2004–05 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 3

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]

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 5		St. Francis/Xavier (Canada) Exhibition	W 107–56		Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
November 11		North Carolina Central Exhibition	W 95–58		Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
November 20*	No. 11	Tennessee-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	Illinois-Chicago	W 88–55	7-0	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
December 18* 5:00 p.m.	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 North Carolina 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 (FL)	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	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	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	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*	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	No. 6	at No. 2 North Carolina Carolina–Duke rivalry	L 73–75	22-5 (11-5)	Dean Smith Center Chapel Hill, NC
March 11*	No. 5	vs. Virginia ACC Tournament • Quarterfinals	W 76–64	23-5	MCI Center Washington, D.C.
March 12*	No. 5	vs. North Carolina State ACC Tournament • Semifinals	W 76–69	24-5	MCI Center Washington, D.C.
March 13*	No. 5	vs. Georgia Tech ACC Tournament • Final	W 69–64	25-5	MCI Center Washington, D.C.
March 18*	No. 3	vs. Delaware State NCAA Tournament • First Round	W 57–46	26-5	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
March 20*	No. 3	vs. Mississippi State NCAA Tournament • Second Round	W 63–55	27-5	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
March 25*	No. 3	vs. No. 15 Michigan State NCAA Tournament • Regional Semifinals	L 68–78	27-6	Austin, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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References

^ "No. 11 Duke Cruises Past Tennessee-Martin, 88-46." Published November 20, 2004. Retrieved January 16, 2013.
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[1] "No. 11 Duke Cruises Past Tennessee-Martin, 88-46." Published November 20, 2004. Retrieved January 16, 2013.

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