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Saturday, March 12
Brooklyn, N.Y
8:30 P.M.
Duke University
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Virginia Tech
No. 7 Duke Battles Virginia Tech Saturday for ACC Championship
3/12/2022 8:46:00 AM | Men's Basketball
THE OPENING TIP
DUKE IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT
Duke has been the ACC Tournament's winningest team all-time with conference records for wins (107), winning percentage (.704) and titles (21) in the tournament … Under Mike Krzyzewski, Duke is 69-23 (.750) in the ACC Tournament with 15 titles -- the most by a coach in conference history … Making his 22nd appearance in the title game, Coach K breaks a tie with Dean Smith for most title game appearances by a coach in ACC history. Coach K's .714 wining percentage in the title game (15-6) is the best of any league coach with five or more appearances … Duke is the No. 1-seed for the 18th time in the tournament and is 39-8 (.830) when playing as the top seed. Eight of the program's titles have come as a No. 1-seed, including 2006 and 2010 … In ACC history, the No. 1-seed is a combined 136-34 with 32 titles … Duke's five straight titles (1999 to 2003) and its nine consecutive title game appearances (1998 to 2006) are each ACC records … Duke's 20 Tournament MVP winners are the most in league history … The Blue Devils have won two of the last four ACC Tournaments that have been completed, becoming the first team to win four games in four days to capture the 2017 crown in Brooklyn and winning in 2019 in Charlotte … Duke has not lost an ACC Tournament game since the 2018 semifinals in Brooklyn. The team won the 2019 tournament, had not competed in the 2020 event before it was canceled, and won
two games last year before having to withdraw due to health and safety protocols … Duke has won 52 of its last 62 ACC Tournament games.
DUKE VS. VIRGINIA TECH
Saturday's game is the 63rd meeting between Duke and Virginia Tech, with the Blue Devils leading 51-11 … Duke has won four of the last five in the series … Coach K is 21-8 versus Virginia Tech … When the teams met at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Dec. 22, Paolo Banchero scored 23 points with seven rebounds, while Wendell Moore Jr., added 18 as Duke won its ACC opener, 76-65. Keve Aluma scored 25 points with 10 rebounds, while Justyn Mutts added 20 for the Hokies … A freshman has led Duke in scoring in each of the last six games against Virgina Tech, including Banchero's 23 in December and Jeremy Roach's career-high 22 points last season in Blacksburg on 6-of-14 shooting … Duke and Virginia Tech have met twice previously in the ACC Tournament -- with the Blue Devils winning 77-63 in the 2011 semifinals behind 27 points from Nolan Smith, and 60-56 in the 2012 quarterfinals behind 17 from Austin Rivers.
DUKE 80, MIAMI 76
In the semifinals, the Blue Devils are now 34-14 all-time – the Blue Devils' 34th appearance in the title game trails only North Carolina (35, entering the 2022 tournament) for most title game appearances all-time … Duke has won seven consecutive ACC Tournament games and has not lost since the 2018 semifinals in Brooklyn … The game was the 30th in the series vs. Miami, with the series now 23-7 in Duke's favor. Miami had won the last two straight in the series – each by two points – 77-75 in Coral Gables last season and 76-74 earlier this season in Durham … Duke is now 3-0 over Miami in ACC Tournament action … The game was tied 36-36 at halftime – the second time in as many games this season that Duke and Miami were tied at the half. It was 32-32 in Durham on Jan. 8 … Duke's eight blocks were its most in a game since nine against Virginia on Feb. 7 … Duke has won 10 consecutive games away from Cameron Indoor Stadium and is 13-2 in road and neutral site games this season … Paolo Banchero recorded his second consecutive double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds on 8-of-10 shooting with four assists and no turnovers. Banchero has 10 double-doubles this season … In two games this season vs. Miami, Banchero has scored 38 points and has 18 rebounds … AJ Griffin scored a team-high 21 points, including 4-of-6 from three-point range. Griffin's 15 points in the first half were a single-half high this season – he had 14 on four occasions … Wendell Moore Jr., scored 17 points with six rebounds and a career-high three blocked shots – it was Moore's first career game with multiple blocked shots … Mark Williams scored nine points and added 10 rebounds. Of his four career ACC Tournament games, he has recorded double-digit rebounds in three consecutive games.
ON THIS DATE
Duke is 14-4 all-time when playing on March 12 and has won eight consecutive on this date -- all coming under Coach K … Duke last played on this date in 2015 -- beating NC State, 77-53, in the ACC quarterfinals in Greensboro … The Blue Devils have won two ACC titles on this date -- beating Boston College, 78-76, in Greensboro in 2006 and Maryland, 81-68, in Charlotte in 2000.
