So, what happened to K's "much better bench coaching" when they were flaming out in the 1st in 2nd rounds? He did not win it all the first 4 times he was in the FF. He did not go to the FF the 4 yrs before this season. K had 2 losing seasons in his first 3 yrs at Duke. 38-47 in those 3 seasons. 2 yrs after being the Runner up in 1994, he was 18-13. People often overlook the fact that he has had his fair share of rough spots.
I agree with this . Luckily coach K can't take them all . Honestly, if something had happened and we didn't win it in 2012 , I would be seriously doubting if Cal would ever win one . But we did and I'm happy.
Cal has the same number of titles as Izzo, who pretty much everybody thinks is a better coach. It's HARD to win it all.
I said this the night Duke was playing Wisconsin that I couldn't see how anyone would cheer for Duke....closest to us in titles, not far behind in wins, etc...and that it would hurt our recruiting. Some on here agreed and others said I was crazy. I feel that Duke will get another title year after next because I would bet they land Giles and Tatum and could have Kennard return.
There seems to be a lot of love and respect for Krybabyschitzski and Dook on this Kentucky Board, for some reason? I'm still waiting for those particular supporters to say that UK should go all-in and adopt the academy award winning tactics of the Blue Floppers... since they're so awesome and everything.
Sigh. So now we're calling Gonzaga a "mid major." And Utah is in the Pac 12 last time I checked. So that's three Power 5 schools plus Gonzaga.
How many big wins can you rattle off by Gonzaga over major programs? Few is a good coach, but the results have not backed up their being talked about as a "major" program. They just haven't.
Very few. But they were better than Kansas (sans Alexander especially) ... our two seed. That's saying very little, I realize.
We had more good players than Duke but if we had played Duke, they would have had 3 of the best 4 players on the court.
Maybe,could have been a 2/2 split,but still would have been a nice game to watch.At any rate the Duke double standard get to be a bit too much sometimes.
Thanks for saying that I have wanted to for a long time but didn't want to go through the bashing a person usually gets for using common sense. I am the furtherist thing from a Duke supporter as a matter of fact the only team I like to see lose more than them is UConn. I attended the Final Four and due to the fact that I paid way too much for lower level seats right behind Travis Ford and right beside GG Smith I stayed for Championship game and cheered for Wisconsin but they were outmatched and all season long I had been very impressed with Dukes team and was afraid they would be the last man standing but wouldn't dare say that on here, where everyone said they couldn't play defense couldn't do this or that....but they did.
This is exactly why I don't offer blind "respect" for the great and wonderful K... he's the Wooden of this day and age, that does as much bending the rules/cheating (or more) than anybody, but it all gets glossed over. Nothing to tarnish his polished image, eh?
I don't know but no coach can follow that same success. They just have to make a good and wise hire, that's what it will come down to. Kentucky has beaten Duke in two Final Fours coached by two different guys not named Krzyzewski. So they have been able to get there without him. If they're fortunate enough to hire anyone who could match what Vic Bubas did at Duke from 1959-1969 then I don't think too many Duke fans would be upset. (3rd most wins in the country in the 1960's decade. Three Final Fours, unbeaten in the ACC one year, only one loss in league play another year, etc)
