Mike Krzyzewski has periodically said that there was Duke Basketball before he got there which is true. He took it to a completely different level, but Duke had made four Final Fours before Coach K got to Durham. Vic Bubas got there three times and in 1964 was the first team to lose to John Wooden’s UCLA in the national title game.
In 1966, Kentucky and Duke were both in the Final Four and while Duke was probably the better team, Bob Verga was ill and very limited. Duke lost to Kentucky which worked out okay in the long run.