Staff Writer

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.