NEW ORLEANS — After coaching the final game of his storied career, Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski and his wife, Mickie, climbed into a golf cart in a hallway near the Superdome’s press room late Saturday night.
The Blue Devils’ season had just come to a sudden and dramatic end after their 81-77 loss to North Carolina, their Tobacco Road rival, in the Final Four. As a phalanx of photographers and reporters took videos and pictures of the moment, Krzyzewski quipped, “Maybe you can superimpose a sunset.”
As the golf cart drove off with the Krzyzewskis facing the media horde, he added, “Thank you, all.