Give Mike Krzyzewski credit for saying the three most honest words of his coaching career.
“We were lucky.”
You could almost feel millions of heads nodding in agreement from coast to coast as Coach K made that confession on CBS moments after Duke escaped the clutches of Central Florida on Sunday.
The sighs of relief from Duke fans must have created gusts back in Durham. And the legion of believers who have Duke occupying the sweetest spot in their brackets may need a day or two before their pulses return to normal.
This was the best dang upset that never happened.