Mike Krzyzewski says the notion that Duke gets all the calls is “old stuff” and an old narrative from the fans and media that really isn’t true.
Coach K joined “The John Feinstein Show” for an interview on Monday and was asked about the controversial final plays against Clemson on Friday night in the ACC Tournament. Duke got a 1-point win in the game after receiving a favorable call. Despite the call, Coach K says the Blue Devils don’t get all the calls the way many think.
“It’s like old stuff,” Krzyzewski told Feinstein. “I think when you win a long time – and we’re not a state school, so you don’t have a press corps protecting you a little bit – you’re out there. That goes with the territory. And not only that, but announcers and talk show hosts and whatever – they will not say anything about yesterday’s game.”
Krzyzewski then began to talk about the free throw disparity between them and Virginia in the ACC Tournament championship game.
“And again, Virginia played better than we did. But obviously there were 38 free throws to 11. There were things that if you’re trying to homer for somebody, you could homer. And we don’t get that at all. Ever.
“So that does get old. But you know what? I’m not going to start losing – or try to start losing – to get away from that.”
That’s funny. Coach K suggesting he start losing to martyr himself for the cause.
Duke was called for 28 fouls compared to 15 for Virginia and went to the line 3.5 times less, as he mentioned. But Duke still gets favorable calls. Come on, Coach K, don’t even try to play that game. And I have no idea what he’s talking about when he says they don’t have a press corps protecting them. They have Jay Bilas, Jay Williams and Dookie V among others playing the favorites game with them at all times. I really don’t know what Coach K was trying to do with that example.
