Coach K’s farewell tour is set to begin this fall, and the University of Kentucky will help get it all started on November 9.
After COVID-19 pushed the event back to December in 2020, the State Farm Champions Classic will once again tip off the college basketball season in 2021, with Kentucky set to take on Duke at Madison Square Garden in the first game of Mike Krzyzewski’s final year of his historic coaching career.
Stadium’s Jeff Goodman was the first to break the retirement news on Wednesday, later adding that upcoming name, image and likeness rules and the transfer portal “being out of control” pushing Coach K to this decision.