ACC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Duke has won a league-best 21 ACC Tournament championships and appeared in the title game 34 times in the event's 69 years … Fifteen of the titles and 22 of the title game appearances have come under Coach K -- the most titles by a coach in ACC history … Duke's .704 winning percentage and 107 wins are each the best of any league team … Duke has more ACC Tournament titles than any other school and has the second-most semifinal (48) and finals (34) appearances.
DUKE IN NEW YORK CITY
New York City has long been a home-away-from-home for the Blue Devils -- a city where the program has won 73 percent of its games … Duke is 75-27 in 102 games all-time in the greater NYC area, including contests in Brooklyn (9-1), East Rutherford, N.J. (21-1) and a 45-25 record in all version of Madison Square Garden … Duke had played three times in New York this season, beating Kentucky, 79-71, in the Champions Classic at MSG on Nov. 9 and going 2-0 in the ACC Tournament in Brooklyn to reach the title game … Duke has won five straight and six of its last seven at the World's Most Famous Arena … Of Duke's 9-1 record at Barclays Center, it is 7-1 in the ACC Tournament -- going 4-0 to win the 2017 title and 1-1 in 2018.
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- A pair of teams that haven't met since three days before Christmas will collide in the ACC Championship Game as No. 1-seeded Duke battles No. 7-seed Virginia Tech on Saturday night in Brooklyn.
- The game tips at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN with Dan Shulman and Jay Bilas on the call. On the radio locally, David Shumate and John Roth call the action on the Blue Devil Sports Network from Learfield.
- The Blue Devils own the ACC Tournament's most wins (107), best winning percentage (.704) and most titles (21). Under Mike Krzyzewski, Duke is 69-23 (.750) in the ACCT. Coach K's 15 titles and 22 title game appearances are the most by a coach in ACC history.
- Coach K's .714 win percentage in the championship game (15-6) is the best of any league coach with five or more title game appearances.
- Virginia Tech is making its first appearance in the title game and represents the ninth different foe for Coach K in the title game.
- The Blue Devils are 13-2 away from Cameron Indoor Stadium this season and have won 10 consecutive road and neutral games.
- Duke defeated Virginia Tech, 76-65, in the Blue Devils' ACC opener on Dec. 22 -- the teams' only meeting this season. Duke has won four of the last five in the series and leads the Hokies all-time, 51-11.
- Duke defeated Syracuse, 88-79, in Thursday's quarterfinals by closing the game on 10-0 run. Friday, the Blue Devils hit 13-of-17 free throws in the game's final five minutes to close out Miami, 80-76.
- Over two games in Brooklyn, Duke has outscored the opposition 27-16 in the games' final five minutes. Duke led Syracuse by two and was tied with Miami with five minutes remaining.
- Freshman Paolo Banchero has recorded two straight double-doubles -- 10 points and 10 rebounds with seven assists and five steals against Syracuse and 18 points and 11 rebounds against Miami.
- Junior Wendell Moore Jr., scored 17 points with a career-high three blocks against the Hurricanes, while freshman AJ Griffin scored a team high 21 points on 4-of-6 from three-point range.
- Duke has had six different scoring leaders over the last six games and five Blue Devils are averaging double-digit points this season.
- In four career ACC Tournament games, Mark Williams is 26-of-40 (.650) from the field and averaging 15.0 points and 11.5 rebounds.
DUKE IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT
Duke has been the ACC Tournament's winningest team all-time with conference records for wins (107), winning percentage (.704) and titles (21) in the tournament … Under Mike Krzyzewski, Duke is 69-23 (.750) in the ACC Tournament with 15 titles -- the most by a coach in conference history … Making his 22nd appearance in the title game, Coach K breaks a tie with Dean Smith for most title game appearances by a coach in ACC history. Coach K's .714 wining percentage in the title game (15-6) is the best of any league coach with five or more appearances … Duke is the No. 1-seed for the 18th time in the tournament and is 39-8 (.830) when playing as the top seed. Eight of the program's titles have come as a No. 1-seed, including 2006 and 2010 … In ACC history, the No. 1-seed is a combined 136-34 with 32 titles … Duke's five straight titles (1999 to 2003) and its nine consecutive title game appearances (1998 to 2006) are each ACC records … Duke's 20 Tournament MVP winners are the most in league history … The Blue Devils have won two of the last four ACC Tournaments that have been completed, becoming the first team to win four games in four days to capture the 2017 crown in Brooklyn and winning in 2019 in Charlotte … Duke has not lost an ACC Tournament game since the 2018 semifinals in Brooklyn. The team won the 2019 tournament, had not competed in the 2020 event before it was canceled, and won
two games last year before having to withdraw due to health and safety protocols … Duke has won 52 of its last 62 ACC Tournament games.
