Spend 42 years in one place like Mike Krzyzewski and Duke, and there are bound to be emotions. Saturday evening was Coach K’s final game at Duke, a place where he’s made countless memories games and won countless games. The celebrations matched the moment.
Players who had pleasure of being coached by him poured in with heartfelt messages of gratitude. Fans, who enjoyed an unprecedented run of success thanks to his coaching of their team, went bananas when it was time to introduce him. In a special moment like Saturday, waterworks are not only more than understandable, they’re inevitable.
The Duke men’s basketball (and probably greater athletic department) administration had perhaps the consummate way to honor the amazing coach:
