Discerning fans have noticed recently that Mickie Krzyzewski, a staple at Cameron, has been absent recently.
It’s not the sort of thing we would ever speculate on but naturally we wondered and were concerned and now sadly we know why.
Her mother passed away on Thursday, no doubt putting the Duke-UNC game into a very different perspective for the family. It must have been difficult for Coach K to go to work and focus on the game when his wife and family were dealing with great sorrow but he has always had a ferocious ability to focus and we’d guess they would urge him to go and do his damndest.