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The Duke–North Carolina Semifinal Is a Hoops Dream (And One Team’s Nightmare)

The stakes have never been this high for these bitter rivals … but 31 years ago, they almost were even bigger.

Sports Illustrated

Greg Cote: NCAA Final Four: Coach K on a ladder. Why is America rooting against the perfect ending?

MIAMI — There is one and only one perfect ending that can come out of this men’s NCAA Final Four, and it is Coach K up on a ladder just before midnight Monday, snipping pieces of the basketball net in his final game as Duke coach. (A falling tear will…

Miami Herald

The NCAA’s Existential Crisis Should Have Groundbreaking Answers Soon

As society (and Congress) continues to push for change, college sports’ governing body’s leaders know the window to solve their problems is closing fast.

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Scott Fowler: Jay Bilas has thoughts on how much Duke-UNC in the Final Four really matters

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Jay Bilas is a former Duke player, a current Charlotte resident and ESPN’s leading college basketball voice.

Tribune News Service

The Best Wins and Most Infamous Games of the Duke-UNC Rivalry

Before these two meet in the Final Four, we’re looking back at their unmatched history.

Sports Illustrated

Coach K Says He Isn’t Focused on Rivalry in Final Four

“I haven’t looked at it as us against North Carolina,” the Duke coach said in his press conference on Tuesday.

Sports Illustrated

Mark Bradley: A lovely Final Four will be won by the greatest coach ever

For all Duke’s success/splendor/snootiness, the great school with the great coach conducts its daily business in the shadow of its greatest rival. A Duke fan cannot turn around in North Carolina’s Triangle without seeing two or three or 10 Tar Heel backers. Duke has produced one U.S. president – Richard…

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‘K’ really stands for kindness

As 75-year-old Mike Krzyzewski prepares to step away, his capacity to genuinely feel for his players might be his greatest legacy

Chicago Sun-Times

What a storybook ending for Duke and all of the Duke haters

This is too perfect.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Final Four has a blue tint with power programs

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's final chapter will have a distinctly blue tint

The Independent UK

Duke’s Paolo Banchero made Mike Krzyzewski blush during his postgame interview and hoops fans loved it

What a sweet moment.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Does Defense Win Championships? Houston and Arkansas Sure Hope So.

Elite Eight Gets Underway With Duke, Villanova Taking on Stingy Defenses Lost in the chaos of two No. 1 seeds falling Thursday night were multiple herculean defensive efforts and a mind-boggling offensive spurt. The result? Two Elite Eight matchups of contrasting styles with a trip to New ...

Sports Illustrated

It’s Time to Embrace the Chaos of an Elite Eight No One Expected

Should we call whatever happens next in the men’s tournament surprising, or should nothing surprise us at all?

Sports Illustrated

Coach K Addresses Floor Slap in Duke’s Win over Texas Tech: ‘What The Hell, Why Not?”

The Blue Devils are headed to their third Elite Eight Appearance in five seasons.

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Coach K’s Gutsy Night Gives Duke’s Fairytale Hopes Their Biggest Jolt Yet

The win over Texas Tech showcased Krzyzewski’s gifts and grit, from an emergency zone to a team-wide floor slap.

Tribune News Service

Bob Wojnowski: Villanova has the experience and pedigree, but Michigan has the big guy

SAN ANTONIO — Villanova is a steady-humming machine with the most accomplished coach in the Tournament not named Coach K. The No. 2 seed Wildcats have won two national titles in six years and are seasoned and savvy.

Sports Illustrated

Coach K’s Run, Officiating and One Clash You Can’t Miss: Our Sweet 16 Burning Questions

After exiting a suspenseful and sometimes controversial first weekend of the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, the stakes and competition now rise for the Sweet 16.

Orlando Sentinel

Mike Bianchi: An ode to Tom Butters — the AD who hired Coach K and Steve Spurrier

ORLANDO, Fla. — To be a great college athletic director, you also have to be a gambler.

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Duke basketball was reportedly ‘bristled’ by UNC’s lack of flowers for Coach K

Duke staffers may not have been happy about Coach K's Chapel Hill sendoff.

Los Angeles Times

J. Brady McDollough: Coach K still shows the fire that launched him into John Wooden’s orbit

DURHAM, N.C. — Mike Krzyzewski’s last order to a Duke basketball player at Cameron Indoor Stadium was telling guard Jeremy Roach to stop fouling North Carolina with 22.8 seconds left.

Sports Illustrated

Watch: Duke Assistant Avoids UNC Coach Hubert Davis in Handshake Line After Tar Heels’ Win

North Carolina’s upset win Saturday came in Coach K's last game at Cameron Indoor Stadium.

USA Today Sports Media Group

College hoops fans roasted Duke for losing to North Carolina in Coach K’s last home game

On a night like this, the schadenfreude comes out in full force.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Despite a stunning loss to North Carolina, Duke might still be a great bet to win it all in Coach K’s final season

After four decades, Coach K has still got that extra special something.

Sports Illustrated

Duke Honored Coach K Before His Final Home Game As Blue Devils Head Coach

It was a well-deserved moment for Coach K in Cameron Indoor Stadium.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Duke fans go wild as Coach K takes the floor through a tunnel formed by former Blue Devils stars

One last time in front of the Cameron Crazies.

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