Duke’s Grayson Allen starting Wednesday

Krzyzewski wanted to push Duke in a direction closer to being absolutely complete, which included Harry Giles as the starting center Wednesday.

Allen may be back, but Duke will soon have to adjust to life without Krzyzewski. Krzyzewski could have at least decreased the target on his back by forcing him to serve time appropriate for his misdeeds.

The impending back surgery for Mike Krzyzewski hurts a lot. But Coach K had never sounded more wishy-washy. I don’t know. He won’t play until I feel good about the entire situation and where he is at. Coach K tripped up on this one. But it’s not something I’m in a hurry to do. Capel went 175-110 in nine years at Virginia Commonwealth and Oklahoma before returning to his alma mater and becoming Krzyzewski’s right-hand man. “North Carolina is one of the best offensive teams in the country”. He is an aggressive player and that is something many coaches like to see from their players. He went on to become a four-year starter at Duke under Krzyzewski, including the 1995 season. It’s different now as an assistant. I’m all for it personally, though there is a good chance we don’t see that happen in this next poll or even at all. During that time, it was really hard because he was Mr.

On Wednesday night, Duke showed the full breadth of both its foibles and its powers, all of its thorny problems and its mammoth potential.

The Yellow Jackets will need a similar effort against Duke, which was upset by Virginia Tech on Saturday in Blacksburg.

Allen also said of his stripped captaincy: “Removing the title, it hurts, and I understand it’s something that had to be done with the discipline”.

Just as the three freshmen were able to enter the lineup, Allen was suspended indefinitely for tripping a player in Duke’s final non-conference game.

On Dec. 21, Allen committed his third tripping violation against Elon’s Steven Santa Ana.

Allen responded to his reinstatement by scoring 15 points and handing out seven assists, one off his career high.

“Obviously, having Grayson back is big for us, ” Capel said. They were dirty, egregious fouls, but they were committed in the field of play. It’s incredibly weak to issue an “indefinite suspension” and then reinstate the guy one game later, but I don’t really have that much of an issue with it personally.

Capel, the No. 2 scorer on that team, insists this is not the same circumstance because the program is different, largely as a result of Krzyzewski’s experience that season.

“There are things behind the scenes that we’re doing”, Krzyzewski said.

“We’re writing kind of our own story, but it’s kind of a weird story right now”, guard Luke Kennard said. I’m excited about the opportunity for our team.