The 1960 Duke basketball team stumbled to the finish line as the regular season wound down in February.
The Blue Devils started their late slide with a 10-point loss at Maryland, lost by 19 points to Wake Forest at home, beat a truly dreadful Virginia team on the road, then closed out the regular season with a 25-point loss to UNC at Duke Indoor Stadium.
That dropped Duke’s record to 12-10 – a dismal 3-6 in February.
There was no reason to think rookie coach Vic Bubas could turn things around in the five days between that embarrassing home loss to the Tar Heels and the start of the ACC Tournament.