2012–13 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

American college basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Basketball 2012–13 Duke Blue Devils Duke Blue Devils basketball mark.svg 125 Atlantic Coast Conference ACC 5 6 30–6 14–4 Mike Krzyzewski 33rd Chris Collins Steve Wojciechowski Jeff Capel Seth Curry Ryan Kelly Mason Plumlee 3 Seth Curry Ryan Kelly Mason Plumlee Cameron Indoor Stadium Battle 4 Atlantis Champions NCAA tournament Elite Eight The 2012–13 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University in the 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski. The team played its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They won the Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in the Bahamas, defeating Louisville in the championship game. The Blue Devils posted four victories against top 5 opponents (at the time of the game) and were undefeated (16–0) at home. Completing the season with 30 wins (and 6 losses; 14–4 in ACC play), Duke finished in second place in the ACC regular season standings. Duke was ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll all season long, including five weeks at #1. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament to Maryland and subsequently received a two seed in the 2013 NCAA tournament. They defeated Albany in the Round of 64, #22 Creighton in the Round of 32, and #9 Michigan State in the Sweet Sixteen to reach the Elite Eight. Duke lost to #1 overall seed and eventual NCAA champion Louisville in the Elite Eight in Indianapolis who reversed the game result from the meeting earlier in the season. Louisville later had the title vacated for a violation of NCAA rules. Duke finished #1 in the nation in the final RPI rankings.https://www.teamrankings.com/ncaa-basketball/rpi-ranking/rpi-rating-by-team?date=2013-04-09 NCAA College Basketball RPI Rankings & Ratings TeamRankings.com April 1, 2023 Class of 2012 signees no no 2010 Rasheed Sulaimon SG Houston, TX Strake Jesuit College Prep 6 3 175 2/10/2011 5 5 5 5 Amile Jefferson PF Philadelphia, PA Friends Central 6 7 190 5/15/2012 5 4 4 4 2012 Duke Basketball Commitment List 2012 Duke Basketball Commits ESPN duke 167 150 April 16, 2013 yes Roster 2012 Duke Blue Devils y yes Quinn Cook y 2 G 6 0 175 SO Bowie, Maryland Oak Hill Academy Tyler Thornton y 3 G 6 1 195 JR Washington, D.C. Gonzaga Mason Plumlee y 5 C 6 10 235 SR Warsaw, Indiana Christ School Alex Murphy basketball y 12 F 6 8 220 FR yes Wakefield, Rhode Island South Kingstown Rodney Hood y 13 F 6 7 205 SO yes Meridian, Mississippi Meridian Rasheed Sulaimon y 14 G 6 4 190 FR Houston, Texas Strake Jesuit College Prep Josh Hairston 15 F 6 7 235 JR Fredericksburg, Virginia Montrose Christian Andre Dawkins y 20 G 6 4 200 SR yes Chesapeake, Virginia Atlantic Shores Christian Amile Jefferson y 21 F 6 8 195 FR Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Friends Central School Seth Curry y 30 G 6 2 180 SR Charlotte, North Carolina Charlotte Christian Ryan Kelly 34 F 6 11 230 SR Raleigh, North Carolina Ravenscroft y basketball Marshall Plumlee y 40 C 6 11 225 FR yes Warsaw, Indiana Christ School Todd Zafirovski 52 F 6 9 240 SR Lake Forest, Illinois Lake Forest Academy Mike Krzyzewski Chris Collins Steve Wojciechowski Jeff Capel Depth chart 00009C FFFFFF 00009C Mason Plumlee Ryan Kelly Rasheed Sulaimon Seth Curry Quinn Cook Marshall Plumlee Amile Jefferson Josh Hairston Alex Murphy Tyler Thornton Schedule yes yes |- !colspan=12 