With the win, Krzyzewski passes Corridor of Famer and previous UCLA head trainer John Picket for essentially the most Ultimate 4 appearances in NCAA historical past.
The 75-year-old Krzyzewski now has 101 occupation NCAA event wins.
“So glad,” Krzyzewski mentioned after the sport at the TBS broadcast. “We name it crossing the bridge. There may be not anything like being a regional champ and going to Ultimate 4 and taking part in on Saturday with 3 different champions. It is an ideal day.”
Closing 12 months, Krzyzewski introduced he would retire on the finish of the 2021-2022 faculty basketball season. Duke affiliate trainer and previous Blue Devils participant Jon Scheyer will take over as head trainer subsequent season.
“Trainer Ok,” as he’s affectionately recognized, has coached at Duke for 42 seasons and is the NCAA’s all-time winningest head trainer. He led the Duke males’s program to 5 nationwide championships in 1991, 1992, 2001, 2010 and the final one got here in 2015.
No. 1 seed Kansas will face No. 10 seed Miami within the different Elite 8 sport Sunday afternoon.
Previous Saturday, No. 2 seed Villanova defeated No. 5 seed Houston 50-44 to advance to the Ultimate 4.
The Ultimate 4 is scheduled for April 2 and the nationwide championship is slated for April 4 from the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.
