DURHAM, N.C. — As Nina King stood on the edge of Chase Center’s court in San Francisco on Saturday night, amid Duke’s celebrating players and families and her fellow administrators, one word entered her mind.
“Magical,” she said.
Since being named as Duke’s athletics director last May and taking over in August, King envisioned just this scenario. In coach Mike Krzyzewski’s final season before his planned retirement, he’d lead the Blue Devils to New Orleans for the Final Four and, hopefully, another national championship.
