Duke enters the ACC Tournament this weekend with the No. 2 overall seed and will face the winner of No. 7 seed Clemson and No. 10 seed Virginia Tech on Friday at 7 p.m. The Blue Devils have had unprecedented success in the ACC Tournament, winning a league-high 19 tournament titles while posting a 90-39 record overall and a 52-17 (.754) record under
Mike Krzyzewski. Nine of the last 13 ACC Tournaments have gone to Duke, including three in a row heading into this year's edition. Check out the ACC Tournament facts below for more evidence of Duke's dominance in the ACC postseason.
Duke fell 88-70 to North Carolina on Saturday and handed the Tar Heels the No. 1 seed in the tournament in the process. However, as Coach K noted in the postgame press conference (after much praise for North Carolina's performance), "Now everyone is zero and zero again. We've got to regroup and learn from the 31 games and try to get refresh this week to go down to Atlanta and win some more before the NCAA tournament."
Duke owns the No. 2 seed in this year's tournament which begins on Thursday in Atlanta, Ga., in the Phillips Arena. The tournament was last held in Atlanta in 2009 when Duke topped Boston College 66-65, Maryland 67-61 and Florida State 79-69 to win the ACC Championship. That weekend sparked Duke's current three-year ACC Championship streak in which the Blue Devils have won nine consecutive ACC Championship games.
ACC TOURNAMENT FACTS
• Duke has won three consecutive ACC Tournaments and 10 of the last 13 tournaments.
• The Blue Devils are 90-39 (.698) all-time in the ACC Tournament and lead the league in tournament wins, tournament winning percentage and tournament championships.
• Duke's 19 ACC Tournament championships are the most in league history. North Carolina ranks second with 17 ACC Tournament titles.
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Mike Krzyzewski's 13 ACC Tournament Championships are tied for the most in ACC history. North Carolina's Dean Smith also won 13 ACC Tournament titles. The next closest on the list in former Duke coach Vic Bubas with four.
• Eighteen Duke players have been named ACC Tournament MVP, ranked as the second most in ACC history. Duke trails North Carolina (19) by one in that category. A Duke player has won that award in nine of the last 12 seasons.
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Mike Krzyzewski's 52 ACC Tournament victories are the second most in ACC history. Only North Carolina's Dean Smith (58) has more wins than Coach K. Ranked third on the list is former Duke coach Vic Bubas (22).
• Duke's J.J. Redick owns the ACC Tournament's career scoring record. Redick scored 225 points in 12 ACC Tournament games, including a school-record tying 35 against N.C. State in the March 12, 2005, semifinal.
• Duke has won 16 of the 48 ACC Tournaments held in North Carolina, the most in league history. North Carolina has won 14 of those in-state tournaments.
• Duke has won three of the 10 ACC Tournaments held out of state.
• The Blue Devils own a 78-32 (.709) record in the tournament when playing in the state of North Carolina. Duke is 12-7 (.632) in the tournament when playing out-of-state.
• Duke's five consecutive ACC Tournament Championships from 1999-2003 is the longest streak in league history. Duke's current three-year championship streak is tied for the second longest streak.
• Duke has entered the ACC Tournament as the No. 1 seed 17 times and has won nine of those tournaments.
• The Blue Devils, who will enter the 2012 ACC Tournament as the No. 2 seed, have been seeded No. 2 13 times and have won four tournaments when seeded second.
• Duke has lost just two games to teams seeded 7-12. Duke is 36-2 against those teams.
Duke enters the ACC Tournament this weekend with the No. 2 overall seed and will face the winner of No. 7 seed Clemson and No. 10 seed Virginia Tech on Friday at 7 p.m. The Blue Devils have had unprecedented
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