1970-71 Men's Basketball
20-10 overall · 9-5 ACC Coach: Bucky Waters| Date | Opponent | Rankings Duke / Opp |
Result | Record | TV | Location | Att. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1 | vs. Princeton | #13 / — | W 79-75 | 1-0 | — | Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C. | 5,523 | |
| Dec 5 | ★ | at Virginia | #13 / — | L 70-75 | 1-1 | — | University Hall, Charlottesville, Va. | 8,000 |
| Dec 7 | Michigan | #13 / — | W 95-74 | 2-1 | — | Indoor Stadium, Durham, N.C. | 8,725 | |
| Dec 12 | ★ | at South Carolina | #13 / — | L 78-98 | 2-2 | — | Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, S.C. | 12,611 |
| Dec 15 | Virginia Tech | — / #2 | W 104-75 | 3-2 | — | Indoor Stadium, Durham, N.C. | 8,450 | |
| Big Four Tournament | ||||||||
| Dec 18 | RST | vs. Wake Forest | — | L 77-83 | 3-3 | — | Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C. | 11,196 |
| Dec 19 | RST | vs. North Carolina | — / #20 | L 81-83 | 3-4 | — | Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C. | 11,656 |
| Dec 22 | at Dayton | — | W 70-64 | 4-4 | — | University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio | 13,458 | |
| Dec 26 | Santa Clara | — | W 86-80 | 5-4 | — | Indoor Stadium, Durham, N.C. | 8,125 | |
| Holiday Classic | ||||||||
| Dec 29 | RST | vs. Northwestern | — | W 93-87 | 6-4 | — | Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C. | 3,716 |
| Dec 30 | RST | vs. Penn State | — | W 67-56 | 7-4 | — | Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C. | 3,329 |
| Jan 6 | ★ | at Wake Forest | — | W 68-67 | 8-4 | — | Memorial Coliseum, Winston-Salem, N.C. | 8,100 |
| Jan 9 | ★ | at North Carolina | — / #20 | L 74-79 | 8-5 | — | Carmichael Auditorium, Chapel Hill, N.C. | 8,800 |
| Jan 13 | ★ | N.C. State | — | L 89-93 | 8-6 | — | Indoor Stadium, Durham, N.C. | 8,625 |
| Jan 16 | ★ | at Clemson | — | W 82-56 | 9-6 | — | Littlejohn Coliseum, Clemson, S.C. | 5,500 |
| Feb 1 | ★ | South Carolina | — / #10 | W 82-71 | 10-6 | — | Indoor Stadium, Durham, N.C. | 8,800 |
| Feb 6 | ★ | Maryland | — | L 79-88 | 10-7 | — | Indoor Stadium, Durham, N.C. | 8,800 |
| Feb 10 | ★ | Wake Forest | — | W 83-78 | 11-7 | — | Indoor Stadium, Durham, N.C. | 8,725 |
| Feb 13 | ★ | at Maryland | — | W 70-67 | 12-7 | — | Cole Field House, College Park, Md. | 13,233 |
| Feb 16 | vs. Davidson | — | W 64-55 | 13-7 | — | Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C. | 3,962 | |
| Feb 20 | ★ | Virginia | — | W 101-69 | 14-7 | — | Indoor Stadium, Durham, N.C. | 8,800 |
| Feb 24 | ★ | at N.C. State | — | W 82-78 | 15-7 | — | Raleigh Coliseum, Raleigh, N.C. | 12,150 |
| Feb 27 | at Seton Hall | — | W 89-61 | 16-7 | — | Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. | 8,136 | |
| Mar 2 | ★ | Clemson | — | W 70-60 | 17-7 | — | Indoor Stadium, Durham, N.C. | 8,525 |
| Mar 6 | ★ | North Carolina | — / #12 | W 92-83 | 18-7 | — | Indoor Stadium, Durham, N.C. | 8,800 |
| ACC Tournament | ||||||||
| Mar 11 | ACT | vs. N.C. State | #19 / — | L 61-68 | 18-8 | — | Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, N.C. | 15,170 |
| NIT | ||||||||
| Mar 20 | NIT | vs. Dayton | — | W 68-60 | 19-8 | — | Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. | 19,102 |
| Mar 22 | NIT | vs. Tennessee | — / #17 | W 78-64 | 20-8 | — | Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. | 12,437 |
| Mar 25 | NIT | vs. North Carolina | — / #13 | L 67-73 | 20-9 | — | Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. | 18,812 |
| Mar 27 | NIT | vs. St. Bonaventure | — | L 88-92 OT | 20-10 | — | Madison Square Garden, New York, N.Y. | 18,134 |
★ — ACC Game
NIT — National Invitation Tournament
ACT — ACC Tournament
RST — Big Four Tournament
RST — Holiday Classic