SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 26: Head coach Mike Krzyzewski of the Duke Blue Devils reacts after a play through the first half towards the Arkansas Razorbacks within the NCAA Males’s Basketball Match Elite 8 Spherical at Chase Middle on March 26, 2022 in San Francisco, California. (Photograph by Ezra Shaw/Getty Photos)
March Insanity bracket replace 2022: Who will Duke play subsequent within the Remaining 4?
Coach Okay’s last March Insanity run added one other historic milestone as Duke’s win over Arkansas helped Krzyzewski attain his document thirteenth Remaining 4.
Mike Krzyzewski’s last NCAA Match run with Duke has been a very historic one. A win over Texas Tech within the Candy 16 helped Krzyzewski grow to be the primary coach to ever win 100 NCAA Match video games and tonight’s 78-69 win over Arkansas secured one other spot within the document books for Coach Okay.
The dominating efficiency from the Blue Devils ensures that they may attain their thirteenth Remaining 4 below Krzyzewski, permitting him to interrupt a tie with John Picket for essentially the most Remaining 4 appearances from a coach within the historical past of the NCAA Match. The accomplishment is actually outstanding since Picket stacked up most of his appearances in a dynastic run with UCLA whereas Krzyzewski has continued to reload his Duke program to make 13 Remaining 4 journeys in a span of 36 years.
School basketball media reacts to Coach Okay’s newest milestone
Within the Remaining 4, Duke will face both
A) Saint Peter’s, establishing the best symbolic illustration of David vs. Goliath in sports activities historical past, or
B) North Carolina for the primary time in NCAAT historical past—with Okay’s retirement within the stability.
How is that this our universe. Phenomenal.
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) March 27, 2022
Coach Okay. Two extra wins and it’s the final word storybook ending.
A nationwide title to finish his profession.
— Jeff Goodman (@GoodmanHoops) March 27, 2022
For the thirteenth time, Duke is headed to the Remaining 4 below Coach Okay, breaking the tie he held with John Picket for essentially the most all-time. #MarchMadness
— Patrick Schmidt (@PatrickASchmidt) March 27, 2022
A Duke-UNC or Duke-Saint Peter’s Remaining 4 recreation. Every unimaginable in its personal manner.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) March 27, 2022
Weirdly, that is solely Duke’s third Remaining 4 look since *2005*.
However of their two earlier FF appearances, they gained the nationwide title.
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) March 27, 2022
Mike Krzyzewski of @DukeMBB is the primary head coach to succeed in the Remaining 4 in 5 completely different many years (Nineteen Eighties, Nineteen Nineties, 2000s, 2010s, 2020s).
— Stats By STATS (@StatsBySTATS) March 27, 2022
What awaits Duke within the Remaining 4?
The Blue Devils’ season will finish, a technique or one other, in New Orleans. First up can be a Remaining 4 matchup towards the winner of the East Area, which is able to put a ton of strain on Duke whatever the outcome.
One situation would see Duke tackle Saint Peter’s, which might create a real David vs. Goliath second for the Peacocks’ Cinderella story, elevating a ton of strain on the Blue Devils to keep away from falling in need of the title recreation. The opposite would carry a 3rd assembly with North Carolina, who ruined Krzyzewski’s last residence recreation with a win on March 5, and the first-ever NCAA Match assembly between faculty basketball’s two most bitter rivals.
That storyline is definitely value monitoring for Duke, whose gamers struggled to fulfill the second in Coach Okay’s last residence recreation and ACC Match recreation. Time will inform if these experiences assist in a pressure-packed Remaining 4 recreation however the truth that Krzyzewski is again in his last yr is actually outstanding.
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