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The 2014–15 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University

during the 2014–15 NCAA Division I men's basketball season as members of the

Atlantic Coast Conference. The team played its home games in Durham, North Carolina

at Cameron Indoor Stadium, celebrating the arena’s 75th anniversary.

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Mike Krzyzewski led the team as head coach in his 35th season with the Blue Devils.

During the season, Krzyzewski became the first head coach in Division I men’s

basketball history to win 1,000 games. On the court, the team featured All-ACC

players Jahlil Okafor, Quinn Cook, and Tyus Jones, with Okafor being named ACC

Player of the Year and National Freshman of the Year.

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They finished the season 34–4, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to win their second straight Pac-

12 regular season championship (14th overall). In the Pac-12 Tournament, the

Wildcats defeated 8-seed California; 73–51 in the quarterfinal game, 4-seed UCLA;

70–64 in the semifinal game, and 2-seed Oregon; 80–52 in the championship game.

The Wildcats won their first Pac-12 Tournament title since 2002.

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Duke began the season by winning its first 14 games, the seventh such start in school

history. During this stretch, Duke won the 2014 Coaches vs. Cancer Classic, defeating

Stanford in the championship game. In ACC play, the Blue Devils finished in 2nd place

with a 15-3 conference record. They were ranked in the top 5 of the AP poll for the

entire season.

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The team reached the semifinals of the 2015 ACC Tournament before losing to

eventual champion Notre Dame. In the NCAA Tournament, Duke earned the

number 1 seed in the south region, playing its first two games in Charlotte, North

Carolina before advancing to the regionals at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. By

beating Gonzaga 66-52 in the regional final, Duke advanced to the Final Four at

Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana. The win marked the 16th Final Four

appearance in school history. In the National Championship game, the Blue Devils

defeated Wisconsin 68-63, the fifth national championship for both Duke and

Krzyzewski. Tyus Jones was the tournament's Most Outstanding Player, only the

fifth freshmen to win the award.

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