1963–64 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

The 1963–64 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University. The head coach was Vic Bubas. The team played its home games in the Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, and was a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

1963–64 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
ACC Regular Season Champions
ACC Tournament Champions
NCAA Tournament, runner-up
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 3
Record26–5 (13–1 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCameron Indoor Stadium
Seasons
1963–64 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Duke 13 1   .929 26 5   .839
Wake Forest 9 5   .643 16 11   .593
Clemson 8 6   .571 13 12   .520
South Carolina 7 7   .500 10 14   .417
North Carolina 6 8   .429 12 12   .500
Maryland 5 9   .357 9 17   .346
Virginia 4 10   .286 8 16   .333
NC State 4 10   .286 8 11   .421
1964 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll[1]

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
November 30*
No. 4 Penn State W 92–62  1–0
Cameron Indoor Stadium (8,200)
Durham, North Carolina
December 6*
No. 4 vs. No. 7 Ohio State
West Virginia Centennial
W 76–75  2–0
 (4,800)
Morgantown, West Virginia
December 7*
No. 4 vs. West Virginia
West Virginia Centennial
W 86–81  3–0
 (5,700)
Morgantown, West Virginia
December 11*
No. 3 at Vanderbilt L 92–97  3–1
Memorial Gymnasium (7,500)
Nashville, Tennessee
December 14
No. 3 Clemson W 75–52  4–1
(1–0)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (8,500)
Durham, North Carolina
December 16
No. 3 at South Carolina W 77–70  5–1
(2–0)
Carolina Coliseum (3,500)
Columbia, South Carolina
December 19
No. 5 Virginia W 84–73  6–1
(3–0)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (8,000)
Durham, North Carolina
December 21*
No. 5 at No. 3 Michigan L 67–83  6–2
 (7,251)
Ann Arbor, Michigan
December 30*
No. 8 vs. Auburn
Sugar Bowl Tournament
W 84–67  7–2
 (6,700)
New Orleans, Louisiana
December 31*
No. 9 vs. No. 1 Kentucky
Sugar Bowl Tournament
L 79–81  7–3
 (6,700)
New Orleans, Louisiana
January 4
No. 9 N.C. State W 91–70  8–3
(4–0)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (8,800)
Durham, North Carolina
January 8
No. 9 at Clemson W 81–75  9–3
(5–0)
Littlejohn Coliseum (5,000)
Clemson, South Carolina
January 11
No. 9 North Carolina
Rivalry
W 84–64  10–3
(6–0)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (8,800)
Durham, North Carolina
January 25*
No. 8 vs. Tennessee W 67–65 2OT 11–3
Greensboro Coliseum (9,147)
Greensboro, North Carolina
January 30
No. 8 South Carolina W 80–67  12–3
(7–0)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (8,200)
Durham, North Carolina
February 1*
No. 8 Navy W 121–63  13–3
Cameron Indoor Stadium (8,800)
Durham, North Carolina
February 5
No. 7 at N.C. State W 66–48  14–3
(8–0)
Reynolds Coliseum (9,100)
Raleigh, North Carolina
February 8
No. 7 at Maryland
Rivalry
W 104–72  15–3
(9–0)
Cole Field House (11,600)
College Park, Maryland
February 10
No. 7 at Virginia W 80–59  16–3
(10–0)
University Hall (3,500)
Charlottesville, Virginia
February 15*
No. 5 No. 4 Davidson W 82–75  17–3
Cameron Indoor Stadium (8,800)
Durham, North Carolina
February 18
No. 4 at Wake Forest L 71–72  17–4
(10–1)
Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum (8,300)
Winston-Salem, North Carolina
February 22
No. 4 Maryland W 84–63  18–4
(11–1)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (7,500)
Durham, North Carolina
February 25
No. 4 Wake Forest W 98–83  19–4
(12–1)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (7,500)
Durham, North Carolina
February 29
No. 4 at North Carolina W 104–69  20–4
(13–1)
Carmichael Auditorium (5,000)
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
March 5*
No. 4 vs. N.C. State
ACC Tournament
W 75–44  21–4
Reynolds Coliseum (12,300)
Raleigh, North Carolina
March 6*
No. 4 vs. North Carolina
ACC Tournament
W 65–49  22–4
Reynolds Coliseum (12,400)
Raleigh, North Carolina
March 7*
No. 4 vs. Wake Forest
ACC Tournament
W 80–59  23–4
Reynolds Coliseum (12,400)
Raleigh, North Carolina
March 13*
No. 3 vs. No. 7 Villanova
NCAA Tournament
W 87–73  24–4
Reynolds Coliseum (12,400)
Raleigh, North Carolina
March 14*
No. 3 vs. Connecticut
NCAA Tournament
W 101–54  25–4
Reynolds Coliseum (12,400)
Raleigh, North Carolina
March 20*
No. 3 vs. No. 2 Michigan
NCAA Tournament
W 91–80  26–4
Municipal Auditorium (10,731)
Kansas City, Missouri
March 21*
No. 3 vs. No. 1 UCLA
NCAA Tournament
L 83–98  26–5
Municipal Auditorium (10,864)
Kansas City, Missouri
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Awards and honors

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Team players drafted into the NBA

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Round Pick Player NBA Club
1 6 Jeff Mullins St. Louis Hawks
8 68 Jay Buckley Los Angeles Lakers

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References

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  1. ^ sports-reference.com 1963-64 Atlantic Coast Conference Season Summary
  2. ^ GoDuke. Retrieved 2015-Apr-05.
  3. ^ College Basketball @ Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2015-Apr-05.
  4. ^ "1964 NBA Draft on Basketballreference.com". Archived from the original on March 17, 2010. Retrieved May 5, 2009.
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