RALEIGH, N.C. — In the span of about an hour on Tuesday, in buildings about 10 miles apart, in rooms connected to the home courts where their basketball teams play, Hubert Davis and Mike Krzyzewski attempted to make the same point — that their players must somehow find a way to block out just about everything that will surround them this week.
“I told the guys, you’ve got to turn down or turn off the noise from the phone, the family and the friends and the fans,” said Davis, the first-year coach at North Carolina. “And focus on what’s ahead of us.”
“I know there’s going to be TV, radio, a Duke guy, a Carolina guy, and they’re going to be talking stupid stuff to one another and that means nothing,” said Krzyzewski, in his 42nd and final season at Duke. “But that’s what sport for fans is about. It’s not for coaches. And it’s not for players.
