2024–25 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

2024–25 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
NCAA tournament, Final Four
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
APNo. 3
Record35–4 (19–1 ACC)
Head coach
Associate head coachChris Carrawell
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCameron Indoor Stadium
2024–25 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Duke191 .950354  .897
No. 21 Louisville182 .900278  .771
No. 22 Clemson182 .900277  .794
Wake Forest137 .6502111  .656
North Carolina137 .6502314  .622
SMU137 .6502411  .686
Stanford119 .5502114  .600
Georgia Tech1010 .5001717  .500
Virginia812 .4001517  .469
Virginia Tech812 .4001319  .406
Florida State812 .4001715  .531
Notre Dame812 .4001518  .455
Pittsburgh812 .4001715  .531
Syracuse713 .3501419  .424
California614 .3001419  .424
NC State515 .2501219  .387
Boston College416 .2001219  .387
Miami (FL)317 .150724  .226
2025 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Blue Devils were led by third-year head coach Jon Scheyer and featured the first Duke roster with no regular rotation players from the Mike Krzyzewski era. The Blue Devils played their home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina, as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

The Blue Devils started the season ranked seventh and comfortably defeated Maine and Army to open the season. They lost to nineteenth-ranked Kentucky in the Champions Classic before holding Wofford to 35 points in a fifty one-point victory. The Kentucky defeat saw them fall to number twelve in the rankings, where they defeated seventeenth-ranked Arizona 69–55. They then lost to top-ranked Kansas 75–72 in the Vegas Showdown. They rose to ninth for the ACC–SEC Challenge where they defeated second-ranked Auburn. This victory was the second in what would be a sixteen-game winning streak for the Blue Devils. They rose from eleventh in the rankings at the start, to second in the rankings over the sixteen wins. Twelve of the wins were conference wins and all the victories were by double-digits except a 63–56 victory over Wake Forest on January 25. The streak was broken by a 77–71 loss at Clemson on February 8. That loss would be the Blue Devils' only ACC loss of the season as they won the rest of their regular season games. They finished the season on an eight-game winning streak, with all their wins coming by at least thirteen points. Their regular season included a two game sweep of rivals North Carolina. Duke did not play a ranked opponent during the ACC regular season, and finished the regular sesaon ranked first in the polls.

The Blue Devils finished the regular season 28–3 and 19–1 in ACC play to finish as regular season champions for the twenty-first time. As the first seed in the 2025 ACC tournament earned a bye into Quarterfinals where they defeated eighth seed Georgia Tech 78–70. In the Semifinals they faced fifth-seed North Carolina for a third time this season. The Blue Devils won the closest rivalry game of the season 74–71. In the Final, they defeated second seed and thirteenth-ranked Louisville 73–62 to win their twenty-second ACC tournament title. The Blue Devils received the ACC's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. They were an one-seed in the East region. They defeated sixteen-seed Mount St. Mary's 93–49 in the First Round, nine-seed Baylor 89–66 in the Second Round, and won a rematch with four-seed and twenty first-ranked Arizona 100–93 in the Sweet Sixteen. They faced two-seed and seventh-ranked Alabama in the Elite Eight and prevailed 85–65 to advance to the Final Four. There they were bested by the Midwest region top seed and second-ranked Houston 70–67. The finished the season with a 35–4 overall record.