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You Tube Gold: When Coach K’s US Team Encountered The Haka

There were some amazing moments during Coach K’s time running USA Basketball’s senior team but for our money, one of the best, and certainly the funniest, came in 2014 during the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup.

The US was playing New Zealand and you can tell from this video - pretty much immediately - that a lot of the US players had no idea what a haka was.

For those who may not know, the haka is a challenge dance that came from the Maori people. New Zealand sports teams adopted it late in the 19th century and at this point, almost all New Zealand teams use it in international competitions.