Duke (22-7, 10-6) vs. Florida State (23-6, 11-5)
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
Tip Off 7:00 p.m. ET
TV: ESPN
Where: Durham, N.C. – Cameron Indoor Stadium (9,314)
DUKE BLUE DEVILS
Record 22-7 (10-6 ACC)
Rankings (AP/Coaches) 17/14
Last Game L, 50-55 at Miami (2/25/17)
Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski (Army, ‘69)
Career Record 1,065-328/42nd Season
Duke Record 992-269/37th Season
FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES
Record 23-6 (11-5 ACC)
Rankings (AP/Coaches) 15/17
Last Game W, 76-74 at Clemson (2/25/17)
Head Coach Leonard Hamilton (Tennessee Martin, ‘71)
Career Record 479-403/29th Season
Florida State Record 279-193/15th Season
THE OPENING TIP
Duke will host Florida State on Tuesday in the final home game for seniors Amile Jefferson, Matt Jones and Nick Pagliuca.
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski has won an ACC-record 227 league games on his home court. Duke is 124-8 (.939) overall at home this decade.
With rotation players having combined to miss 43 games due to injury this season, Duke has utilized 10 different starting lineups. No group has started more than nine games together.
For the first time since 2013, Duke has two active 1,000-point scorers in Grayson Allen (1,321) and Luke Kennard (1,003). Jefferson needs four points to reach 1,000 for his career.
Duke ranks second in the ACC with an average of 9.1 three-pointers per game in league play. On average, Duke outscores opponents by 10.6 points from three-point territory on the year.
Kennard ranks third in the ACC with an average of 35.3 minutes per game. Despite the workload, he leads the ACC in three-point percentage (.456) and ranks second in scoring (19.9).
Jefferson has blocked a career-high 42 shots this season and needs five blocks to move into a tie for 10th place on Duke’s career list (120).
Jayson Tatum (16.1 points, 7.3 rebounds) is making a bid to join Jabari Parker and Jahlil Okafor as the only freshmen to average 15+ points and 7+ rebounds under Coach K.
Allen, Kennard and Tatum all shoot better than 80 percent from the line this season for a Duke team that is shooting .752 as a unit.