Coach 1K

Cameron Goz
Staff Writer
 

History was made in Madison Square Garden on January 25. Mike Krzyzewski, head basketball coach at Duke, won his 1,000^th game. Krzyzewski is the first coach in NCAA Division I men's history to reach the milestone. The Duke Blue Devils won in comeback style on Sunday, beating St. John’s 77-68. Tyus Jones dropped in 22 points and the team went on an 18-2 run in the second half to vault Coach K into history. "It just, boom! It was great, it was beautiful, really, to see them fight today and win,” Krzyzewski said after the win. 


When the horn sounded and the game was won, Krzyzewski’s players and his assistant Jeff Capel surrounded him and they each gave him a bear hug. T-shirts were passed around, showing the words “1,000 Wins and Kounting” on the back. The crowd of 19,812 included about 15-20 former Duke players as well as St. John's greats Chris Mullin, Lou Carnesecca and Felipe Lopez and Nike co-founder and chairman Phil Knight. Prices shot up to peak at around $900 when it was official that Coach K could get 1,000 that night.  "We were so gritty in the last 10 minutes. It was tough to get involved with 1,000. I was just trying to survive this game, which is how you get to 1,000,” Krzyzewski said after finally hitting the magic number.