Duke smokes Maryland by 21

Mike Krzyzewski's 1,000th game at Duke ended like so many others before it: overwhelmingly in his team's favor. With results like this, it's no surprise that he doesn't plan on slowing down.

Jon Scheyer scored 22 points and No. 8 Duke marked Coach K's milestone with a 77-56 rout of Maryland on Saturday in a matchup of the Atlantic Coast Conference's top two teams.

Brian Zoubek had 16 points and 17 rebounds for the ACC-leading Blue Devils (21-4, 9-2), who dominated from start to finish and at both ends of the court, shooting 41.5 percent and holding Maryland 25 points below its season average.

"Obviously, it's an honor to play" in a game of such significance for Krzyzewski, Scheyer said. "But after that, we're in first place - that's the main thing."

Greivis Vasquez scored 15 of his 17 points in the second half and Cliff Tucker added 12 to lead the Terrapins (16-7, 6-3), whose late run couldn't make up for going 7 early minutes between baskets. They were 2 of 13 from 3-point range.

"We weren't really in sync, and you cannot do that here," Maryland coach Gary Williams said. "You have to be really ready to play, and everything has to go your way ... and we didn't play well enough."

From Art Heyman to J.J. Redick, roughly 100 former players, coaches and staff members returned to Cameron Indoor Stadium to celebrate a double milestone for Krzyzewski. On his 63rd birthday, he became the eighth Division I coach to reach four figures at one school. He's 781-219 in 30 seasons at Duke with three national titles and 10 Final Fours.

"I could not have had a better place to coach," Krzyzewski said. Describing its high standards, he added that the school "was more of who I want to be. I'm not saying I'm like Duke, but I want to be like Duke."

After the final horn sounded, he was presented with a framed Duke No. 1,000 jersey, the players pulled on T-shirts adorned with Krzyzewski's silhouette and the Cameron Crazies sang "Happy Birthday" to him.

"When you think of Duke basketball, you think of Mike Krzyzewski," Williams said.

Nolan Smith had 14 points and Kyle Singler finished with 10 for the Blue Devils - who have won four straight, six of seven overall and 40 in a row at home against unranked teams.

They have rarely been tested at Cameron this season - 14-0 with all but one of the victories coming by double digits.