Instant Reaction: Coach K’s retirement, the 2021-22 season, and the future of Duke
Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski, top, talks to his team during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Louisville in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Greensboro, N.C., Wednesday, March 10, 2021. Duke has pulled out of the Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament and ended its season after a positive coronavirus test and the resulting quarantining and contact tracing. The ACC announced that the Blue Devils’ quarterfinal game with Florida State scheduled for Thursday night has been canceled. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
The college basketball universe shook when news broke that legendary Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski would retire after the 2021-22 season, which will be his 42nd with the program.
For more on the retirement of Coach K, Brian Geisinger from ACCSports.com and Josh Graham from WSJS got together for an instant-reaction mini podcast. Geisinger and Graham banter of the shocking timing of the announcement, expectations for the 2021-22 season and Jon Scheyer, Duke’s coach-in-waiting.
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