Duke came into its game against Georgia Tech with a double whammy of unfamiliar circumstances.
The Blue Devils were unranked for the first time since 2007.
Then, news came down before the game that coach Mike Krzyzewski would miss a Duke game for the first time since he sat out the second half of the 1995 season following back surgery.
According to a release from the school, Krzyzewski was feeling "under the weather" following a team meal Monday night. He was taken to the hospital and told by doctors to stay home in Durham, North Carolina, instead of traveling with the team down to Atlanta for its game against the Yellow Jackets.