Duke has been ranked inside the top-25 for the entirety of the 2023-24 season and enters the tournament with a 24-8 record after finishing second in the ACC standings with a 15-5 league mark. The Blue Devils enter the tournament on a 2-game losing streak after dropping games to UNC and NC State. The Blue Devils 15th in the nation in 3pt shooting at 37.7%, 50th in the country in 2pt shooting at 54% and 49th in assists.
The Blue Devils are making their 46th appearance in the NCAA Tournament – fifth most in NCAA history. Head coach Jon Scheyer leads Duke into the tournament for the second straight season and has steered the Blue Devils to a top-five seed in each of his first two campaigns. Duke is 119-40 (.748) all-time in the NCAA Tournament, marking the best winning percentage in tournament history by a team with a minimum of 20 games played. The Blue Devils lead the ACC in scoring margin (+12.4), field goal percentage (.482), 3-point field goal percentage (.377), assists (15.4 per game) and defensive rebounds (31.5 rpg).
Among ACC leaders, Kyle Filipowski ranks seventh in scoring (17.1 ppg), sixth in rebounding (8.2 rpg), third in blocked shots (1.6 bpg) and sixth in field goal percentage (.511). He leads the Blue Devils on both scoring and rebounding per game. Senior guard Jeremy Roach leads the blue Devils in 3 point shooting at 43.6% per game this season, he’s also averaging 14 points per game. Freshman Jared McCain is averaging 13.4 points per game and just under 40% shooting from 3 (39.9%). Mark Mitchell comes into Friday averaging 12.3 points per game and 6.2 rebounds per contest. He leads the starting group in field goal percentage at 54.8%. Tyrese Proctor, who has played all 40 minutes in each of the last three games, ranks second in ACC in assist/turnover ratio (2.84), and has 32 assists with just nine turnovers in his last seven outings. The Aussie is averaging 10.5 points per game.
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