8, 1990 - Duke 75, Michigan 68ĭuke won ugly in a game that featured 52 combined turnovers, including 27 from Michigan. "They just made you think about what you're doing while you take the ball to the basket," Mike Krzyzewski said, according to the AP. Playing against Georgetown's imposing front line of Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo, Duke shot just 33 percent from the field, including 2-for-14 from deep, as the Hoyas managed 15-0 and 13-1 runs against the Blue Devils. In the second half, Mike Krzyzewski employed a box-and-one defense on Charlotte's Henry Williams, who had 19 points in the first 20 minutes and just three points after that.
Charlotte had cut Duke's 17-point lead to two, 85-83, with over eight minutes remaining as part of an 25-10 run, but Christian Laettner scored a career-high 37 points. 1, 1990 - Duke 111, Charlotte 94ĭuke picked up its 60th consecutive win at Cameron Indoor Stadium in a high-scoring affair. I'm not accustomed to playing with my back to the basket. "That's more my game," Hill said, according to The Charlotte Observer. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski tested out a new starting lineup with Crawford Palmer, 6-9, alongside Laettner in order to give Hill more freedom offensively. Twelve different Duke players scored as the Blue Devils routed East Carolina behind Grant Hill and Christian Laettner's 17-point nights with the former making 7-of-8 shots from the field. "Coming off an emotional loss, to be as positive and and to work as hard as we did is encouraging," Mike Krzyzewski said, according to The Record. 23, 1990 - Duke 85, Notre Dame 77ĭuke forced Notre Dame into 15 first-half turnovers and 22 for the game as the Blue Devils built a 19-point lead, including a 10-1 run to end the first half. "It was a little chaotic," Mike Krzyzewski, who was called for a rare technical foul in the game, said, according to Gannett News Service. In the same calendar year as Duke's Final Four win over Arkansas, the Razorbacks got revenge against the Blue Devils in the Dodge NIT as they turned an 11-point first-half deficit into a 10-point victory. "The last 12 minutes of the first half, I don't think we can play any better than that." Nov.
"Our team played very well, especially on defense," Mike Krzyzewski said, according to the AP.
The Blue Devils rattled off 20 consecutive points just minutes into the game as part of a 24-2 run. "I thought the story of the game was our defense," Mike Krzyzewski said, according to the AP. Here's everything you need to know about Duke's first national championship team.Ĭonference Tournament Finish: Lost in semifinalsĭuke forced Marquette into 30 turnovers while Christian Laettner scored 24 points with 12 rebounds. Led by center Christian Laettner, who averaged roughly 20 points per game, and four players who averaged 11 points per game, the Blue Devils avenged their 30-point loss to UNLV in the 1990 national championship by beating the Rebels in the 1991 Final Four. After making the Final Four three years in a row, including a national runner-up finish in 1990, Duke won its first-ever national championship in coach Mike Krzyzewski's 11th season in Durham. The following is a season-by-season look at each of these championships, including stats, rosters, full-game replays and a game-by-game recap of each season. Duke has won five NCAA men's Division I college basketball championships:
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