DUKE VS. VIRGINIA TECH
Saturday's game is the 63rd meeting between Duke and Virginia Tech, with the Blue Devils leading 51-11 … Duke has won four of the last five in the series … Coach K is 21-8 versus Virginia Tech … When the teams met at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Dec. 22, Paolo Banchero scored 23 points with seven rebounds, while Wendell Moore Jr., added 18 as Duke won its ACC opener, 76-65. Keve Aluma scored 25 points with 10 rebounds, while Justyn Mutts added 20 for the Hokies … A freshman has led Duke in scoring in each of the last six games against Virgina Tech, including Banchero's 23 in December and Jeremy Roach's career-high 22 points last season in Blacksburg on 6-of-14 shooting … Duke and Virginia Tech have met twice previously in the ACC Tournament -- with the Blue Devils winning 77-63 in the 2011 semifinals behind 27 points from Nolan Smith, and 60-56 in the 2012 quarterfinals behind 17 from Austin Rivers.
DUKE 80, MIAMI 76
In the semifinals, the Blue Devils are now 34-14 all-time – the Blue Devils' 34th appearance in the title game trails only North Carolina (35, entering the 2022 tournament) for most title game appearances all-time … Duke has won seven consecutive ACC Tournament games and has not lost since the 2018 semifinals in Brooklyn … The game was the 30th in the series vs. Miami, with the series now 23-7 in Duke's favor. Miami had won the last two straight in the series – each by two points – 77-75 in Coral Gables last season and 76-74 earlier this season in Durham … Duke is now 3-0 over Miami in ACC Tournament action … The game was tied 36-36 at halftime – the second time in as many games this season that Duke and Miami were tied at the half. It was 32-32 in Durham on Jan. 8 … Duke's eight blocks were its most in a game since nine against Virginia on Feb. 7 … Duke has won 10 consecutive games away from Cameron Indoor Stadium and is 13-2 in road and neutral site games this season … Paolo Banchero recorded his second consecutive double-double with 18 points and 11 rebounds on 8-of-10 shooting with four assists and no turnovers. Banchero has 10 double-doubles this season … In two games this season vs. Miami, Banchero has scored 38 points and has 18 rebounds … AJ Griffin scored a team-high 21 points, including 4-of-6 from three-point range. Griffin's 15 points in the first half were a single-half high this season – he had 14 on four occasions … Wendell Moore Jr., scored 17 points with six rebounds and a career-high three blocked shots – it was Moore's first career game with multiple blocked shots … Mark Williams scored nine points and added 10 rebounds. Of his four career ACC Tournament games, he has recorded double-digit rebounds in three consecutive games.
ON THIS DATE
Duke is 14-4 all-time when playing on March 12 and has won eight consecutive on this date -- all coming under Coach K … Duke last played on this date in 2015 -- beating NC State, 77-53, in the ACC quarterfinals in Greensboro … The Blue Devils have won two ACC titles on this date -- beating Boston College, 78-76, in Greensboro in 2006 and Maryland, 81-68, in Charlotte in 2000.
ACC TOURNAMENT HISTORY
Duke has won a league-best 21 ACC Tournament championships and appeared in the title game 34 times in the event's 69 years … Fifteen of the titles and 22 of the title game appearances have come under Coach K -- the most titles by a coach in ACC history … Duke's .704 winning percentage and 107 wins are each the best of any league team … Duke has more ACC Tournament titles than any other school and has the second-most semifinal (48) and finals (34) appearances.
DUKE IN NEW YORK CITY
New York City has long been a home-away-from-home for the Blue Devils -- a city where the program has won 73 percent of its games … Duke is 75-27 in 102 games all-time in the greater NYC area, including contests in Brooklyn (9-1), East Rutherford, N.J. (21-1) and a 45-25 record in all version of Madison Square Garden … Duke had played three times in New York this season, beating Kentucky, 79-71, in the Champions Classic at MSG on Nov. 9 and going 2-0 in the ACC Tournament in Brooklyn to reach the title game … Duke has won five straight and six of its last seven at the World's Most Famous Arena … Of Duke's 9-1 record at Barclays Center, it is 7-1 in the ACC Tournament -- going 4-0 to win the 2017 title and 1-1 in 2018.
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