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Will Duke Basketball Begin to Look More Like Kentucky?

This is a follow-up to an April 2015 Associated Press article regarding Duke basketball and the one-and-done phenomenon.

Once upon a time, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski led championship basketball teams with top veteran players who learned from him and from each other for four full years. Then, as the years passed, college hoops began to change, and even then Coach K held back for years.

Jay Bilas, an analyst who played on Krzyzewski’s first Final Four team in 1986, stated:

“What Coach K has done in my judgment, and I think Calipari has done the same thing, they’ve adapted to the landscape, and they are dealing with it in a positive way.