1996–97 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1996–97 Duke Blue Devils Duke Blue Devils basketball mark.svg 125 Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 11 8 24–9 12–4 Mike Krzyzewski (17th season) Tommy Amaker Quin Snyder Tim O'Toole Cameron Indoor Stadium ACC regular season champions NCAA tournament round of 32 The 1996–97 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. Duke finished with an overall record 24–9 (12–4 ACC). The team was invited to the 1997 NCAA Tournament as a #2 seed. After a first round win vs Murray State, Duke was upset by #10 seed Providence 98–87. Roster 1996 Duke Blue Devils y y Jeff Capel Jeff Capel III y 5 G 6 5 195 SR Fayetteville, NC Cardinal Ritter Chris Carrawell y 23 F 6 6 215 FR St. Louis, MO South View Matt Christensen 41 F 6 10 265 SO Belmont, MA Belmont Taymon Domzalski y 40 C 6 10 245 SO Lovington, NM New Mexico Military Institute Jay Heaps y 22 G 5 9 155 SO Longmeadow, MA Longmeadow Trajan Langdon y 21 G 6 4 195 SO y Anchorage, AK East Anchorage Roshown McLeod y 4 F 6 8 220 SR Jersey City, NJ St. Anthony's Greg Newton 55 F/C 6 10 245 SR Niagara Falls, Ontario A.N. Myer Ricky Price 3 G/F 6 6 190 JR Gardena, CA Serra Todd Singleton 15 F 6 4 195 JR Severn, MD Old Mill Carmen Wallace 34 F 6 6 205 SR Wilmington, DE Tower Hill Steve Wojciechowski y 12 G 5 11 180 JR Severn, MD Cardinal Gibbons https://goduke.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/1996-97 2021-01-23 *Mike Krzyzewski Tommy Amaker Quin Snyder Tim O'Toole Schedule |- !colspan=12 style=Duke Blue Devils| Regular season yes November 20, 1996 10 St. Joseph's Preseason NIT Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 89–60 1–0 yes November 22, 1996 10 Vanderbilt Preseason NIT Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 86–57 2–0 yes November 27, 1996 6 Tulsa 22 yes Preseason NIT Madison Square Garden New York, NY 72–67 3–0 yes November 29, 1996 6 Indiana 20 yes Preseason NIT Madison Square Garden New York, NY 69–85 3–1 yes December 2, 1996 10 Lehigh Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 103–51 4–1 December 5, 1996 10 Florida State Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 72–66 OT 5–1 1–0 yes December 8, 1996 10 Michigan 7 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 61–62 5–2 yes December 11, 1996 14 Davidson Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 85–58 6–2 yes December 14, 1996 14 Villanova 4 yes CoreStates Center Philadelphia, PA 87–79 7–2 yes December 22, 1996 11 Army Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 100–38 8–2 yes December 30, 1996 13 Western Carolina Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 104–54 9–2 yes January 2, 1997 13 South Carolina State Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 104–54 10–2 January 5, 1997 13 Georgia Tech yes Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA 66–56 11–2 2–0 January 7, 1997 10 Clemson 5 yes Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC 82–86 OT 11–3 2–1 January 11, 1997 10 Wake Forest 2 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 69–81 11–4 2–2 yes January 13, 1997 13 Campbell Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 84–59 12–4 yes January 15, 1997 13 UNC Greensboro yes Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC 87–49 13–4 January 18, 1997 13 Virginia Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 78–59 14–4 3–2 January 21, 1997 10 NC State yes Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC 70–55 15–4 4–2 January 26, 1997 10 Maryland 7 yes Cole Field House College Park, MD 70–74 15–5 4–3 January 29, 1997 12 North Carolina 19 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 80–73 16–5 5–3 February 2, 1997 12 Georgia Tech Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 70–61 17–5 6–3 February 5, 1997 8 Wake Forest 2 yes LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC 73–68 18–5 7–3 February 8, 1997 8 NC State Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 80–51 19–5 8–3 February 11, 1997 6 Virginia yes University Hall Charlottesville, VA 62–61 20–5 9–3 February 15, 1997 6 Florida State yes Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL 89–79 21–5 10–3 February 18, 1997 6 Clemson 8 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 84–77 22–5 11–3 yes February 23, 1997 6 UCLA 17 yes Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA 69–73 22–6 February 27, 1997 7 Maryland 16 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 81–69 23–6 12–3 March 2, 1997 7 North Carolina 8 yes Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC 85–91 23–7 12–4 |- !colspan=12 style=Duke Blue Devils| ACC Tournament March 7, 1997 7 1 NC State 8 yes ACC tournament Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC 60–66 23–8 |- !colspan=12 style=Duke Blue Devils| NCAA tournament yes March 14, 1997 8 2 Murray State 15 yes NCAA SE First Round CBS Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC 71–68 24–8 yes March 16, 1997 8 2 Providence 10 yes NCAA SE Second Round CBS Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC 87–98 24–9 SE Southeast region Source: Duke media guide2019–20 Duke MBB Media Guide https://goduke.com/documents/2019/10/14/Full_Guide.pdf Duke Athletics Duke University 30 June 2020 177 en PDF 14 October 2019 Rankings 1996–97 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings Awards and honors Mike Krzyzewski, ACC Coach of the Year Mike Krzyzewski, Basketball Times National Coach of the Year Team players drafted into the NBA No one from the men's basketball team was selected in the 1997 NBA draft.http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1997&lg=N 1997 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com 2009-05-05 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20080331185627/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1997&lg=N 2008-03-31 References Duke Duke Category:Duke Blue Devils men's basketball seasons Category:1996 in sports in North Carolina Category:1997 in sports in North Carolina Category:Long stubs with short prose