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Davidson at Duke Game Notes

• Game 4 •

[6 AP / 6 Coaches] Duke (3-0) vs. Davidson (2-0)

Friday, November 18, 2011 • 6:02 p.m. • ESPNU

The Opening Tip

• Duke (3-0) faces Davidson (2-0) on Friday, Nov. 18 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Tipoff is set for 6:02 p.m. (EST).

• The game is being televised by ESPNU with Mike Breen (play-by-play) and Doris Burke (analyst) calling the action.

• Duke is ranked No. 6 in the AP Poll and No. 6 in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches Poll. Davidson is unranked in both polls.

• Duke will be playing its fourth game in an eight-day span on Friday. The Blue Devils depart Durham on Saturday morning to head to the EA Sports Maui Invitational (Nov. 21-23).

• The Blue Devils enter Friday’s contest with an NCAA-best 38-game home winning streak.

• Coach K enters the contest tied for fourth with Jim Phelan (Mount St. Mary’s) for wins at one school. Krzyzewski has earned 830 of his NCAA record 903 career wins at Duke.

Duke-Davidson Series

• Duke leads the all-time series 87-17, including a 22-1 mark under Mike Krzyzewski.

• The Blue Devils have won the last 22 meetings in the series, with 20 of the 22 victories coming by 10 or more points.

• The Duke-Davidson series dates back to the 1909 season with Duke recording a 22-8 win in the series opener.

Duke vs. the Southern Conference

• Duke is 142-24 all-time against teams currently in the Southern Conference.

• Under Mike Krzyzewski, Duke is 47-2 against the Southern Conference.

• The Blue Devils have won 47 straight against Southern Conference opponents. Duke’s last loss to a SoCon foe was 75-73 to Davidson on Dec. 29, 1981.

Numbers Game

l Mike Krzyzewski became the winningest coach in NCAA Division I history on Tuesday. He also moved into a tie with Jim Phelan for fourth on the all-time wins at one school list with 830 victories at Duke.

l Coach K has recorded exactly half of his 830 wins at Duke at historic Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils are 415-55 at home under Krzyzewski.

l Duke is 52-1 at home since the start of the 2008-09 season. The Blue Devils went 17-0 at Cameron Indoor Stadium in each of the past two seasons.

l The Blue Devils have won 38 consecutive games in Cameron Indoor Stadium with 32 of the victories coming by 10 or more points.

l The Blue Devils have won 26 of their last 28 non-conference contests. Duke is 54-6 in non-league games since the start of the 2008-09 season.

l Duke has won 31 consecutive games in November, dating back to a 73-62 loss to Marquette in the championship game of the 2006 CBE Classic. The Blue Devils are 111-10 all-time in the month of November under Coach K.

l Duke is 99-28 all-time when ranked No. 6 in the AP poll. The Blue Devils have won six straight games when ranked sixth overall.

l Andre Dawkins and Seth Curry combined for 46 points, 10 rebounds and eight steals in Tuesday’s win over Michigan State. The guard tandem went 8-of-15 from three-point range with Dawkins going 6-of-10 from behind the arch.

l Seth Curry is 8-of-14 from three-point range this season and now has 72 three-point field goals in 40 games a Blue Devil. He is shooting 44.7 (72-of-161) percent from behind the three-point arc in his Duke career.

l Ryan Kelly has come off the bench to score in double-figures in all three games this season. He is second on the team and 13th in the ACC in scoring at 14.3 ppg.

l Duke is shooting 48.2 percent (27-of-56) from three-point range through three games. Seth Curry, Austin Rivers, Ryan Kelly, Tyler Thornton and Quinn Cook have each knocked down two or more three-pointers in a game this season.

l Six Blue Devils (Seth Curry, Mason Plumlee, Austin Rivers, Miles Plumlee, Andre Dawkins and Ryan Kelly) are averaging 6-9 shots per game. Curry is attempting a team-high 8.7 shots per contest.

l Mason Plumlee is tied for fourth in the ACC in blocks at 2.3 bpg. He is one block shy of becoming the 15th player in Duke history with 100 or more career blocks.

l Duke has had a different player lead the team in scoring, rebounding and assists in all three games this season.

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BDN Video – Ryan Kelly and Miles Plumlee Post Game Comments

DURHAM - Blue Devil Nation was on the scene in Cameron Indoor Stadium as Coach Mike Krzyzewski won his 902nd career game, tying Bobby Knight for the record. I caught up to Ryan Kelly who scored a team high 17 points and Miles Plumlee who had a double-double of 13 points and 11 rebounds for their thoughts on the game and Coach K's accomplishment.

