2017 – 18 Duke Blue Devils men 's basketball team represented Duke University during the 2017 – 18 NCAA Division I men 's basketball season . They were coached by 38th-year head coach , Mike Krzyzewski . The Blue Devils played their home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham , North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference . They finished the season 29 – 8 , 13 – 5 in ACC play to finish in second place . They defeated Notre Dame in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament before losing to North Carolina in the semifinals . They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 2 seed in the Midwest region . There they defeated Iona , Rhode Island , and Syracuse to advance to the Elite Eight . In the Elite Eight , they lost to No. 1 seed Kansas in overtime
ACC Tournament
2018 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
2017–18 Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team