1997–98 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 1997–98 Duke Blue Devils Duke Blue Devils basketball mark.svg 125 Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 5 3 32–4 15–1 Mike Krzyzewski (18th season) Quin Snyder Johnny Dawkins David Henderson Cameron Indoor Stadium ACC regular season championsMaui Invitational champions NCAA tournament Elite Eight 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. Duke finished with an overall record of 32–4 (15–1 ACC). In the 1998 NCAA Tournament the Blue Devils were invited as a #1 seed. Duke advanced all the way to the Elite 8 with wins over Radford, Oklahoma State and Syracuse. But their season came to an end with a close loss to Kentucky 86–84. Roster 1998 Duke Blue Devils y y William Avery William Avery (basketball) 5 G 6 2 190 Fr Augusta, GA Oak Hill y Shane Battier 31 F 6 8 220 Fr Birmingham, MI Country Day y Elton Brand 42 C 6 9 254 Fr Peekskill, NY Peekskill y Chris Burgess 34 F/C 6 10 244 Fr Irvine, CA Woodbridge y Chris Carrawell 23 G/F 6 6 220 So St. Louis, MO Cardinal Ritter y Mike Chappell 0 F 6 8 195 So Southfield, MI Southfield-Lathrup Taymon Domzalski 41 F/C 6 10 240 Jr Lovington, NM New Mexico Military y Jay Heaps 22 G 5 9 155 Jr Longmeadow, MA Longmeadow y Nate James basketball 14 G/F 6 6 205 Fr Washington, DC St. John y Trajan Langdon 21 G 6 4 211 Jr yes Anchorage, AK East Anchorage y Roshown McLeod y 4 F 6 8 220 SR Jersey City, NJ St. Anthony's Ricky Price 3 G/F 6 6 190 Sr Gardena, CA Serra J.D. Simpson 13 G 6 4 200 Fr Woodside, CA St. Francis Todd Singleton 15 F 6 4 195 Sr Severn, MD Old Mill Steve Wojciechowski y 12 G 5 11 180 Sr Severn, MD Cardinal Gibbons https://goduke.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster/1997-98 2021-01-23 Mike Krzyzewski Quin Snyder David Henderson Johnny Dawkins Schedule and results |- !colspan=9 style=Duke Blue Devils| Regular Season yes November 16, 1997 3 Army yes Christl Arena West Point, NY 78–45 1–0 yes November 20, 1997 3 Davidson Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 100–65 2–0 yes November 24, 1997 3 Chaminade yes Maui Invitational Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI 106–70 3–0 yes November 25, 1997 3 Missouri yes Maui Invitational Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI 82–59 4–0 yes November 26, 1997 3 Arizona 1 yes Maui Invitational Lahaina Civic Center Lahaina, HI 95–87 5–0 yes December 1, 1997 1 South Carolina State Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 98–40 6–0 yes December 3, 1997 1 UNC Greensboro Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 93–37 7–0 December 6, 1997 1 Virginia Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 103–59 8–0 yes December 10, 1997 1 Villanova Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 94–66 9–0 yes December 13, 1997 1 Michigan yes Crisler Arena Ann Arbor, MI 73–81 9–1 yes December 21, 1997 3 Mercer Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 126–64 10–1 yes December 30, 1997 3 Portland State Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 89–39 11–1 January 3, 1998 3 Maryland 20 yes Cole Field House College Park, MD 104–72 12–1 January 7, 1998 2 NC State Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 64–50 13–1 January 10, 1998 2 Florida State 13 yes Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL 75–63 14–1 January 14, 1998 2 Wake Forest yes LVJM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC 88–52 15–1 January 17, 1998 2 Clemson Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 81–80 16–1 yes January 20, 1998 1 North Carolina A&T yes Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC 101–66 17–1 January 24, 1998 1 Virginia yes University Hall Charlottesville, VA 72–65 18–1 January 29, 1998 1 Maryland 23 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 86–59 19–1 February 1, 1998 1 Georgia Tech Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 90–69 20–1 February 5, 1998 1 North Carolina 2 yes Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC 73–97 20–2 February 8, 1998 1 NC State yes Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC 65–49 21–2 February 10, 1998 2 Florida State Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 86–72 22–2 February 14, 1998 2 Wake Forest Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 78–47 23–2 February 18, 1998 2 Clemson yes Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC 70–66 24–2 yes February 22, 1998 2 UCLA 12 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 120–84 25–2 February 25, 1998 1 Georgia Tech yes Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA 76–53 26–2 February 28, 1998 1 North Carolina 3 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC 77–75 27–2 |- !colspan=9 style=Duke Blue Devils| ACC Tournament March 5, 1998 1 Virginia yes ACC tournament first round Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC 63–41 28–2 March 7, 1998 1 Clemson yes ACC Tournament Semifinal Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC 66–64 29–2 March 8, 1998 1 North Carolina 4 yes ACC Tournament Final Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC 68–83 29–3 |- !colspan=9 style=Duke Blue Devils| NCAA Tournament yes March 13, 1998 3 1 Radford 16 yes NCAA South First round Rupp Arena Lexington, KY 99–63Duke Cruises to Win Before Hostile Crowd https://www.nytimes.com/library/sports/ncaabasketball/031498bkc-duke.html The New York Times March 14, 1998 March 4, 2023 30–3 yes March 15, 1998 3 1 Oklahoma State 8 yes NCAA South Second Round Rupp Arena Lexington, KY 79–73 31–3 yes March 20, 1998 3 1 Syracuse 21 5 yes NCAA South Regional semifinal Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL 80–67Duke Overcomes Syracuse https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/colbask/longterm/1998/men/articles/duke21.htm The Washington Post March 21, 1998 June 26, 2021 32–3 yes March 22, 1998 3 1 Kentucky 5 2 yes NCAA South Regional Final Tropicana Field St. Petersburg, FL 84–86 32–4 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 Departing players drafted into the NBA Round Pick Player NBA club 1 20 Roshown McLeod Atlanta Hawkshttp://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1998&lg=N 1998 NBA Draft on databaseBasketball.com 2012-12-16 usurped https://web.archive.org/web/20130105194538/http://www.databasebasketball.com/draft/draftyear.htm?yr=1998&lg=N 2013-01-05 References Duke Blue Devils Category:Duke Blue Devils men's basketball seasons Duke Blue Devils men's b Duke Blue Devils men's b Duke