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BDN goes one on one with Kyrie Irving

Blue Devil Nation video was live and on the scene at Cameron Indoor Stadium for the Blue Devils win over Shaw.  I caught up to Kyrie Irving in the locker room for a one on one interview where he spoke of going to sit with the Cameron Crazies with Nolan Smith and Lance Thomas.  I also addressed the Duke-UNC alumni game that is in the works with him.  Interestingly, another Duke site ran with all of my questions via WRAL which gives me a bit of a smile.  They all follow BDN around, LOL.  You can view our outstanding photo galleries by joining our  Blue Devil Nation Open Group Facebook page

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Duke Men’s Basketball ranked 6th in nation in ESPN/USA Today Poll

DURHAM, N.C. – The Duke men’s basketball team is ranked sixth in the ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Preseason Poll as announced on Thursday. The Blue Devils earned 635 points in the poll to start the season just outside of the top five. Duke has now been ranked in 75 consecutive ESPN/USA Today Coaches’ Polls, dating back to the final poll of the 2006-07 season. North Carolina claimed 30 of 31 first-place votes to earn the top spot in the preseason poll. Kentucky received the other first place vote and starts the year ranked second with Ohio State, Connecticut and Syracuse rounding out the top five. Duke is followed in the poll by Vanderbilt, Louisville, Memphis and Florida. Pittsburgh is ranked 11th overall with Baylor, Kansas, Wisconsin, Xavier, Arizona, Alabama, Michigan, Texas A&M and UCLA sitting inside the top 20. Marquette, Cincinnati, Gonzaga, California and Missouri round out the preseason top 25. The Blue Devils’ 2011-12 schedule features three games against teams ranked in the top 5 of the preseason poll. Duke faces No. 3 Ohio State in Columbus on Nov. 29 and also has matchups against No. 1 North Carolina on Feb. 8 in Chapel Hill and March 3 at Cameron Indoor Stadium. Duke’s schedule also includes potential matchups against No. 13 Kansas, No. 9 Memphis, No. 18 Michigan and No. 20 UCLA during the EA SPORTS Maui Invitational (Nov. 21-23). The Blue Devils also play Florida State, which finished two points outside the top 25, twice this season.

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Resilient Duke comes back to defeat FIU 31-27

The Duke Blue Devils capped off a huge turnover with a touchdown on the first play from scrimmage where Juwan Thompson rambled 6 yards into the the right side of the end zone.  That score gave Duke a 31-27 lead that would stand.  The reason the lead would stand is because of a stand, one by the defense where they turned back FIU in the redzone after a 11 play 60 yards drive deep into Duke territory.

Duke then ran out the clock for the win and go to 3-2 on the season, 1-0 in the ACC.  The Blue Devils were aided by the fact that they did not commit a turnover and had but two penalties in the game.  That offset the discrepancy in total offense, where Florida International had 184 more yards than did Duke.

Sean Renfree had another good outing going  28-43 for 335 yards and two touchdowns and no interceptions.  One of those touchdowns went to Conner Vernon, [8 receptions, 117 yards,  1 touchdown] one part of the Miami receiving duo returning home the other being Donovan Varner [7 receptions 111 yards].

The other touchdown thrown by Renfree went to Cooper Helfet for 22 yards which gave Duke a 17-14 lead.   The Blue Devils found themselves trailing 27-17, but on this night they were resilient and opportunistic in their comeback win.

More to come on BDN, including post game interviews with players and Coach Cutcliffe.

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BDN chats up Duke LB Kelby Brown

BDN was on hand for today's weekly football press conference and we caught up to Duke LB Kelby Brown who relishes the role of a leader on defense.

Now that you have a couple of wins, does this create a hunger for more?

Having two straight wins, we're trying to take advantage and build on that.  I think the more we win the hungrier we'll get so it's a great feeling and it's awesome finally getting a home win. The campus was alive and everybody was excited and people were coming up saying great game and that's something that we love.  So, the hunger is building and building.

The defense played well against Tulane and only let up a touchdown in the 4th quarter.  Can elaborate about the comfort level with the 4-2-5 defense?

Each week we've gained a little more confidence in our defensive scheme.  Obviously last week was a great chance to say, hey look, were going to stop this team and they're not going to do anything against us and for most of the game that is pretty much how it went.

You are just a sophomore but already a leader on this team.  Can you speak to that?

It's something that I am kind of used to in that I was a leader in high school.  Even last year I had to kind of step up and lead as a freshman because I am a real vocal person,  so I did to try and keep the energy up on the field.  It's something that I love to do.  Being a leader is just natural for me.

How tough was it to lose Kenny Anunike for the season?

Hard hit!  He was playing so well and made big play after big play.  He is such a great person to so it is a huge loss.  We have to move forward and have great guys behind him but a tough loss such a good guy.