UNC vs Duke: It’s time someone called out Coach K

Let’s get this out of the way up front: Mike Krzyzewski is easily one of the five best college basketball coaches to ever live. He built a long-dormant program into a national elite, as his five NCAA titles will attest. He has won more games than any coach— 1090 and counting— and is ranked in the top-20 all-time in win percentage. To do the latter is a great accomplishment in the modern era of college basketball (while the former is...neat!).

His adaptation to the one-and-done era has been extreme, as Duke has joined Kentucky whole hog in the ‘assemble the most talent possible and let the chips fall as they may’ model. This paid off in 2015 with a national title, remarkable because he also…