Another Milestone for Coach K...

Mike “Coach K” Krzyzewski won his 800th game as the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils with an impressive 82-68 win over the 4^th ranked team in the nation, Kansas State. More so, along with Dean Smith (879 - North Carolina), Adolph Rupp (876 - Kentucky), Jim Boeheim (832 - Syracuse), and Jim Phelan (830 - Mount St. Mary's), Coach K becomes just the fifth coach in NCAA history to win 800 or more games with one team. While the win was actually his 873rd overall, making him the fourth winningest coach for Men's Collegiate Basketball, if he were to continue at this pace, Coach K will no doubt move up the “all time win list” over the next two years to become the all time leader in wins for Men's Basketball; surpassing his mentor, “The General”, Bobby Knight (902 wins). GO Coach K! GO Duke!

The Blue Devils: A Lock for Back to Back National Championships?

As I sat and watched Duke’s victory over Michigan State earlier this week, two things became clear; number 1:  this year’s # 1 ranked Duke Blue Devils are for R-E-A-L, and number 2: Kyrie Irving is not only as good as advertised, but like Dick Vitale alluded to during the broadcast, he’s better! Irving led the Blue Devils to a victory notching 31 points, and outplayed Michigan State’s Kalin Lucas the same way he did Jacob Pullen of Kansas State in a prior game.  Every time I see Irving play, I can’t help but think that he is the best guard in the country right now and he’s only played 7 collegiate games. It is the same feeling that I used to get when I  watched Carmello Anthony play for Syracuse during the Orangemen’s National Championship Season. Irving is just a player that seems to be in 3rd gear when everyone else is in neutral. And when you mix in the talented players Kyrie has around him (Singler, the Plumlees, Dawkins, Nolan Smith, Seth Curry), with how disciplined they are, how they don’t turn the ball over much, and how they are excellent from the line making comebacks against them near impossible, I just don’t know how I could pick against them this coming March. As a Duke fan, I realize this post may be a little biased, and I realize that there are a lot of good teams in the country right now, but how can you bet against this Duke team that indeed appears to be locked and loaded to become the first team since Billy Donovan’s Florida Gators to win back to back National Championships.

All I can say is stay tuned, and buckle up!