Duke Blue Devils 2008/09

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Blue Devils Atlantic Coast
Coach: Mike Krzyzewski
Record: 30-7
Dance Seed: 2
Dance Result: Round of 16
Players: Gerald Henderson
*Jon Scheyer
*Kyle Singler
NCAA Stats CategoryRank+/-
RPI absolute 1 A+
Scoring Offense * 27 A-
Scoring Defense * 119 C+
Free-Throw Percentage * 54 B 
Rebound Margin * 81 B-
Assists Per Game * 142 C 
Turnovers Per Game * 42 B+
Scoring Margin 10 A 
Field-Goal Percentage 126 C+
Field-Goal Percentage Defense 171 C 
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage 127 C+
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game 74 B 
Won-Lost Percentage 12 A 
Blocked Shots Per Game 72 B 
Steals Per Game 32 B+
Personal Fouls Per Game 143 C 
Assist Turnover Ratio 76 B-
ThreePt FG Defense 154 C 
Turnover Margin 8 A+
MPI - Marchpool Index 15 A 
Dance of 68 StatsRank+/-
Paint46C 
Shooting51C 
Offense39C+
Poise15C+
Defense52C 
Ball Control50C 
Dominance35C 
Resilience30B-
RPI Decade21B 
2009
Round of 16
#7 Seed: The 2008/09 Duke Blue Devils were a warm-up act to the 09/10 Duke team that won it all.  Led by Gerald Hendersen, Kyle Singler, and Jon Scheyer, this Blue Devil team showed early signs of the poise metric that would come to define their championship run.  An off night in their Sweet 16 matchup sent Duke packing early to an inspired Villanova team that ultimately made it to the Final Four in March 2009.  Against Nova, it was a case of live-by-the-three, die-by-the-three, with Dukes season dying a cruel death - courtesy of 5 of 27 combined shooting behind the 3 point arc.