The Duke basketball team’s current record just so happens to be Coach K’s all-time record on the hardwood against Tom Izzo.
11-1.
Part of the reason for that disparity may be a result of a psychological advantage. But another part is that Durham has served as the stomping ground to a greater mass of talent over the years than East Lansing.
One snapshot of that five-star dominance — other than the fact that the Blue Devils have snagged the nation’s top recruiting class three years straight — is a 5-to-1 advantage in the number of former players from each program who have appeared in at least one NBA game this season:
Blue Devils 25, Spartans 5.