Ranking all 40 Duke basketball teams under Coach K
By Matt Giles
15-5 ACC. 22*. Scouting Report. 25-6 overall. 2019-20 Blue Devils. player. 434. Pick Analysis
THE TOP CONTRIBUTORS
- Freshman center Vernon Carey Jr.: 17.8 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.6 blocks
- Sophomore guard Tre Jones: 16.2 points, 6.4 assists, 1.8 steals
- Freshman guard Cassius Stanley: 12.6 points, 4.9 rebounds, 27.4 minutes
- Freshman forward Matthew Hurt: 9.7 points, 3.8 rebounds; 39.3 3-point percentage
- Freshman forward Wendell Moore: 7.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.9 assists
- Junior guard Jordan Goldwire: 4.7 points, 2.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.5 steals
THE SEASON SYNOPSIS
This ranking is neither fair to the 2019-20 Duke basketball team nor the 39 other teams. We don’t know what was in store. We only know how it ended: a beautiful win on Senior Night to sweep the season series over North Carolina. In terms of beating Tar Heels, no other squad did so in a sweeter fashion.
Overall, though, the team might have lacked the experience to get the job done in the postseason; of course, even that is unfair to say given that the Blue Devils had no chance to say otherwise.
THE REPORT CARD
- 30 out of a possible 40 points for WIN TOTAL (adding five, see the explanation in this ranking’s introduction)
- 1 out of a possible 5 points for TOP 25 WINS (four)
- 2.5 out of a possible 5 points for WINS BY 25+ POINTS (10)
- 0 out of a possible 20 points for POSTSEASON NETS
- 0 out of a possible 10 points for CONSENSUS FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS
- 2 out of a possible 5 points for ALL-ACC FIRST TEAM SELECTIONS (Jones, Carey Jr.)
- 2 out of a possible 5 points for MCDONALD’S ALL-AMERICANS (Jones, Carey Jr., Hurt, Moore)
- 5.25 out of a possible 10 points for HYPOTHETICAL HEAD-TO-HEAD STANDING (No. 20)
- 4 bonus points for WINS AGAINST UNC (two)
- TOTAL GRADE: 46.75