style="background:#00009C; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition October 27, 2012 2:00 pm yes 8 Western Washington Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC Kelly, Plumlee 22 Plumlee 11 Kelly 4 105–87 9,314   November 1, 2012 7:00 pm yes 8 Winston-Salem State Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC Plumlee 19 Plumlee 10 Kelly 3 69–45 9,314   |- !colspan=12 style="background:#00009C; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season November 9, 2012 7:00 pm yes 8 Georgia State Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ESPNU Plumlee 19 Plumlee 14 Kelly, Sulaimon 4 74–55 9,314 1–0 November 13, 2012 9:30 pm yes yes 9 Kentucky 3 Georgia Dome Atlanta, GA Champions Classic ESPN Curry 23 Sulaimon 6 Sulaimon 5 75–68 22,847 2–0 November 18, 2012 8:00 pm yes 9 Florida Gulf Coast Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ESPNU Plumlee 28 Kelly, Plumlee 9 Cook 9 88–67 9,314 3–0 November 22, 2012 3:30 pm yes yes 5 Minnesota Imperial Arena Nassau, Bahamas Battle 4 Atlantis Quarterfinals AXS TV Curry 25 Plumlee 17 Cook 4 89–71 3,511 4–0 November 23, 2012 7:00 pm yes yes 5 VCU Imperial Arena Nassau, BAH Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals NBCSN Plumlee 17 Plumlee 10 Cook 9 67–58 3,474 5–0 November 24, 2012 9:30 pm yes yes 5 Louisville 2 Imperial Arena Nassau, BAH Battle 4 Atlantis championship NBCSN Plumlee 16 Plumlee 7 Cook 6 76–71 3,511 6–0 November 28, 2012 9:30 pm yes 2 Ohio State 3 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ACC-Big Ten Challenge ESPN Plumlee 21 Plumlee 17 Cook 8 73–68 9,314 7–0 December 1, 2012 2:00 pm yes 2 Delaware Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC RSN/ESPN3 Kelly, Plumlee 18 Plumlee 11 Thornton 10 88–50 9,314 8–0 December 8, 2012 3:15 pm yes yes 2 Temple Izod Center East Rutherford, NJ ESPN Curry 23 Plumlee 14 Sulaimon 7 90–67 12,157 9–0 December 19, 2012 7:00 pm yes 1 Cornell Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ESPNU Curry 20 Plumlee 9 Cook 12 88–47 9,314 10–0 December 20, 2012 7:00 pm yes 1 Elon Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ESPNU Plumlee 21 Plumlee 15 Sulaimon, Thornton 4 76–54 9,314 11–0 December 29, 2012 12:00 pm yes 1 Santa Clara Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ESPN2 Curry 31 Plumlee 13 Cook, Plumlee 5 90–77 9,314 12–0 January 2, 2013 7:00 pm yes yes 1 Davidson Time Warner Cable Arena Charlotte, NC ESPN2 Kelly 18 Kelly, Plumlee, Sulaimon 7 Curry 3 67–50 13,607 13–0 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#00009C; color:#FFFFFF;"| ACC Regular Season |- January 5, 2013 12:00 pm 1 Wake Forest Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ESPNU Curry, Kelly 22 Plumlee 12 Cook 14 80–62 9,314 14–0 (1–0) January 8, 2013 7:00 pm 1 Clemson Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ESPNU Cook 27 Plumlee 13 Cook, Plumlee 5 68–40 9,314 15–0 (2–0) January 12, 2013 12:00 pm yes 1 NC State 20 PNC Arena Raleigh, NC ESPN Curry 22 Plumlee 11 Cook 7 76–84 19,557 15–1 (2–1) January 17, 2013 9:00 pm 3 Georgia Tech Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ESPN Curry 24 Plumlee 13 Cook 5 73–57 9,314 16–1 (3–1) January 23, 2013 7:00 pm yes 1 Miami (FL) 25 BankUnited Center Coral Gables, FL ESPN Sulaimon 16 Plumlee 11 Cook 5 63–90 7,972 16–2 (3–2) January 26, 2013 1:00 pm 1 Maryland Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC CBS Sulaimon 25 Jefferson 9 Cook 9 84–64 9,314 17–2 (4–2) January 30, 2013 8:00 pm yes 5 Wake Forest LJVM Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC ACCN/ESPN3 Plumlee 