Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski did not switch from man-to-man to zone defense this season on a mere whim.
“We gave a lot of thought to it. We give a lot of thought to everything,” the 71-year-old Hall of Fame coach said Saturday.
His Blue Devils (29-7), the No. 2 seed in the Midwest Regional, will run a 2-3 zone defense — one that extends so far it looks like a 4-1 at times — in Sunday’s NCAA Tournament Elite Eight contest against No. 1 seed Kansas (30-7).
Tipoff is 4:05 p.m. at CenturyLink Center with a live telecast on CBS.