Bilas talks about why he picked Duke when Coach K was not just losing but on the verge of losing his job. He talks about how much he liked Mike Krzyzewski and that he probably would have signed wherever Coach K was coaching.
He was just totally sold on his soon-to-be-coach.
For his part, Rose talked about being 10 years old and noticing that, like him, Johnny Dawkins was a left-handed player so he naturally appreciated him.
Bilas countered by recalling that Rose came to Duke and Bilas, then part of the radio crew, went to the “crummy visitor’s locker room” to interview him.