1966–67 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

1966–67 ACC men's basketball standings
	† 1967 ACC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
1966–67 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
NIT Tournament, Quarterfinals
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 19
1966–67 record	18–9 (9–3 ACC)
Head coach	Vic Bubas;
Home arena	Duke Indoor Stadium

The 1966–67 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team represented Duke University in the 1966–67 NCAA University Division men's basketball season. The head coach was Vic Bubas[1] and the team finished the season with an overall record of 18–9 and did not qualify for the NCAA tournament.[2]

Having played on the freshman team the previous year, the 1966–67 season was the first season for C. B. Claiborne, the first African-American to integrate the Duke basketball team. He made his first start in a January 1967 victory over Penn State, after head coach Vic Bubas suspended nine of his players.[3][4]

Roster

1966–67 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	12	Tony Barone	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	—	Jr	Chicago, Ill.
C	54	Warren Chapman	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	—	Jr
G	23	C. B. Claiborne	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	—	So	Danville, Va.
		Bob Francis	—	—
G	20	Dave Golden	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	So
F	40	Joe Kennedy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Bowie, Md.
F	31	Tim Kolodziej	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Jr
C	42	Mike Lewis	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Missoula, Mont.
F	32	Jim Liccardo	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	—	Sr
F	53	Fred Lind	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Highland Park, Ill.
G	21	Stu McKaig	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	—	Sr
F	22	Bob Riedy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Sr
		Dale Stubbs	—	—
F	52	Steve Vandenberg	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	So
G	34	Bob Verga (C)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Neptune Township, N.J.
G	22	Ron Wendelin	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	Jr

Head coach

Vic Bubas

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Compiled from multiple sources[5][1][6]

References

"1966–67 Duke Blue Devils Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
"1966–67 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 October 2013.
Brown, Chris (22 February 2015). "Duke's First African-American Men's Basketball Player". Ball Durham. Retrieved 5 July 2020.
Bock, Hal (4 January 1967). "Nine Blue Devils Suspended; Duke Wins Anyway". Fort Collins Coloradoan. Associated Press. p. 15. Retrieved 5 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
The Chanticleer. 55. Durham, NC: Duke University Publications Board. 1967. p. 278. Retrieved 5 July 2020 – via Internet Archive.
"1966–1967 Duke Blue Devils Roster". RealGM. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

External links

Season statistics at Sports Reference
Season statistics at NCAA Statistics

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[SRroster-1] "1966–67 Duke Blue Devils Roster and Stats". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 October 2013.

[2] "1966–67 Duke Blue Devils Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 13 October 2013.

[balldurham.com-3] Brown, Chris (22 February 2015). "Duke's First African-American Men's Basketball Player". Ball Durham. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

[4] Bock, Hal (4 January 1967). "Nine Blue Devils Suspended; Duke Wins Anyway". Fort Collins Coloradoan. Associated Press. p. 15. Retrieved 5 July 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[5] The Chanticleer. 55. Durham, NC: Duke University Publications Board. 1967. p. 278. Retrieved 5 July 2020 – via Internet Archive.

[6] "1966–1967 Duke Blue Devils Roster". RealGM. Retrieved 5 July 2020.

1966–67 ACC men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 North Carolina †	12	–	2	.857	26	–	6	.813
Duke	9	–	3	.750	18	–	9	.667
South Carolina	8	–	4	.667	16	–	7	.696
Clemson	9	–	5	.643	17	–	8	.680
Wake Forest	5	–	9	.357	9	–	18	.333
Maryland	5	–	9	.357	11	–	14	.440
Virginia	4	–	10	.286	9	–	17	.346
NC State	2	–	12	.143	7	–	19	.269

† 1967 ACC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Duke Blue Devils men's basketball
Venues	The Ark (1906–1923) Alumni Memorial Gymnasium (1924–1930) Card Gymnasium (1930–1939) Cameron Indoor Stadium (1940–present)
Rivalries	Maryland Michigan North Carolina (Carlyle Cup)
Culture & lore	"Blue and White" Cameron Crazies Champions Classic Dixie Classic/Big Four "Fight! Blue Devils, Fight!" I Hate Christian Laettner Krzyzewskiville "The Shot" Tobacco Road
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders
Seasons	1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearances in italics