DURHAM, N.C. — Mike Krzyzewski’s three daughters were waiting for him when he made the long walk across the court holding his wife Mickie’s hand. They greeted him in front of the Duke bench, not in celebration but in unexpected consolation.
They hugged their father through barely restrained tears. Whatever this evening was supposed to be, this wasn’t it. The noise of North Carolina’s celebration still echoed amid the aged girders overhead. There was no joy in Cameron.
The Tar Heels had played the ultimate spoiler, ruining Krzyzewski’s grand Cameron sendoff, and if the building was stunned, well, Krzyzewski was irate. He walked to the microphone set up at center court. A fan called out, “We love you, coach!” He shook his head.
