2004–05 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

The 2004–05 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2004-05 men's college basketball season. Mike Krzyzewski had turned down a $40 million offer in the offseason to become the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers to return for his 25th season and rebuild a team that lost Chris Duhon to graduation, Luol Deng to the pros and recruit Shaun Livingston altogether for the NBA draft. For the first time in five years, Duke was not picked to win the ACC.^[1]

2004–05 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
ACC tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 3
Record	27–6 (11–5 ACC)
Head coach	Mike Krzyzewski (25th season)
Home arena	Cameron Indoor Stadium
Seasons ← 2003–04 2005–06 →

2004–05 ACC men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 North Carolina	14	–	2		.875			33	–	4		.892
No. 5 Wake Forest	13	–	3		.813			27	–	6		.818
No. 3 Duke†	11	–	5		.688			27	–	6		.818
Virginia Tech	8	–	8		.500			16	–	14		.533
No. 25 Georgia Tech	8	–	8		.500			20	–	12		.625
Miami (FL)	7	–	9		.438			16	–	13		.552
NC State	7	–	9		.438			21	–	14		.600
Maryland	7	–	9		.438			19	–	13		.594
Clemson	5	–	11		.313			16	–	16		.500
Florida State	4	–	12		.250			14	–	15		.483
Virginia	4	–	12		.250			14	–	15		.483
† 2005 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

Name	Number	Position	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
Patrick Davidson	41	G	6–1	190	Sophomore	Melbourne, Arkansas
Sean Dockery	15	G	6–2	185	Junior	Chicago, Illinois
Daniel Ewing	5	G	6–3	185	Senior	Houston, Texas
Patrick Johnson	51	C	6–9	250	Senior	Atlanta, Georgia
Reggie Love	30	F	6–4	225	Senior	Charlotte, North Carolina
David McClure	14	F	6–6	215	Freshman	Ridgefield, Connecticut
Lee Melchionni	13	F	6–6	205	Junior	Lancaster, Pennsylvania
DeMarcus Nelson	21	G	6–4	200	Freshman	Elk Grove, California
Tom Novick	50	F	6–6	190	Sophomore	Charlotte, North Carolina
Joe Pagliuca	45	G	6–2	185	Sophomore	Weston, Massachusetts
Ross Perkins	40	G	6–4	200	Junior	Greensboro, North Carolina
Shavlik Randolph	42	F	6–10	240	Junior	Raleigh, North Carolina
JJ Redick	4	G	6–4	190	Junior	Roanoke, Virginia
Shelden Williams	23	F	6–9	250	Junior	Forest Park, Oklahoma

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 5		St. Francis/Xavier (Canada)	W 107–56		Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
November 11		North Carolina Central	W 95–58		Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
Regular season
November 20*	No. 11	UT Martin	W 88–46	1–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
November 22*	No. 11	vs. Davidson	W 74–61	2–0	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
November 27*	No. 9	UNC Greensboro	W 98–44	3–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
November 30*	No. 10	No. 11 Michigan State ACC–Big Ten Challenge	W 81–74	4–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
December 4*	No. 10	vs. Valparaiso	W 93–61	5–0	United Center  Chicago, IL
December 12*	No. 9	Toledo	W 82–54	6–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
December 14*	No. 7	UIC	W 88–55	7–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
December 18* 5:00 p.m., CBS	No. 7	vs. Oklahoma Dreyfus Classic	W 78–67	8–0	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
January 2	No. 6	Clemson	W 62–54	9–0 (1–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
January 5*	No. 5	Princeton	W 59–46	10–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
January 8*	No. 5	Temple	W 82–74	11–0	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
January 13	No. 5	at NC State	W 86–74	12–0 (2–0)	RBC Center  Raleigh, NC
January 16	No. 5	Virginia	W 80–66	13–0 (3–0)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
January 19	No. 4	at Miami	W 92–83	14–0 (4–0)	BankUnited Center  Coral Gables, FL
January 22	No. 4	at Florida State	W 88–56	15–0 (5–0)	Donald L. Tucker Center  Tallahassee, FL
January 26	No. 2	Maryland	L 66–75	15–1 (5–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
January 30	No. 2	Virginia Tech	W 100–65	16–1 (6–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
February 2	No. 4	at No. 7 Wake Forest	L 89–92	16–2 (6–2)	Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum  Winston-Salem, NC
February 5 CBS	No. 4	No. 25 Georgia Tech	W 82–65	17–2 (7–2)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
February 9	No. 7	No. 2 North Carolina Carolina–Duke rivalry	W 71–70	18–2 (8–2)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
February 12	No. 7	at Maryland College GameDay	L 92–99	18–3 (8–3)	Comcast Center  College Park, MD
February 17	No. 7	at Virginia Tech	L 65–67	18–4 (8–4)	Cassell Coliseum  Blacksburg, VA
February 20 FSN	No. 7	No. 5 Wake Forest	W 102–92	19–4 (9–4)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
February 23	No. 7	at Georgia Tech	W 60–56	20–4 (10–4)	McCamish Pavilion  Atlanta, GA
February 26* ABC	No. 7	at St. John's	W 58–47	21–4	Madison Square Garden  New York, NY
March 3	No. 6	Miami (FL)	W 83–59	22–4 (11–4)	Cameron Indoor Stadium  Durham, NC
March 6 CBS	No. 6	at No. 2 North Carolina Carolina–Duke rivalry	L 73–75	22–5 (11–5)	Dean Smith Center  Chapel Hill, NC
ACC Tournament
March 11* ESPN	No. 5	vs. Virginia Quarterfinals	W 76–64	23–5	MCI Center  Washington, D.C.
March 12* ESPN	No. 5	vs. NC State Semifinals	W 76–69	24–5	MCI Center  Washington, D.C.
March 13* ESPN	No. 5	vs. Georgia Tech Final	W 69–64	25–5	MCI Center  Washington, D.C.
NCAA tournament
March 18* CBS	No. 2	vs. Delaware State First Round	W 57–46	26–5	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
March 20* CBS	No. 2	vs. Mississippi State Second Round	W 63–55	27–5	Charlotte Coliseum  Charlotte, NC
March 25* CBS	No. 2	vs. No. 15 Michigan State Sweet Sixteen	L 68–78	27–6	Frank Erwin Center  Austin, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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