With the Duke Blue Devils being the favorites to cut down the nets this year, the time seems right to look back at the last time Duke won the national champions

SportsLine's model revealed its college basketball predictions for Arizona Wildcats vs. Cooper Flagg and the Duke Blue Devils on Thursday in the Sweet 16 of the 2025 NCAA Tournament

Duke’s current efficiency is 38.15, the nation’s highest since the 2001 Blue Devils ended the season, with an NCAA championship, at 37.32. The only team with a higher KenPom efficiency at time of the year? Duke’s 1999 team that went 37-2 and finished with a 43.01 efficiency.