Coach K isn’t exactly a grouch, but he wasn’t about to let his players get carried away celebrating their highlights after Friday night’s win over North Carolina.
RJ Barrett was asked in a postgame news conference how he would rate one of Zion Williamson’s dunks from the game. Barrett gave one of them a 10, which elicited some high-fives shared between the players. Coach K was not amused.
As his players were enjoying themselves, he stepped in like a father telling his kids to shut off the video games and go to bed.
“Let’s not talk about rating dunks; let’s talk about the game,” he said.
Coach K: "Let's not talk about rating dunks, let's talk about the game."
Oh, cmon, have some fun now. pic.twitter.com/T4vPieeVnc
— Jackson Frank (@jackfrank_jjf) March 16, 2019
The response seemed to be for the media as much as his players. He doesn’t want his players getting carried away celebrating themselves and thinking about highlights rather than focus on the games. The NCAA Tournament is coming up, and Coach K means business.
