The 2019–20 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were coached by 40th-year head coach, Mike Krzyzewski. The Blue Devils played their home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Blue Devils finished the season 25–6, and 15–5 in ACC play. The team was scheduled to play NC State in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament before the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The NCAA tournament was also cancelled due to the pandemic.
Previous season The Blue Devils finished the 2018–19 season 32–6, 14–4 in ACC play to finish in second place. They won the ACC Tournament title, the school's 21st tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the overall No. 1 seed in the East region. There they defeated North Dakota State, UCF, and Virginia Tech to advance to the Elite Eight where they lost to No. 2 seed Michigan State.
Offseason
Departures Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure G 190 Chicago, Illinois Walk-on; Graduated C 269 Delray Beach, Florida Graduated F 202 Mississauga, Ontario Declared for 2019 NBA draft; selected 3rd overall by the New York Knicks F 218 Norristown, Pennsylvania Declared for 2019 NBA draft; selected 10th overall by the Atlanta Hawks F 285 Spartanburg, South Carolina Declared for 2019 NBA draft; selected 1st overall by the New Orleans Pelicans F 250 DeSoto, Texas Declared for 2019 NBA draft; undrafted
2019 recruiting class
2020 Recruiting class
Roster
Depth chart
Schedule and results Source:
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Regular season
!colspan=12 style=| ACC tournament
Rankings
In the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll, Duke was ranked No. 4 nationally before the start of the 2019–20 season.
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll
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