32 Plumlee 9 Cook 7 75–70 12,603 18–2 (5–2) February 2, 2013 2:00 pm yes 5 Florida State Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL ESPN Curry 21 Plumlee, Cook 5 Cook 6 79–60 12,100 19–2 (6–2) February 7, 2013 9:00 pm 4 NC State Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ACCN/ESPN3 Plumlee 30 Plumlee 9 Thornton 6 98–85 9,314 20–2 (7–2) February 10, 2013 6:00 pm yes 4 Boston College Conte Forum Chestnut Hill, MA ESPNU Plumlee 19 Plumlee 10 Cook, Curry 3 62–61 6,709 21–2 (8–2) February 13, 2013 9:00 pm 2 North Carolina Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ESPN Carolina–Duke rivalry Plumlee, Cook 18 Plumlee 11 Sulaimon 5 73–68 9,314 22–2 (9–2) February 16, 2013 6:00 pm yes 2 Maryland Comcast Center College Park, MD ESPN Curry 25 Sulaimon 4 Cook 6 81–83 17,950 22–3 (9–3) February 21, 2013 9:00 pm yes 6 Virginia Tech Cassell Coliseum Blacksburg, VA ESPN Curry 22 Plumlee 12 Plumlee, Thornton 5 88–56 7,585 23–3 (10–3) February 24, 2013 2:00 pm 6 Boston College Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ACCN/ESPN3 Sulaimon 27 Plumlee 15 Plumlee 4 89–68 9,314 24–3 (11–3) February 28, 2013 9:00 pm yes 3 Virginia John Paul Jones Arena Charlottesville, VA ESPN Curry 28 Plumlee 7 Cook, Sulaimon, Thornton 2 68–73 14,593 24–4 (11–4) March 2, 2013 6:00 pm 3 Miami (FL) 5 Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ESPN Kelly 36 Kelly 7 Cook 5 79–76 9,314 25–4 (12–4) March 5, 2013 7:00 pm 3 Virginia Tech Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC ESPNU Curry 20 Kelly 9 Kelly, Plumlee 5 85–57 9,314 26–4 (13–4) March 9, 2013 9:00 pm yes 3 North Carolina Dean E. Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC College GameDay ESPN Plumlee 23 Plumlee 13 Cook 5 69–53 21,750 27–4 (14–4) |- !colspan=12 style="background:#00009C; color:#FFFFFF;"| 2013 ACC Tournament March 15, 2013 7:00 pm yes 2 Maryland Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC Quarterfinals ESPN2/ACCN Plumlee 19 Plumlee 7 Curry 3 74–83 22,169 27–5 |- !colspan=12 style="background:#00009C; color:#FFFFFF;"| 2013 NCAA Tournament March 22, 2013 12:15 pm yes yes 6 (2 MW) (15 MW) Albany Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA Second round CBS Curry 26 Plumlee 8 Cook 11 73–61 20,125 28–5 March 24, 2013 9:47 pm yes yes 6 (2 MW) (7 MW) Creighton 22 Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA Third round TBS Sulaimon 21 Thornton 6 Cook 6 66–50 20,125 29–5 March 29, 2013 9:58 pm yes yes 6 (2 MW) (3 MW) Michigan State 9 Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN Sweet Sixteen CBS Curry 29 Kelly, Plumlee 7 Cook, Kelly, Thornton 2 71–61 35,520 30–5 March 31, 2013 5:05 pm yes yes 6 (2 MW) (1 MW) Louisville 2 Lucas Oil Stadium Indianapolis, IN Elite Eight CBS Plumlee 17 Plumlee 12 Cook 5 63–85  34,657 30–6 AP Poll Eastern Time. (#) during NCAA Tournament is Seed with Region MW=Midwest Rankings 2012–13 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings AP Pollhttps://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/rankings 2012-13 NCAA Men's Basketball Rankings October 22, 2012 ESPN ESPN Internet Ventures live https://web.archive.org/web/20100209082909/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncb/rankings February 9, 2010 0 19 8 9 5 2 (18) 2 (20) 2 (20) 1 (62) 1 (63) 1 (63) 1 (62) 3 (14) 1 (39) 5 4 2 (20) 6 3 3 (5) 2 (11) 6 Coaches' Poll 0 19 8 9 5 2 (4) 2 (6) 2 (6) 1 (30) 1 (30) 1 (30) 1 (30) 3 (7) 1 (20) 5 4 1 (18) 6 3 4 2 (2) 7 References Duke Category:Duke Blue Devils men's basketball seasons Duke Duke Duke