The Duke basketball team ended its season Friday night with a banquet at Cameron Indoor Stadium, giving out awards and celebrating the team's 30-6 season.
The Blue Devils lost in the NCAA Tournament's Elite Eight to Louisville, the eventual national champions.
Seniors Seth Curry, Ryan Kelly and Mason Plumlee shared the Swett-Baylin Award, annually given to the team's MVP. In the trio's four years, Duke went 124-23.
Coach K: "Our seniors averaged 31 wins. We don't even schedule that many games."— Duke Basketball (@dukeblueplanet) April 20, 2013
Plumlee, who averaged 17.1 points and 10.0 rebounds per game this year, also won other awards: the Dr. Deryl Hart Award for the top scholar athlete and the Iron Duke award for most minutes. He also led the team in field goal percentage and rebounding average.
Mason: "I loved this team. I loved every day. I hope the guys coming back use our experiences to do something even greater."
— Duke Basketball (@dukeblueplanet) April 20, 2013
Curry, who averaged a team-high 17.5 points per game, won the Pagliuca Family Coach’s Award for "exemplifying the commitment and values of Duke basketball while displaying overall improvement." Curry played the entire season on a leg injury, which he had surgery on last week.
Curry transfered to Duke after his freshman season from Liberty.
Seth: "Duke was the best decision I have made. I am proud to be a Blue Devil for life."
— Duke Basketball (@dukeblueplanet) April 20, 2013
Kelly tallied 12.9 points and 5.3 rebounds per game while missing 13 games during ACC play due to a foot injury. He came back from that foot injury with a career-high 36-point performance to lead Duke past then-No. 5 Miami at Cameron.
Coach K: "Ryan's performance vs Miami was the best in Cameron by a player I have coached."— Duke Basketball (@dukeblueplanet) April 20, 2013
Kelly won the team's Best Defensive Player award. He also had surgery after the season and will be out 10-12 weeks.
The banquet also served as Chris Collins' goodbye to the Blue Devils. Collins was hired a few weeks ago to be the head coach at Northwestern:
Coach Collins very emotional passing mic to Coach K. "There won't be a day that goes by that I won't think of something learned at Duke"— Duke Basketball (@dukeblueplanet) April 20, 2013
From @dukeblueplanet's Instagram, here are some of the best photos from the evening:
The banquet at Cameron:
Amile Jefferson, Quinn Cook and Rodney Hood getting ready inside Cameron. Cook won the team's most assists award with 5.3 per game:
Juniors Tyler Thornton, Scott Lamson (manager) and Josh Hairston. Thornton won the Glenn E. "Ted" Mann Award for the reserve contributing most to team morale. Hairston won the True Blue Award for the most charges taken:
Cook, Todd Zafirovski and former Blue Devil Nolan Smith, who just finished his NBA season with the Portland Trailblazers:
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