I believe he will retire after this season, championship or not. Reasons? I think he was ready to retire after last season if that team had lived up to their early season ranking. I think what kept him from it was losing in the first weekend of the NCAA tournament, realizing Allen was coming back, knowing they had a good recruiting class coming in, and then realizing they had a legit shot at Bagley if he decided to reclassify.
Now he has a legit shot to end up on top like Wooden did and he knows deep down if he gets to the FF the championship will be his. No way he'll be denied that ending to his career by the powers that be. Saying that, I think he'll retire regardless because next years team will be weak compared to the last two seasons. They will virtually lose their whole starting five, outside of maybe Trent. Bolden will transfer because of no PT this year. K would have to stick around for a couple of more years to even have a shot at a FF or championship. I can't see him committing to that and I can't see him sitting through next season and then retiring with no fan fare and another early exit from the tourney.
Nope, this will be it. He'll never get another player like Bagley, especially in the next 2-3 years. Allen is the epitome of a SR player familiar with the "dUKe way". This is it.
I think he'll announce it after the regular season, before the ACC tourney so he can start benefiting from it right away. Then he will get the dream path (even compared with their usual easy path) to a FF. Then ladies and gentlemen, place your bets. dUKe will walk away with the title! The biggest problem in their path is having chemistry issues that will keep them from getting a 1 or 2 seed. Then it's harder to pave them an easy road, they'll still try, but it will be more difficult. Regardless, he's done after this year.
Now he has a legit shot to end up on top like Wooden did and he knows deep down if he gets to the FF the championship will be his. No way he'll be denied that ending to his career by the powers that be. Saying that, I think he'll retire regardless because next years team will be weak compared to the last two seasons. They will virtually lose their whole starting five, outside of maybe Trent. Bolden will transfer because of no PT this year. K would have to stick around for a couple of more years to even have a shot at a FF or championship. I can't see him committing to that and I can't see him sitting through next season and then retiring with no fan fare and another early exit from the tourney.
Nope, this will be it. He'll never get another player like Bagley, especially in the next 2-3 years. Allen is the epitome of a SR player familiar with the "dUKe way". This is it.
I think he'll announce it after the regular season, before the ACC tourney so he can start benefiting from it right away. Then he will get the dream path (even compared with their usual easy path) to a FF. Then ladies and gentlemen, place your bets. dUKe will walk away with the title! The biggest problem in their path is having chemistry issues that will keep them from getting a 1 or 2 seed. Then it's harder to pave them an easy road, they'll still try, but it will be more difficult. Regardless, he's done after this year.