challenge	L 76–78	3–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C.
December 9, 1989*	No. 6	at No. 8 Michigan	L 108–113 ^OT	3–2
December 21, 1989*	No. 12	at Davidson	W 89–44	4–2
December 23, 1989*	No. 12	Washington	W 74–64	5–2	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
December 28, 1989*	No. 13	vs. Drake Rainbow Classic	W 101–77	6–2	Neil S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
December 29, 1989*	No. 13	vs. Cincinnati Rainbow Classic	W 95–83	7–2	Neil S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
December 30, 1989*	No. 13	at Hawaii Rainbow Classic	W 87–75	8–2	Neil S. Blaisdell Center Honolulu, Hawaii
January 3, 1990*	No. 13	The Citadel	W 108–69	9–2	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
January 6, 1990	No. 13	Virginia	W 76–68	10–2	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
January 11, 1990	No. 10	at No. 9 Georgia Tech	W 96–91	11–2
January 13, 1990	No. 10	Maryland	W 91–80	12–2	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
January 17, 1990	No. 8	at North Carolina	L 60–79	12–3
January 20, 1990	No. 8	at Wake Forest	W 97–69	13–3
January 22, 1990	No. 8	at William & Mary	W 109–76	14–3
January 24, 1990	No. 8	NC State	W 85–82 ^OT	15–3	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
January 28, 1990	No. 8	No. 13 Georgia Tech	W 88–86	16–3	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
January 31, 1990	No. 5	Clemson	W 94–80	17–3	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
February 4, 1990*	No. 5	Notre Dame	W 88–76	18–3	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
February 8, 1990	No. 4	at Virginia	L 69–72	18–4
February 10, 1990	No. 4	at Maryland	W 114–111 ^OT	19–4
February 12, 1990*	No. 4	at Stetson	W 102–67	20–4
February 14, 1990*	No. 6	East Carolina	W 84–51	21–4	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
February 18, 1990	No. 6	Wake Forest	W 71–56	22–4	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
February 21, 1990	No. 3	at NC State	L 71–76	22–5
February 25, 1990*	No. 3	No. 21 Arizona	W 78–76	23–5	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
February 28, 1990	No. 5	at No. 20 Clemson	L 93–97	23–6
March 4, 1990	No. 5	North Carolina	L 75–87	23–7	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
March 9, 1990	No. 12	vs. Maryland ACC Tournament	W 104–84	24–7	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, N.C.
March 10, 1990	No. 12	vs. No. 14 Georgia Tech ACC Tournament	L 72–83	24–8	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, N.C.
March 16, 1990*	No. 15	vs. Richmond NCAA Tournament	W 81–46	25–8	The Omni Atlanta, Ga.
March 18, 1990*	No. 15	vs. St. John's NCAA Tournament	W 76–72	26–8	The Omni Atlanta, Ga.
March 22, 1990*	No. 15	vs. UCLA NCAA Tournament	W 90–81	27–8	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, N.J.
March 24, 1990*	No. 15	vs. No. 3 Connecticut NCAA Tournament	W 79–78 ^OT	28–8	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, N.J.
March 31, 1990*	No. 15	vs. No. 7 Arkansas NCAA Final Four	W 97–83	29–8	McNichols Arena Denver, Colo.
April 2, 1990*	No. 15	vs. No. 2 UNLV NCAA Championship Game	L 73–103	29–9	McNichols Arena Denver, Colo.
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. Source: Duke media guide^[2]

Awards and honors[]

Team players drafted into the NBA[]

Year	Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1990	1	25	Alaa Abdelnaby	Portland Trail Blazers
1990	2	49	Phil Henderson	Dallas Mavericks

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References[]

^ "1990 NCAA Final Four program". March 1990. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
^ "2019–20 Duke MBB Media Guide" (PDF). Duke Athletics. Duke University. 14 October 2019. p. 176. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2009-05-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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[1] "1990 NCAA Final Four program". March 1990. Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)

[2] "2019–20 Duke MBB Media Guide" (PDF). Duke Athletics. Duke University. 14 October 2019. p. 176. Retrieved 30 June 2020.

[3] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2009-05-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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v t Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
Venues	The Ark (1906–1923) Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (1924–1930) Card Gymnasium (1930–1939) Cameron Indoor Stadium (1940–present)
Rivalries	Maryland Michigan North Carolina (Carlyle Cup)
Culture & lore	"Blue and White" Cameron Crazies Champions Classic Dixie Classic/Big Four "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!" I Hate Christian Laettner Krzyzewskiville "The Shot" Tobacco Road
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 17 Clemson	10	–	4	.714	26	–	9	.743
No. 15 Duke	9	–	5	.643	29	–	9	.763
#9 Georgia Tech†	8	–	6	.571	28	–	7	.800
North Carolina	8	–	6	.571	21	–	13	.618
Virginia	6	–	8	.429	20	–	12	.625
NC State	6	–	8	.429	18	–	12	.600
Maryland	6	–	8	.429	19	–	14	.576
Wake Forest	3	–	11	.214	12	–	16	.429

† 1990 ACC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll