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THE TRUTH ABOUT: 10 - The Untold Story

One Last Coach K–Tom Izzo Clash Is a Most Fitting Outcome for Their Intertwined Journeys

Sports Illustrated

Coach K, Tom Izzo will share a familiar NCAA tournament stage one final time Sunday

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Mike Krzyzewski could not remember on Saturday the first time he coached against Tom Izzo — or if Krzyzewski did recall, he said he didn’t. A little more than 23 years had passed since the start of one of college basketball’s enduring coaching rivalries, one that quickly…

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Luke DeCock: In search of 'verve:' How one of Coach K's favorite words may be key to Duke's season

GREENVILLE, S.C. — The power went out, a circuit breaker blew, some server needed rebooting — no one really knew what went wrong. But the normally lockstep precision of the NCAA Tournament fell apart Friday night after Duke's win over Cal State Fullerton, as Mike Krzyzewski and three of his…

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Don’t tell us the odds. Tom Izzo, Michigan State, are a great bet against Mike Krzyzewski, Duke

Izzo over Coach K in March is safe.

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Duke, Michigan State Gearing Up for Coaching Collision Course

Both Tom Izzo and Coach K’s squads are ready for the second-round clash of Hall of Fame coaches.

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Coach K takes aim at court conditions, pregame environment at NCAA Tournament venue

GREENVILLE, S.C. — Mike Krzyzewski expressed few complaints about his team’s performance following Duke’s 78-61 victory against Cal State Fullerton in the first round of the NCAA Tournament here on Friday. He had some things to say, though, about the conditions of the court and the pregame environment at Bon…

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Duke cruises past Cal State Fullerton in opener of Coach K's final NCAA Tournament

GREENVILLE, S.C. — No. 9 Duke flexed its muscles early and made the first game of Mike Krzyzewski’s final NCAA Tournament relatively stress-free.

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To Send Coach K Out on Top, Duke Has Some Things to Fix

Multiple stumbles of late have lowered March expectations, with precious time to get back into form for a deep run.

Sports Illustrated

Ahead of NCAA tournament, Blue Devils work ‘to get back to playing Duke defense’

DURHAM, N.C. — Duke’s most important games have arrived, the ones that will define how coach Mike Krzyzewski’s final season is looked upon from this point forward.

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Duke loses to Virginia Tech in ACC championship game as Hokies win first league title

NEW YORK — Aiming to deliver coach Mike Krzyzewski one final ACC championship before retirement, No. 7 Duke was instead tripped up in the ACC tournament final by a Virginia Tech team destined to make history of its own.

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The day they thought Duke might fire Coach K. ‘How do you think they feel now?’

DURHAM, N.C. — If Chuck Swenson goes back in time far enough he can still hear the jeers and the insults, the slurs he said some shouted from the stands during one of the longest nights of Mike Krzyzewski’s coaching career, and perhaps the longest of them all. It has…

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Mike Sielski: Coach K, the king of March Madness, is leaving, and Jay Wright is poised to succeed him

Jay Wright was two lackluster years into his tenure at Villanova in May 2003, so far from being considered the best coach in college basketball that the assertion would have seemed laughable, certainly not a credible candidate for the job that had just become available in his hometown.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Former UNC Star Tyler Hansbrough Said Coach K’s Farewell Tour Was Overdone

Hansbrough compared Mike Krzyzewski’s final game in Durham to a recent episode of “Curb Your Enthusiasm.”

Sports Illustrated

Duke's path to redemption after loss to UNC starts at ACC tournament

Late Saturday night, long after Duke's 94-81 loss to North Carolina but while the celebration of Mike Krzyzewski's final home game continued, two Blue Devils whose jerseys hang in Cameron Indoor Stadium's rafters discussed the troubling outcome.

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Duke basketball was reportedly ‘bristled’ by UNC’s lack of flowers for Coach K

Duke staffers may not have been happy about Coach K's Chapel Hill sendoff.

Los Angeles Times

J. Brady McDollough: Coach K still shows the fire that launched him into John Wooden’s orbit

DURHAM, N.C. — Mike Krzyzewski’s last order to a Duke basketball player at Cameron Indoor Stadium was telling guard Jeremy Roach to stop fouling North Carolina with 22.8 seconds left.

Sports Illustrated

Coach K’s Staggering Send-Off Strengthens the Best Rivalry in Sports

Duke couldn’t compartmentalize the pomp and circumstance of Mike Krzyzewski’s final home game, and North Carolina took advantage in a thrilling farewell to this era of the Tobacco Road rivalry.

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Luke DeCock: Whatever Cameron farewell Coach K envisioned, after all these years, this wasn’t it

DURHAM, N.C. — Mike Krzyzewski’s three daughters were waiting for him when he made the long walk across the court holding his wife Mickie’s hand. They greeted him in front of the Duke bench, not in celebration but in unexpected consolation.

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Mike Krzyzewski apologized to Duke fans after loss to North Carolina in his last home game: ‘Today was unacceptable’

Sure, it was "unacceptable." But you're Duke head coach! Doesn't that mean anything?

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College hoops fans roasted Duke for losing to North Carolina in Coach K’s last home game

On a night like this, the schadenfreude comes out in full force.

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Despite a stunning loss to North Carolina, Duke might still be a great bet to win it all in Coach K’s final season

After four decades, Coach K has still got that extra special something.

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Mike Krzyzewski was brought to tears by Duke’s lovely video tribute

Krzyzewski earned every right to wear his heart on his sleeve.

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College hoops fans crushed ESPN for its coverage of Mike Krzyzewski’s pregame ceremony

Really, ESPN?

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Who did Duke choose to replace Mike Krzyzewski after Coach K steps down?

Get to know Jon Scheyer.

Tribune News Service

Once 'like a gated community,' Coach K has improved access to Duke basketball

RALEIGH, N.C. — Dean Smith had Durham on lock.

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