Mike Krzyzewski had an emotional pre-game ceremony with his former player and assistant Jeff Capel, who presented Coach K with a sculpted fist to represent K’s long-held metaphor of the fist as being superior to the five individual fingers of the hand. Coach K, clearly touched, hugged his surrogate son.
Then Duke balled up their own fist and beat the crap out of Capel’s team.
Duke won 86-56 and here’s the funny thing: while Duke got off to a hot start, it took a long time before it seemed like Pitt’s cause was hopeless.
And the Panthers didn’t help themselves with turnovers.