As Duke Plays On The Road At Syracuse Tonight Mike Krzyzewski Is Making His Final Trip To Syracuse As The Head Coach Of Duke Because He Is Retiring After The 2021-2022 Season
As the Head Coach of the Duke Men’s Basketball Program Mike Krzyzewski 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 ACC Tournament wins (most in league history)
68 NBA Draft selections, including 42 first-round picks
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”
As Duke plays on the road at Syracuse tonight Mike Krzyzewski is making his final trip to Syracuse as the Head Coach of Duke because he 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”
And Jon Scheyer who currently is Mike Krzyzewski’s Associate Head Coach is going to be the Head Coach of Duke beginning in April 2023!
Earlier in the regular season, Duke, Syracuse matched up in Durham!
As Duke, Syracuse play their rematch tonight they are matching up in Syracuse!
Duke comes into the game with a record of 24-4 14-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and is first in the standings.
Why?
Because they’ve won five straight Atlantic Coast Conference games!
Their most recent win?
A 65-61 win at Virginia!
In Duke’s 65-61 win over Virginia Trevor Keels, Jeremy Roach who were teammates at St. Paul VI High School who are currently college teammates helped lead Duke to 65-61 win at Virginia on Wednesday along with AJ Griffin.
How?
Trevor Keels was 5-8 on field goals, 1-4 from 3 point range, scored 13 points.
Jeremy Roach was 6-7 on field goals 3-3 from 3 point range scored 15 points.
AJ Griffin was 4-11 on field goals 3-7 from 3 point range, scored 15 points
“according to espn.com”
When Duke had a 52-51 lead AJ Griffin scored Duke’s next eight points. Then with 1.8 seconds left and Duke up two points AJ Griffin hit two free throws to seal the win.
Jeremy Roach had this to say about his performance at Virginia!
Just taking what the defense gives me,”I just stayed aggressive and confident . I think that’s the biggest key for this game. We know this is going to be a tough- nosed team . They guard . They are physical So it was just taking what the defense gives me.”
Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski who was honored before the game tipped off in Charlottesville because he is retiring after the season had this to say about Jeremy Roach’s performance.
I really thought the key guy for us in the game was Jeremy. Not that he stopped Kihei Clark but he defended him and his verve on offense really lifted us . Jeremy’s play was the differentiator.
"according to an article written by Stephen Wiseman who covers Duke Athletics for the News & Observer.
Syracuse comes into the game with a record of 15-13 9-8 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and is eighth in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they at Notre Dame 69-79.
Why?
A 13-point unanswered stretch led by Notre Dame's Ryan Cormac with eight of the points, marked the final lead change of the contest and sealed the victory for the Fighting Irish with 12:15 remaining in the game.
“according to an article on cuse.com”
Tip off is set for 6:00pm from the Carrier Dome!
The game is going to be televised on ESPN with Corey Alexander, Dave O’Brian commentating!