Coach K s legacy, and connection with his players, is undeniable
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Jay Bilas: Replacing Mike Krzyzewski toughest act to follow in history (2:31)
Jay Bilas joins SportsCenter to discuss news that Mike Krzyzewski will retire after the 2021-22 season. (2:31) Played and coached at Duke Practicing attorney
It was announced Wednesday that the 2021-22 season would be Mike Krzyzewski s 42nd and last as Duke s head men s basketball coach. Those born after 1980 don t know a world in which Coach K is not on the sidelines of Duke s Cameron Indoor Stadium. After next season, they will know that world for the first time, and the news that Coach K will step down in a year leaves those of us that know him with an odd, bittersweet feeling. It is the end of the longest run of sustained excellence in college basketball history, maybe in the history of sports. It marks the end of an era, one in which the icon of icons in the game calls it a career. An utterly amazing career.
Coach K s farewell tour will be sooooo Coach K a celebration of the man and a chance to win another national title and will drive home all the important pieces of his legacy.
Who is Jon Scheyer? Meeting the Duke basketball assistant who will be Coach K s successor
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Jay Bilas: Replacing Mike Krzyzewski toughest act to follow in history (2:31)
Jay Bilas joins SportsCenter to discuss news that Mike Krzyzewski will retire after the 2021-22 season. (2:31)
Jon Scheyer couldn t possibly have chosen bigger shoes to fill for his first head-coaching job.
The man likely tasked with replacing the winningest college basketball coach ever is a former Duke player who moved to the Blue Devils bench just eight years ago and was promoted to associate head coach in 2018. Scheyer has never been a head coach.
Five-star college basketball recruit Patrick Baldwin to play for father at Milwaukee
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The highlight-reel plays Patrick Baldwin Jr. is bringing to Milwaukee (1:08)
With five-star recruit Patrick Baldwin Jr. committing to Milwaukee, check out some of his skills on the court. Video courtesy of itsovertime.com. (1:08) 18 years of coaching experience at Division I level Former Horizon League coach of the year at Wright State
Five-star basketball recruit Patrick Baldwin Jr. has committed to Milwaukee of the Horizon League, he told ESPN on Wednesday, spurning offers from the likes of Duke, Georgetown and Virginia to join his father Patrick Baldwin Sr., the Panthers head coach since 2017.
What s next for Emoni Bates after Michigan State decommitment?
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Class of 2022 No. 1 recruit Emoni Bates drops 36 points vs. Team Sizzle (1:10)
Emoni Bates puts on a scoring clinic as he goes for 36 points vs. Chet Holmgren and Team Sizzle. (1:10) Basketball recruiting insider.
High school basketball phenom Emoni Bates, perceived within the industry as a strong candidate to become the top pick in the 2023 NBA draft, decommitted from Michigan State last week to raise questions about the future of the 17-year-old star. If Bates isn t attending Michigan State in the fall of 2022, where is he headed? Will it be college basketball, the G League path or another route for Bates?