Apparently, Mike Krzyzewski's season-long farewell tour was not quite enough for Duke.
Folks inside the Duke basketball program reportedly expected bitter rival North Carolina to honor Krzyzewski during his final trip to Chapel Hill last month, and they were upset that it didn't happen.
Duke entered its toughest stretch of the season, four games in eight days, five in 12. Those became coded mantras -- 4-in-8, 5-in-12 -- and the whole program hunkered in battle mode, like a warship that sounds general quarters and turns on red lights. Duke won the first game against Carolina -- folks inside the program bristled that the Tar Heels didn't honor Krzyzewski during the game -- and then turned around and lost to Virginia, a well-coached team that gives Duke fits.
Ultimately, North Carolina chose not to honor Krzyzewski with any sort of special moment or ceremony, but the Tar Heels did honor their longtime foe and rival the best way possible – by beating him by double digits in the last home game of his legendary coaching career.
