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2001–02 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

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Coaches
  
No. 5

2001–02 record
  
31–4 (13–3 ACC)

Assistant coach
  
Johnny Dawkins

AP
  
No. 1

Head coach
  
Mike Krzyzewski


Conference
  
Atlantic Coast Conference

The 2001–02 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.

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NCAA basketball tournament

  • South
  • Duke (1) 84, Winthrop (16) 37
  • Duke 84, Notre Dame (8) 77
  • Indiana (5) 74, Duke 73

    • Awards and honors

  • Duke Blue Devils became the first team to be seeded #1 in the NCAA tournament for five straight seasons.
  • The team finished the regular season ranked #1 in the AP Poll for the fourth straight year.
  • Jason Williams was a National Player of the Year winner for the second straight year, but oddly enough didn't win ACC Player of the Year in either 2000–01 or 2001–02. Shane Battier and Joseph Forte shared the award in '01 and Maryland's Juan Dixon won it in '02.

    • References

    2001–02 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team Wikipedia
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