DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski couldn't make it back to the bench for the second half of Tuesday's game against Wake Forest, but he still had a message for his team after it nearly blew a 19-point lead.
"He said we needed to play smarter," forward Wendell Moore Jr. said.
Duke hung on for a 76-74 win thanks to a follow-up dunk by Mark Williams and a long heave from Wake's Damari Monsanto that barely rimmed out at the buzzer, but the biggest story remained the absence of the 75-year-old coach, who received medical treatment throughout the second half for what the school called an illness.