The Blue Devils may have beat Syracuse and advanced to the ACC tournament semifinals on Thursday, but some members of the team and coaching staff had bigger problems on their hands.
Coach Mike Krzyzewski revealed after the game that he and assistant Chris Carrawell had been “throwing up” all day Wednesday, attributing it to a possible stomach bug going through the team. Forward A.J. Griffin also had been affected by it.
“Hopefully by tomorrow we’ll be in a lot better shape,” Krzyzewski said.
Duke survived Syracuse, 88–79, but for a majority of the game it looked like Jim Boeheim’s team would pull off an epic upset over the No.