1997–98 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

1997–98 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
1997–98 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
ACC regular season champions; Maui Invitational champions
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 3
1997–98 record	32–4 (15–1 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Krzyzewski (18th season);
Assistant coaches	Quin Snyder; Johnny Dawkins; David Henderson;
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium
	Seasons ← 1996–97 1998–99 →

The 1997–98 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[]

1998–99 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	31	Shane Battier	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Country Day	Birmingham, MI
C	42	Elton Brand	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	254 lb (115 kg)	Fr	Peekskill	Peekskill, NY
G	22	Jay Heaps	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	155 lb (70 kg)	Jr	Longmeadow	Longmeadow, MA
G	-	Ryan Caldbeck	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Rice Memorial	Shelburne, VT
G	3	Justin Caldbeck	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Rice Memorial	Shelburne, VT
G	5	William Avery	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Oak Hill	Augusta, GA
F/C	41	Taymon Domzalski	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	New Mexico Military	Lovington, NM
G/F	14	Nate James	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	St. John	Washington, DC
F/C	34	Chris Burgess	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	244 lb (111 kg)	Fr	Woodbridge	Irvine, CA
G	21	Trajan Langdon	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	211 lb (96 kg)	RS Jr	East Anchorage	Anchorage, AK
G	13	J.D. Simpson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	St. Francis	Woodside, CA
G/F	23	Chris Carrawell	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	So	Cardinal Ritter	St. Louis, MO

Head coach

Mike Krzyzewski

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: 2021-01-23

Schedule[]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 16, 1997*	No. 3	at Army	W 78–45	1–0
November 20, 1997*	No. 3	Davidson	W 100–65	2–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
November 24, 1997*	No. 3	vs. Chaminade Maui Invitational	W 106–70	3–0	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
November 25, 1997*	No. 3	vs. Missouri Maui Invitational	W 82–59	4–0	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
November 26, 1997*	No. 3	vs. No. 1 Arizona Maui Invitational	W 95–87	5–0	Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, Hawaii
December 1, 1997*	No. 1	South Carolina State	W 98–40	6–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
December 3, 1997*	No. 1	UNC Greensboro	W 93–37	7–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
December 6, 1997	No. 1	Virginia	W 103–59	8–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
December 10, 1997*	No. 1	Villanova	W 94–66	9–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
December 13, 1997*	No. 1	at Michigan	L 73–81	9–1
December 21, 1997*	No. 3	Mercer	W 126–64	10–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
December 30, 1997*	No. 3	Portland State	W 89–39	11–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
January 3, 1998	No. 3	at No. 20 Maryland	W 104–72	12–1
January 7, 1998	No. 2	NC State	W 64–50	13–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
January 10, 1998	No. 2	at No. 13 Florida State	W 75–63	14–1
January 14, 1998	No. 2	at Wake Forest	W 88–52	15–1
January 17, 1998	No. 2	Clemson	W 81–80	16–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
January 20, 1998*	No. 1	vs. North Carolina A&T	W 101–66	17–1	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C.
January 24, 1998	No. 1	at Virginia	W 72–65	18–1
January 29, 1998	No. 1	No. 23 Maryland	W 86–59	19–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
February 1, 1998	No. 1	Georgia Tech	W 90–69	20–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
February 5, 1998	No. 1	at No. 2 North Carolina	L 73–97	20–2
February 8, 1998	No. 1	at NC State	W 65–49	21–2
February 10, 1998	No. 2	Florida State	W 86–72	22–2	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
February 14, 1998	No. 2	Wake Forest	W 78–47	23–2	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
February 18, 1998	No. 2	at Clemson	W 70–66	24–2
February 22, 1998*	No. 2	No. 12 UCLA	W 120–84	25–2	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
February 25, 1998	No. 1	at Georgia Tech	W 76–53	26–2
February 28, 1998	No. 1	No. 3 North Carolina	W 77–75	27–2	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
March 5, 1998	No. 1	vs. Virginia ACC Tournament First Round	W 63–41	28–2	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C.
March 7, 1998	No. 1	vs. Clemson ACC Tournament Semifinal	W 66–64	29–2	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C.
March 8, 1998	No. 1	vs. No. 4 North Carolina ACC Tournament Final	L 68–83	29–3	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C.
March 13, 1998*	(1) No. 3	vs. (16) Radford NCAA South First Round	W 99–63	30–3	Rupp Arena Lexington, Ky.
March 15, 1998*	(1) No. 3	vs. (8) Oklahoma State NCAA South Second Round	W 79–73	31–3	Rupp Arena Lexington, Ky.
March 20, 1998*	(1) No. 3	vs. (5) No. 21 Syracuse NCAA South Regional Semifinal	W 80–67	32–3	Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Fla.
March 22, 1998*	(1) No. 3	vs. (2) No. 5 Kentucky NCAA South Regional Final	L 84–86	32–4	Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, Fla.
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. Source: Duke media guide^[1]

Departing players drafted into the NBA[]

Round	Pick	Player	NBA Club
1	20	Roshown McLeod	Atlanta Hawks

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References[]

^ "2019–20 Duke MBB Media Guide" (PDF). Duke Athletics. Duke University. 14 October 2019. p. 177. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2012-12-16.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

1997–98 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball

ACC regular season champions Maui Invitational champions
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 5
AP	No. 3
1997–98 record	32–4 (15–1 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Krzyzewski (18th season)
Assistant coaches	Quin Snyder Johnny Dawkins David Henderson
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium
Seasons ← 1996–97 1998–99 →


v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Duke	15	–	1	.938	32	–	4	.889
No. 1 North Carolina†	13	–	3	.813	34	–	4	.895
No. 20 Maryland	10	–	6	.625	21	–	11	.656
	7	–	9	.438	16	–	14	.533
Clemson	7	–	9	.438	18	–	14	.563
	6	–	10	.375	19	–	14	.576
	6	–	10	.375	18	–	4	.818
	5	–	11	.313	17	–	15	.531
Virginia	3	–	13	.188	11	–	19	.367

† 1998 ACC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll