Ranking all 40 Duke basketball teams under Coach K

THE TOP CONTRIBUTORS

1. Senior forward Cherokee Parks: 19.0 points, 9.3 rebounds, 1.8 blocks
2. Sophomore guard Jeff Capel: 12.5 points, 4.1 assists; 46.0 3-point percentage
3. Freshman guard Trajan Langdon: 11.3 points, 2.1 rebounds; 42.8 3-point percentage
4. Senior center Erik Meek: 10.3 points, 8.3 rebounds; 62.1 field goal percentage
5. Freshman forward Ricky Price: 8.1 points, 3.3 rebounds; 14 starts
6. Freshman guard Steve Wojciechowski: 4.0 points, 2.9 assists, 15 starts
7. Junior guard Chris Collins: 3.9 points, 1.7 assists, 16.1 minutes per game

THE SEASON SYNOPSIS

Coach K’s absence due to exhaustion, beginning with the 13th game, led to a 4-15 record the rest of the way. One blown lead after another. Some talent. Too much youth. Too few leaders. Turnovers galore (Jeff Capel averaged 3.6 per game on his own). Poor foul shooting (67.0 percent for the team, no one over 79.0 percent).

A pitiful year in light of the program’s preceding stretch of seven Final Four appearances in nine years. Even the Duke basketball shot of the year resulted in a loss:

THE REPORT CARD

• 13 out of a possible 40 points for WIN TOTAL
• 0.75 out of a possible 5 points for TOP 25 WINS (three)
• 1 out of a possible 5 points for WINS BY 25+ POINTS (four)
• 0 out of a possible 20 points for POSTSEASON NETS
• 0 out of a possible 10 points for CONSENSUS FIRST TEAM ALL-AMERICANS
• 0 out of a possible 5 points for ALL-ACC FIRST TEAM SELECTIONS
• 2.5 out of a possible 5 points for MCDONALD’S ALL-AMERICANS (Parks, Collins, Langdon, Price, Wojciechowski)
• 1 out of a possible 10 points for HYPOTHETICAL HEAD-TO-HEAD STANDING (No. 37)
• 0 bonus points for WINS AGAINST UNC
• TOTAL GRADE: 18.25