Let’s get this out of the way up front: Mike Krzyzewski is easily one of the five best college basketball coaches to ever live. He built a long-dormant program into a national elite, as his five NCAA titles will attest. He has won more games than any coach— 1090 and counting— and is ranked in the top-20 all-time in win percentage. To do the latter is a great accomplishment in the modern era of college basketball (while the former is...neat!).
His adaptation to the one-and-done era has been extreme, as Duke has joined Kentucky whole hog in the ‘assemble the most talent possible and let the chips fall as they may’ model.