After taking a breath in the locker room, Mike Krzyzewski walked back out onto the floor with his wife Mickie after the game, appearing to mouth 'sorry' while waving to the Cameron Crazies.
REPORTING LIVE IN CHAPEL HILL TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >> WIN OR WIN OR LOSE? CERTAINLY A MOMENTOUS OCCASION FOR ANYONE INSIDE CAMERON INDOOR TONIGHT WRAL'S AMANDA LAMB SPOKE TO FANS ABOUT WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE IN THERE FOR COACH K SENIOR NIGHT. AMANDA. >> WELL, JULIAN, THEY WERE SO EXCITED AT THE BEGINNING OF THE NIGHT. YOU KNOW, THEY HELD UP SIGNS LIKE THIS ONE. OF COURSE, THEY HAD THE FACE PAINT THE WHOLE THING LIKE THAT GOING ON. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY WERE HERE NOT JUST BECAUSE OF THE GAME, BUT TO CELEBRATE COACH K AND THEY DID THAT AND HE WALKED OFF THE COURT FOR THE LAST TIME HOLDING HIS HEAD HIGH. >> WHEN 2 OF THE BIGGEST RIVALS IN THE NCAA BASKETBALL ME TO THE U N C IT'S ABOUT THE GAME. BUT TONIGHT IT WAS ABOUT MORE THAN THE GAME. IT WAS ABOUT HONORING HIM AND MANY PEOPLE CONSIDER THE GREATEST COLLEGE BASKETBALL COACH OF ALL TIME. MIKE CHEF SKI. IT WAS A TOUGH NIGHT FOR FANS WHO EXPECTED YOU TO WIN HONESTLY ABOUT TIME. WE THOUGHT THAT WE HAD THE GAME, BUT THEY HAD BACK TO BACK THREES. AND THAT'S WHEN HE FELT THE TENSION. BUT WE ALWAYS BELIEVE IN OUR TEAM. >> THAT'S OUR THAT'S NOT THE END OF THAT ALREADY RIGHT NOW, YOU KNOW, ONE GROUP OF STUDENTS WHO ARE ALWAYS INSIDE CAMERON FOR EVERY GAME OR THE DANCING DEVILS. TONIGHT'S GAME HELD AN EXTRA SPECIAL SIGNIFICANCE FOR THEM. I MEAN, THE ENERGY HERE IS JUST UNMATCHED AND WE FEEL SUPER LUCKY TO BE PART OF AN ICONIC THEN. AND WE REALLY BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS ALL SEASON SAID THAT THE LOSS WAS A SURPRISE TO FANS, BUT IT DIDN'T KEEP THEM FROM CELEBRATING COACH K'S. AMAZING IT. >> FANS SAY A BIG PART OF THAT LEGACY IS LEAVING THE PROGRAM IN GOOD HANDS. AND WE'RE GONNA MISS COACH K SO MUCH. BUT I THINK WE'RE ALL BIG FANS COULD SHIRE. AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT YEAR AND BE PART OF THE TEAM AGAINST. >> AND, YOU KNOW, JULIAN, WHEN COACH K MADE THOSE REMARKS TONIGHT, HE WAS ON THE COURT AND WE'RE ON THE SIDE OF THE COURT. THERE. AND IT WAS JUST SO TOUCHING BECAUSE HE TALKED ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT HIS FAMILY IS, HOW IMPORTANT THEY BEEN OVER ALL THESE YEARS SUPPORTING HIM THROUGH ALL THESE YEARS OF HIS SUCCESSES. AND HE WALKED OFF THE COURT ARM IN ARM WITH ALL OF THEM. THERE ARE A LOT OF TEARS, BUT THERE ARE ALSO A LOT OF SMILES. AND I THINK HE IS PRETTY RELIEVED THAT TONIGHT IS OVER AND HE CAN MOVE IT THINKING ABOUT THE TOURNAMENT. YEAH. HE KEPT TALKING ABOUT IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE. HE'S FOCUSED ON THAT NEXT GAME. AMANDA LAMB LIVE OUTSIDE OF.
