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Duke Squads With More Turnovers Than Assists Under Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski (25 Seasons) |
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| Year | A-TO | Deficit | Per Game | Record |
| 2005 | 421-454 | 33 | -1.0 | 27-6 |
| 2003 | 444-462 | 18 | -0.5 | 26-7 |
| 1987 | 544-554 | 10 | -0.3 | 24-9 |
| 1983 | 398-478 | 80 | -2.9 | 11-17 |
| 1982 | 283-342 | 59 | -2.2 | 10-17 |
| 1981 | 330-412 | 82 | -2.7 | 17-13 |
- When Krzyzewski says the â05 Blue Devils were one of his poorest passing squads, the statistics back up his observation. Not since the depths of 1983 was a Duke team worse in its per-game ratio of turnovers to assists.
- Duke failed to reach a Final Four in any of the six seasons in which it had more turnovers than assists.
- The Devils have been to 10 Final Fours in the Krzyzewski era, all since 1986. In other words, across a 20-year span, if the Dukies were sufficiently adept ballhandlers to manage a positive ratio of assists to turnovers, they stood a 10 in 17 chance, nearly 60 percent, of reaching a Final Four.
- Impressively, Duke had more assists than turnovers for 15 consecutive years from 1988 through 2002.
- The primary ballhandlers were not glaringly weak on Krzyzewski teams that had more turnovers than assists. In each of those six seasons, the erstwhile playmakers had a positive ratio of assists to mistakes, including both Daniel Ewing and Sean Dockery last year. Of course, getting teammates the ball in the most advantageous position is part of a point guardâs role, too.
- Krzyzewski squads managed at least 104 more assists than turnovers five times: 1885, 1992, 2000, 2001, 2002.
- The â01 Blue Devils, the schoolâs most recent national champions, averaged 4.4 more assists per game than turnovers, best under Krzyzewski.
- Two of Krzyzewskiâs three NCAA title teams had at least 120 more assists than turnovers (1992, 2001).