Ranking all 40 Duke basketball teams under Coach K

Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images)
Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski (Photo by Michael Hickey/Getty Images) /
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The 2019-20 Duke basketball team (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /

15-5 ACC. 22*. Scouting Report. 25-6 overall. 2019-20 Blue Devils. player. 434. Pick Analysis

THE TOP CONTRIBUTORS

  1. Freshman center Vernon Carey Jr.: 17.8 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.6 blocks
  2. Sophomore guard Tre Jones: 16.2 points, 6.4 assists, 1.8 steals
  3. Freshman guard Cassius Stanley: 12.6 points, 4.9 rebounds, 27.4 minutes
  4. Freshman forward Matthew Hurt: 9.7 points, 3.8 rebounds; 39.3 3-point percentage
  5. Freshman forward Wendell Moore: 7.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.9 assists
  6. 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