2009–10 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

I've said throughout the year they were good, then they were really good, then they were really good with great character. But I told them before we said a prayer, that: 'You are a great team.'

Pre-season

Recruiting

Roster

• Curry transferred from Liberty University before the season and thus was ineligible to play during the 2009–10 season, per NCAA rules.
• Czyz transferred to the University of Nevada, Reno in mid-season.

  Rankings

Schedule

Accomplishments

• 17–0 at home
• 13–0 on neutral courts
• NIT Season Tip-Off Champions
• ACC Regular season Co-Champions
• ACC Tournament Champions, two in a row and 9 out of the last 12
• 15th consecutive NCAA tournament
• NCAA Champions, fourth in school history
• National Titles in three straight decades
• Mike Krzyzewski ties Adolph Rupp of Kentucky for second most NCAA titles by a Division I head coach
• Played in national championship game 4 of the last 12 seasons
• 15th Final Four appearance and 10th out of the last 23 years
• 35 victories is tied for third most in Duke history
• 65 victories the past two seasons, most in the NCAA

  Team highs

• Most Points Scored: 114 vs. Pennsylvania, 12/31
• Highest Point Differential: 59 vs. Pennsylvania, 12/31
• Most Field Goals Made: 43 vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/15
• Most Three Point Field Goals: 18 vs Radford, 11/21
• Most Rebounds: 56 vs. University of Connecticut, 11/27
• Most Assists: 27 vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/15
• Highest Assist-to-Turnover Ratio: 3.33 vs. West Virginia, 4/3
• Most Blocks: 10 vs. Long Beach State, 12/29

  Individual season highs

• Most Points: 36, Jon Scheyer vs. Gardner-Webb, 12/15
• Most Offensive Rebounds: 8, Brian Zoubek three times and Lance Thomas vs. Baylor
• Most Defensive Rebounds: 10, Miles Plumlee vs. Charlotte and Brian Zoubek vs. Purdue
• Most Three-Point Field Goals: 8, Kyle Singler vs. Georgia Tech, 2/4
• Most Assists: 11, Jon Scheyer vs. Pennsylvania, 12/31
• Most Steals: 5, Jon Scheyer three times, Brian Zoubek at Miami
• Most Blocks: 4, Ryan Kelly vs. Gonzaga and Mason Plumlee vs. Long Beach State

  ACC season leaders

• Scheyer set the ACC all-time single-season record for minutes played.
• Scheyer led the ACC in assist/turnover ratio, free throw percentage, and 3-point FGs made.

  Individual honors

• Jon Scheyer was a 2009–10 consensus All-American, a Wooden and Lowe's Senior First Team All-American, and was named to the Associated Press, USBWA, National Association of Basketball Coaches, and Sporting News All-America second teams
• Scheyer was also an ACC All-Tournament First Team pick and an NCAA South All-Regional and All-Final Four Team selection, was named to the NABC and USBWA 2009–10 All-District teams, and was awarded the NABC Senior Achievement Award
• Kyle Singler made the Sporting News All-America fifth team
• Singler was voted as the Final Four Most Outstanding Player. Scheyer and Nolan Smith were named to the All-Final Four Team.
• Scheyer and Singler were first team All-ACC
• Nolan Smith was second team All-ACC
• Lance Thomas named to ACC All-Defensive Team
• Brian Zoubek and Ryan Kelly named to ACC All-Academic Team

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