The 2017–18 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by 38th-year head coach Mike Krzyzewski. The Blue Devils played their home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 29–8, 13–5 in ACC play to finish in second place. They defeated Notre Dame in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament before losing to North Carolina in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 2 seed in the Midwest region. There they defeated Iona, Rhode Island, and Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight. In the Elite Eight, they lost to No. 1 seed Kansas in overtime.
The 2017–18 Blue Devils team was one of the few teams in NCAA history to send their whole starting five pro in the off-season following their season. Four of them were drafted (two in lottery, one late first round, one second round) and another was signed as an undrafted free agent. Throughout the season, the whole starting five were in first round NBA draft projections.
Previous season The Blue Devils finished the 2016–17 season 28–9, 11–7 in ACC play to finish in fifth place. They became the first ACC team to win four games in four days on their way to winning the ACC tournament. They received the ACC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the East Region's #2 seed, where they defeated #15 Troy in the first round before being upset by #7 South Carolina in the second round.
Offseason
Departures Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure PF 224 Philadelphia, PA Graduated SG 204 DeSoto, TX Graduated G 195 Weston, MA Walk-on; graduated PF 255 Kaduna, NG Graduated and transferred to Maryland F/C 230 Las Vegas, NV Transferred to Arizona SG 202 Franklin, OH Declared for 2017 NBA draft; selected 12th overall by the Detroit Pistons PF 240 Winston-Salem, NC Declared for 2017 NBA draft; selected 20th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers and traded to the Sacramento Kings PG 205 Highland, UT Declared for 2017 NBA draft; selected 31st overall by the Charlotte Hornets and traded to the New Orleans Pelicans SF 205 St. Louis, MO Declared for 2017 NBA draft; selected 3rd overall by the Boston Celtics
2017 recruiting class
2018 recruiting class
Roster
Depth chart
December 31, 2017 – Freshman Jordan Tucker transferred from Duke at the end of the fall semester.
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Regular season
!colspan=12 style=| ACC Tournament
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Ranking movement
^Coaches did not release a Week 2 poll. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
References