Coach K is the Frank Underwood of college basketball
Coach K, he'll do anything. He's Frank Underwood of the college basketball world. He will do anything to make sure that the message is not, 'Hey, Duke wasn't going to make the tournament.' Let's all forget that they weren't going to make the tournament.
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View episodeCoach K is a mastermind for using a COVID withdrawal to protect Duke's winning streak
I think you at least have to respect Coach K for being one step ahead of our brains that try to simulate what Coach K will do... they have bowed out gracefully after winning their opening round game, the ACC tournament... maybe the streak is still intact because who knows? Maybe Duke would have gone on to win the ACC tournament. It's actually a brilliant move on Coach K's part.
Coach K's COVID withdrawal was a long con to bow out before being snubbed by the NCAA selection committee
I can say maybe this was a long con by Coach K to basically bow out of the season before the selection committee could not select Duke this Sunday... I respect COVID too much [to say it], but that might have happened.
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I think it depends on how the bubble teams around them do... but gut says yes [they get in].
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