College basketball has changed in the 36 years Mike Krzyzewski has coached at Duke. In a climate in which teams have to reload every year, there were questions about whether the Krzyzewski reign on college basketball was over some seven years ago. Could he recruit at the level of younger coaches? With the frequency needed to annually stay in the national championship hunt?
He has answered that emphatically, winning a national championship this past April with a freshmen-laden team. More specifically, each November Krzyzewski has brought in a top-tier recruiting class. He has gone from a coach that developed championship teams into one that has recruited them.