Mike Krzyzewski Coverage
-
Remembering Coach K's first season at Duke
On March 18, 1980, Duke director of athletics Tom Butters took a chance and hired a little-known 33-year-old coach from Army named Mike Krzyzewski to lead its basketball program. "If you go back and read the columns, people were like, 'Who is this guy? We can't even pronounce his name,'" said college basketball writer John Feinstein. -
68 teams, 68 facts for each team in the 2022 NCAA Tournament
The first-round games of the 2022 NCAA Tournament tip off on Thursday. -
Remembering the day Coach K was hired
Kacy Hintz brings us back to when Coach k was first hired at Duke. -
Duke named No. 2 seed in West Region, Blue Devils to play Cal State Fullerton
Duke is scheduled to play Cal State in the first round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament. -
March Madness is here! Everything college basketball fans need to know about Selection Sunday
The 68-team men's field for the NCAA Tournament is set to get announced at 6 p.m. ET Sunday. -
Virginia Tech stuns Duke to win its first-ever ACC Tournament
Duke was the top seed and the favorite, but 7-seed Virginia Tech did not care as they out-scored the Blue Devils 40-28 in the second half on their way to an 82-67 championship game win. It's the program's first-ever ACC title and gives a team that was on the bubble the ACC's automatic bid. -
Our TakeBrownlow's GIFs: UNC, Duke face stiff semifinal challenges
If Duke is to get a rematch against North Carolina, it's going to have to get past a Miami team that handed Duke just its second loss this season and its first of three at home this year. Miami is the only ACC team that Duke has not beaten yet this season. Meanwhile, UNC will have to get past a Virginia Tech team eager to make the NCAA Tournament that may have a bit of magic on its side. Lauren Brownlow breaks it all down, with GIFs! -
Krzyzewski: We were fortunate to win today.
Mike Krzyzewski, Mark Williams and Wendell Moore Jr. address the media following an 88-79 win over Syracuse in the ACC Tournament quarter-finals. -
Duke survives Syracuse scare, moves on to ACC semifinals
Top-seeded Duke, playing in its first game since losing Coach K's home finale to North Carolina last Saturday, got all it could handle from a short-handed Syracuse team but survived to move on to the semifinals with an 88-79 win. -
Throwback: When Coach K was almost fired from Duke
Duke is the favorite to win -- which would make for a record 16th title under Coach K. It's easy for the Blue Devils to celebrate Mike KrZyzewski now - that wasn't always the case. -
'Here's to never forgetting tonight': When Coach K was almost fired at the 1983 ACC Tournament
Mike Krzyzewski's five national titles and 15 ACC Tournament titles at Duke almost never happened. "The first three years were pretty close to disastrous," said Krzyzewski's friend and college basketball writer John Feinstein. -
Giglio: Farewell tour? More like a revenge tour for Duke
The ACC men's basketball tournament starts Tuesday in Brooklyn. Let's pick every game! -
ACC Tournament: Odds for each team to win, Duke enters as favorites
The ACC men's college basketball tournament tips off Tuesday at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. -
Shot of Joe to Go: Coach K's moment too big for this Duke team
WRAL sports analyst Joe Giglio explains how Duke could lose to a less talented UNC team on a night where 96 former Blue Devil players were in attendance for Mike Krzyzewkski's last career game at Cameron Indoor Stadium. -
Our TakeWelter: Coach K built a program that everyone could be a part of
You either love Duke, hate Duke, or just own a pair of their shorts. Mike Krzyzewski has built a program that everyone can be a part of and the tradition will live on long after he's gone. -
Coach K shares message to fans at home finale
After halftime, everything went off-script in Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday night. As did Coach K's goodbye to fans. -
Fanfare, emotional tributes for Coach K's home finale
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. -
UNC fans celebrate win over Duke
North Carolina spoiled the emotional home finale of retiring Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski, beating fourth-ranked rival Duke 94-81 on Saturday night at Cameron Indoor Stadium. -
'Hard for me to believe this is over': Coach K emotional during loss-muted postgame ceremony
The second half went off-script in Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday night. -
Krzyzewski: I didn't think I'd cry, but I did
After an emotional evening and a loss to Tobacco Road rival UNC, Mike Krzyzewski and Blue Devil players meet with the media.