On Dec. 6, 2016, Duke athletic director Kevin White looked around Madison Square Garden and tried to keep his emotions together.
His Blue Devils were playing the Florida Gators in a top-25 matchup. And felt a bit conflicted. His son Mike is Florida’s men’s basketball coach.
In a family full of sports administrators, it marked the first time the White family was on both sides of a big game. The schools had played before in Olympic sports, but this was different.
“That was a moment that actually took my breath away,” Kevin White said. “That was a tough one.