What Is The Outcome Of Mike Krzyzewski's Final Game At North Carolina Going To Be As Duke, North Carolina Match Up Tonight In Chapel Hill?
Mike Krzyzewski is currently the head coach of the Duke Men’s Basketball Program and has been for forty one years!
During his time as the head coach of the Duke Men’s Basketball Program Mike Krzyzewski has won has won Five national championships (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015)
Six gold medals as head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team
Nine National Players of the Year (11 honors)
Six National Defensive Players of the Year (nine honors)
10 consecutive top-10 AP poll finishes (1997-06)
12 National Coach of the Year honors (eight seasons)
12 Final Four appearances (tied for most in NCAA history)
12 ACC regular season championships
15 ACC Tournament championships (most in league history)
28 NBA Lottery picks (most in Draft history)
35 NCAA Tournament bids (most by one coach)
37 All-America selections (51 honors)
67 NBA Draft selections, including 41 first-round picks
67 ACC Tournament wins (most in league history)
97 NCAA Tournament wins (most in NCAA history)
126 weeks ranked No. 1 in the AP poll (most by a coach in poll history)
517 ACC wins (most in league history)
556 weeks ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll (most by a coach in poll history)
649 weeks ranked in the AP poll (most by a coach in poll history)
1,097 victories at Duke (most in NCAA history at one school)
1,170 career wins (most in NCAA history)
“according to his biography on goduke.com”
That makes him the present but Jon Scheyer is Duke Men’s Basketball’s future head coach!
Why?
Because Mike Krzyzewski is retiring after the 2021-2022 season!
Why?
Mike Krzyzewski had this to say about his decision!
You might ask, 'Why are you doing this right now?' Look, this is not about health. Mickie and I, whether we look it or not -- she does -- whether I look healthy ... I am. It's not about COVID or saying, 'Boy, that year was so bad.' It's not about that. It's certainly not about what's going on with college basketball. 'Boy, the game is changing.' All right. I've been in it for 46 years. You think the game has never changed?"
He later added: "Those aren't the reasons. ... The reason we're doing this is because Mickie and I have decided the journey is going to be over in a year. And we're going to go after it as hard as we possibly can."
“according to an article on espn.com by Myron Medcalf” With Mike Krzyzewski making his final trip to Chapel Hill tonight this question comes to mind!
What is the outcome of Mike Krzyzewski’s final game at North Carolina going to be as Duke, North Carolina match up in Chapel Hill tonight?
Right now I don’t know the answer to that question!
What I do know is how Mike Krzyzewski’s inaugural match up went at North Carolina in 1981 though I was born ten years later.
The reason I know is because I read Chip Alexander’s article on newsobserver.com this week.
Duke lost 65-80 at then Carmichael Auditorium that used be their home court.
Why?
Al Wood scored scored 20 points while James Worthy scored 17 points. Duke missed 12-17 free throws in the first half , fell behind 40-25 and never recovered in losing at North Carolina for the 15th consecutive time.
“according to Chip Alexander’s article on newsobserver.com”
Duke is ranked 9th in this weeks AP Top 25 Poll comes into the game with a record of 18-3 while they are 8-2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and are first in the standings because as stated above they’ve won four games in a row while Miami who was at the top of the Atlantic Coast Conference standings with Duke this week is now behind Duke in the standings because Miami lost to Notre Dame 64-68 in Coral Gables Florida on Wednesday because they couldn’t contain Notre Dame’s 3 point shooting.
“according to an article on miamihurricanes.com”
Duke’s most recent win?
A 57-43 win over Notre Dame in South Bend on Monday!
In Duke’s 57-43 win over Notre Dame reshman Paolo Bancheroscored 21 points, with 14 coming in the second half, and No. 9 Duke held Notre Dame to 27.9 percent shooting in a 57-43 win Monday night at Purcell Pavilion.
