1981–82 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

1981–82 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
1981–82 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	10–17 (4–10 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Krzyzewski (2nd season);
Assistant coach	Chuck Swenson
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium
	Seasons ← 1980–81 1982–83 →

1981–82 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 1 North Carolina †	12	–	2	.857	32	–	2	.941
No. 7 Virginia	12	–	2	.857	30	–	4	.882
No. 16 Wake Forest	9	–	5	.643	21	–	9	.700
No. 10 NC State	7	–	7	.500	22	–	10	.688
Maryland	5	–	9	.357	16	–	13	.552
Duke	4	–	10	.286	10	–	17	.370
Clemson	4	–	10	.286	14	–	14	.500
Georgia Tech	3	–	11	.214	10	–	16	.385

† 1982 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 1981–82 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The team's head coach was Mike Krzyzewski^[1] and the team finished the season with an overall record of 10–17 and did not qualify for the NCAA tournament.^[2]

Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 28, 1981*	Vanderbilt	L 75–76 ^2OT	0–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
December 2, 1981*	La Salle	W 61–55	1–1	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
December 5, 1981*	Appalachian State	L 70–75	1–2	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
December 9, 1981	at No. 5 Virginia	L 83–92	1–3 (0–1)	University Hall (9,000) Charlottesville, VA
December 12, 1981*	at Princeton	L 55–72	1–4
December 22, 1981*	East Carolina	W 70–57	2–4	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
December 29, 1981*	Davidson Iron Duke Classic	L 73–75	2–5	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
December 30, 1981*	Auburn Iron Duke Classic	W 72–71	3–5	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
January 2, 1982*	at No. 14 Louisville	L 61–99	3–6	Freedom Hall Louisville, KY
January 6, 1982*	Rutgers	W 80–61	4–6	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
January 9, 1982	Maryland	L 36–40	4–7	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
January 13, 1982	at Wake Forest	L 48–58	4–8	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C.
January 16, 1982	No. 1 North Carolina Rivalry	L 63–73	4–9	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
January 20, 1982	No. 14 NC State	W 49–48	5–9	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
January 23, 1982	at Clemson	W 50–44	6–9	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
January 27, 1982*	vs. Holy Cross	W 66–60	7–9	Brendan Byrne Arena East Rutherford, N.J.
January 30, 1982	No. 3 Virginia	L 65–77	7–10	Cameron Indoor Stadium (8,564) Durham, N.C.
February 3, 1982	Georgia Tech	W 47–46	8–10	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
February 6, 1982	at Maryland	L 60–77	8–11	Cole Field House College Park, MD
February 8, 1982*	UNC Wilmington	W 67–57 ^1OT	9–11	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
February 10, 1982*	at Stetson	L 81–88	9–12
February 13, 1982	No. 16 Wake Forest	L 71–86	9–13	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
February 16, 1982	at NC State	L 56–72	9–14	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
February 20, 1982	at Georgia Tech	L 78–87	9–15	Alexander Memorial Coliseum Atlanta, GA
February 24, 1982	Clemson	W 73–72 ^3OT	10–15	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, N.C.
February 27, 1982	at No. 2 North Carolina	L 66–84	10–16	Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC
March 5, 1982	vs. No. 16 Wake Forest ACC tournament	L 53–88	10–17	Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, N.C.
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. Source: Duke media guide^[3]

References[edit]

^ "1981–82 Duke Blue Devils Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
^ "1981–82 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 13, 2013.
^ "2019–20 Duke MBB Media Guide" (PDF). Duke Athletics. Duke University. October 14, 2019. p. 174. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

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[1] "1981–82 Duke Blue Devils Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 13, 2013.

[2] "1981–82 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 13, 2013.

[3] "2019–20 Duke MBB Media Guide" (PDF). Duke Athletics. Duke University. October 14, 2019. p. 174. Retrieved June 30, 2020.

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v t e Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
Venues	The Ark (1906–1923) Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (1924–1930) Card Gymnasium (1930–1939) Cameron Indoor Stadium (1940–present)
Rivalries	Maryland Michigan North Carolina (Carlyle Cup)
Culture & lore	Blue Devil Big Four Tournament Blue blood status Cameron Crazies Champions Classic Dixie Classic I Hate Christian Laettner Krzyzewskiville "The Shot" Tobacco Road 1991 UNLV game
People	Head coaches NBA players Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics