Friday, March 29

Coach K is the greatest, but UNC ruined his biggest moments this year


NEW ORLEANS — Through all the chaos in the final 80 seconds, Mike Krzyzewski mostly just sat on his stool, taking in the moment more than coaching to extend his career by two more days.

But perhaps he knew: If you’re going to go out, might as well go out on an all-timer.

Krzyzewski said all along this was about the players, not him. And that’s exactly what North Carolina 81, Duke 77 was in the Superdome on Saturday. With everything on the line — a spot in Monday’s national championship game, most of all — the players delivered. North Carolina’s just delivered a little bit more.

Few things in sports live up to the hype. But this game did, and now it will be the No. 8 seed Tar Heels playing Kansas for the title while Krzyzewski’s career ends with five national titles and perhaps a few regrets about the way his last game he played out.


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