Duke’s 1999 team could have been the greatest team in Duke history and as it is, they’re better than most.
Duke lost to Cincinnati in the Great Alaska Shootout by two on a remarkable last-second play. That was in November.
The Blue Devils didn’t lose again until the national championship game when they were upset by UConn, 77-74.
Duke beat UNC in Durham 98-77, in Chapel Hill by 81-61 and in the ACC title game by 96-73.
That’s an average of 21.3 ppg.
This was the era of Ed Cota, Ademola Okulaja and other Tar Heels who couldn’t accept Duke’s dominance and continually insisted that it wasn’t that Duke was actually better.