Classmate AJ Griffin added 13 points, and he along with Banchero and graduate transfer Theo John each grabbed nine rebounds to help the Blue Devils (18-3, 8-2 ACC) hand the Irish (14-7, 7-3 ACC) their first home loss of the season.
The 43 points allowed marked the fewest Duke has given up to an ACC opponent since a 68-40 victory against Clemson on Jan. 8, 2013.
Though shooting at just a 39.4 percent clip offensively, the Blue Devils outrebounded Notre Dame 51-36. In addition to Banchero, Griffin and John's nine boards apiece, sophomore Mark Williams brought down eight while junior Wendell Moore Jr., had five. Williams also recorded three blocked shots – the 18th game this season with multiple blocks for the Naismith Defensive Player of the Year candidate.
The game was the makeup of a Jan. 1 contest postponed due to health and safety protocols in the Duke program. Notre Dame led just once at 2-0, before Duke scored the next seven points and gradually increased their lead against the Irish, who were held to 18.8 percent shooting in the first half. Notre Dame closed the deficit to four, 18-14, on a pair of Atkinson dunks, but Duke finished on a 9-0 run to lead at halftime 27-14.
Duke doubled the score to 40-20 on a Banchero dunk with 14:42 to play and was in control the rest of the way.
”according to an article on goduke.com”
North Carolina comes into the game unranked unlike their tobacco road rival Duke and comes into the game with a record of 16-6 8-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and is third in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings but like their tobacco road rival Duke they’ve won four games in a row.
Their most recent game?
A 90-83 overtime win over Louisville in Louisville Kentucky on Tuesday!
In North Carolina’s 90-83 overtime win over Louisville Armando Bacot scored 19 points, collected 22 rebounds Leaky Black's 3-pointer with 2:10 left in the extra session broke an 81-all tie and North Carolina led the rest of the way.
The final 1:10 was highlighted by a pair of technical fouls against Louisville that led to four made foul shots for North Carolina to seal the win.
Jae'Lyn Withers was whistled for a dead ball contact technical foul when officials ruled he shoved Bacot to the floor after the whistle blew when Bacot and Louisville's Matt Cross got tied up for a loose ball with 1:10 left. Caleb Love sank the technicals for an 86-81 Carolina lead.
Noah Locke responded with two foul shots for the Cardinals with 59 seconds to go to reduce the deficit to three. North Carolina turned it over, and on the Cardinal's ensuing possession, Cross' deep, straight-on 3 attempt hit the rim and ricocheted to the left baseline. On the bounce, however,
Louisville's Syndey Curry was called for an offensive foul boxing out Bacot. In his irate response, Cardinals interim head coach Mike Pegues was called for a technical foul upon slamming his hand on the scorer's table.
Love then sank two technical foul shots and Bacot made 1 of 2 foul shots for the whistle drawn on Curry for an 89-83 advantage. Love made 1 of 2 with five seconds to go for the game's final margin.
In regulation, after Bacot threw down a dunk to give North Carolina a 55-45 lead with 12:35 remaining, Louisville went on a shooting spree when El Ellis sank three 3s' and Cross another to give Louisville a 57-55 advantage. Neither team led by more than four points to end regulation.
Withers came up with spectacular block on R.J. Davis' wide-open layup attempt to send it to overtime tied at 74.
Ellis scored a career-high 25 points with a career-high five 3s for Louisville.
Pegues took over the Cardinals last week for the second time this season after coach Chris Mack and the school agreed to part ways.
Pegues guided Louisville to a 5-1 start while Mack was suspended and began his second stint with a 74-65 loss to No. 9 Duke on Saturday.
Louisville was without leading scorer and rebounder Malik Williams (10 ppg and 8.7 rpg) due to what Pegues described as an "indefinite" suspension. On his radio show on Monday night, Pegues called the undisclosed suspension "one game for now."
“according to an article by the Associated Press”
Tip off is set for 6:00pm from the Dean E. Smith Center!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN with Jay Bilas, Dan Shulman!