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EXPLAINED: 11 | Vintage Vibes

Average Ticket Prices For Coach K’s Last Game Exceeding Super Bowl LVI

Duke plays North Carolina on Saturday in Mike Krzyzewski’s last home game.

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The Best of Sports Illustrated’s Coach K Coverage

Relive the Duke legend’s greatest teams and most compelling profiles.

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Dean Smith got the best of Coach K, then he got the best from him

DURHAM, N.C. — There are moments, still, when Mike Krzyzewski walks into his top-floor office that overlooks part of Duke's campus and wonders, as he put it one day last summer, "How the hell did this happen?"

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Luke DeCock: Coach K and Duke almost didn’t happen. In 1980, Paul Webb was nearly hired instead.

The tale of how Tom Butters ended up trusting his gut and hiring an Army coach with a losing record, knowing the mockery and derision that would follow, has often been told over the intervening four decades. So has the role of Steve Vacendak, Butters’ trusted aide, the man who…

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Luke DeCock: Duke often plays games where it has everything to gain. Against UNC, it just can’t lose.

DURHAM, N.C. — Perhaps not since 1992, when Duke went to Minneapolis with a chance to be the first repeat champion since UCLA, have the Blue Devils played a game like Saturday where the consequences of losing so vastly outweighed the rewards of winning.

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Jay Bilas shared a wholesome recruiting memory about early Coach K at Duke

It doesn't get more personal than a letter to mom.

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Coach K’s Special Relationship With Cameron Indoor Reaches Its End

For one final game, Krzyzewskiville will cheer on its namesake against rival North Carolina.

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Coach K’s final game at Duke is a more expensive ticket than Super Bowl 56

It'll run you at least $3,250 to say goodbye to Mike Krzyzewski in person.

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Report: Mike Krzyzewski ‘Really Upset’ With Recent News About Duke Coaching Situation

A recent report said Mike Krzyzewski took over the search for his successor, wanting to keep control of the program.

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Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski hopes final road trip stops in Chicago

The Blue Devils will request placement in the NCAA Tournament’s Midwest Regional. That would let Krzyzewski coach at the United Center should Duke advance to the Sweet 16.

Chicago Sun-Times

Report: Coach K Requests to Be Placed in Midwest Regional, Play in Chicago

Mike Krzyzewski reportedly wants to coach his final NCAA tournament in Chicago if given the choice.

Sports Illustrated

Why farewell isn't goodbye for Duke's Coach K when it comes to Cameron Indoor Stadium

DURHAM, N.C. — As he's done for the past 42 years, Mike Krzyzewski plans to continue celebrating and improving Duke's historic Cameron Indoor Stadium even after he coaches his last game there on Saturday night.

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Varsity Letters: Inside a Basketball Bromance

On the surface, they couldn’t have been more different. Yet Dean Smith and Bob Knight forged one of the most enduring—and most unlikely—friendships in college sports.

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Michelle Kaufman: Coach K’s retirement a reminder to appreciate aging legends while we have them

MIAMI — March is here! The greatest sports month in America, bar none.

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Win over Pitt ensures Duke basketball first-place ACC finish in Coach K’s last season

PITTSBURGH — In the final road game of Mike Krzyzewski’s 42 seasons as Duke’s coach, the Blue Devils accomplished something they hadn’t managed in more than a decade.

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Ticket Prices Soaring for Mike Krzyzewski’s Final Home Game at Duke

The legendary Duke coach will coach his final home game at Duke on Saturday against rival North Carolina.

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Forde Minutes: After Rash of Upsets, Is the Contender Pool Expanding?

Plus, the most important Coach K teams and picks for the first wave of men’s conference tournaments.

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Mike Krzyzewski Calls in on Jim Boeheim’s Radio Show as ‘Mike From Durham’

Krzyzewski called in as “Mike from Durham” ahead of Syracuse-Duke this weekend.

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Coach K appreciates respect from other college basketball coaches, ACC ‘brotherhood’

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Much as Mike Krzyzewski doesn’t want it referred to in this manner, the lasts are piling up as his time as Duke’s coach draws to a close.

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Virginia’s Tony Bennett honors Mike Krzyzewski in classy pregame moment

What a heartwarming moment.

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Want to attend Duke basketball home game vs UNC? Super Bowl tickets were cheaper.

The final game is all that remains on Duke’s home basketball schedule and in Mike Krzyzewski’s tenure coaching the Blue Devils.

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Luke DeCock: With one last walk across the Cameron floor, the end of Coach K’s Duke tenure begins

DURHAM, N.C. — Leonard Hamilton got a hug. Mike Krzyzewski had kind words for Florida State’s Wyatt Wilkes and, later down the line, for all of the Seminoles’ many injured stars. Then he turned to his left and started walking across the floor, head down as he crossed the free-throw…

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Coach K ‘better,’ explains what led him to leave bench during Duke’s game against Wake

After feeling poorly and missing the second half of Duke’s 76-74 win over Wake Forest on Tuesday night, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski spent Wednesday recuperating and was feeling well enough to return to work on Thursday.

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Duke Coach Mike Krzyzewski Provides Update on Health Situation

He was unable to coach the second half of his team’s game vs. Wake Forest.

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‘That’s Probably the First Time LeBron James Has Been Talked To That Way’

He had already won three NCAA titles when he was handed a more global challenge: learn to manage superstar talent, and return the U.S. to world dominance.

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