Duke Blue Devils Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski has hit one more major milestone before he retires from coaching. With the Blue Devils Sweet 16 win over the Texas Tech Red Raiders, the legendary Head Coach has won 100 NCAA Tournament games in his career. He is the first Head Coach to reach the monumental number and could be the only one to do so for at least a long period. The Duke Blue Devils will take on the Arkansas Razorbacks on Saturday in the Elite Eight of the 2022 NCAA Tournament. For now, Coach K is still dancing.
Coach K’s farewell tour moves on to the Elite Eight, with Duke beating Texas Tech 78-73 and giving Mike Krzyzewski his 100th NCAA Tournament win. #MarchMadnesshttps://t.co/mxZ1SFoLCq
— AP Top 25 (@AP_Top25) March 25, 2022
This year was sure to be emotional and full of tense moments for the Duke fanbase after Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski announced he would retire at the end of the season. The Blue Devils program knows exactly how they want to honor him and send him into retirement. They want to win him one more NCAA Championship. Duke is exactly three wins away from doing just that for the legendary Head Coach.
Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski embraces his wife, Mickie, after Duke’s 78-73 win over Texas Tech in NCAA Men’s Basketball West Regional semifinal at Chase Center in San Francisco. @sfchronicle photo by @ScottStrazzante pic.twitter.com/rbxhBDd3JJ
— Scott Strazzante (@ScottStrazzante) March 25, 2022
There aren’t many, if any, mountain tops in college basketball that Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski hasn’t climbed in his long career. While he still has a few more games to coach, so his career will be over. The Duke Blue Devils will enter a new era filled with questions and early success could mean everything.
