The Chronicle is doing a series on Coach K’s greatest wins and this one is about the Duke-UNLV rematch in 1991 (UNLV just crushed Duke in the 1990 championship game).
It’s hard to remember now but UNLV appeared unbeatable. With Larry Johnson, Stacey Augmon, Anderson Hunt and Greg Anthony, the Rebels appeared poised to cruise to a second straight national championship.
But they had shown signs of tightness in the tournament and Duke noticed. Coach K told his team to ignore the positive things he said about UNLV in the run-up to the game and to just be ready to play.