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Coach K bans the “L” word from Duke basketball

Post author:Tom Shanahan
Post published:September 28, 2021
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PHOTO (Duke Athletics): Mike Krzyzewski at Tuesday's media day for his final season. Visit my website home page, TomShanahan.Report By TOM SHANAHAN DURHAM – The “L” word is part of college basketball. Everybody loses games, even Duke in each of its five NCAA championship seasons. There hasn’t been an undefeated college basketball national champion since Indiana (32-0), 1976. But the “L” word is most definitely banned from Duke basketball this year. The "L" word as in "last." It…

Krzyzewski is 74 and coaching like he’s 31 at West Point

Post author:Tom Shanahan
Post published:February 20, 2021
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By TOM SHANAHAN Duke basketball players often say they came to Durham to play for the best coach in America. Mike Krzyzewski sometimes makes it look easy, rotating one McDonald’s All-American player into the lineup after another on their way to the NBA. The only difference between now, with Vernon Carey and Cassius Stanley’s one-and-done NBA draft picks on 2020, and his Duke teams of the early 1990s was Christian Laettner, Bobby Burley and Grant Hill stayed four…

A different kind of Duke player is carrying the weight of expectations

Post author:Tom Shanahan
Post published:February 10, 2021
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By TOM SHANAHAN Duke's basketball roster lacks a Christian Laettner or Grayson Allen. Not even a J.J. Redick. In other words, there are no villains to dislike. Duke has plenty of jealous college basketball enemies for winning five national titles and advancing to 12 Final Fours under coach Mike Krzyzewski. Fans and media are also quick to jump on Coach K when he slips up with a comment or they think he did, but he's used to that.…