Everything in college basketball is recruiting, and recruiting is everything in college basketball. So Duke athletic director Kevin White's recent declaration that Mike Krzyzewski would be around as Coach K for another five years, at least, made sense on the day the 69-year-old went through a second surgical procedure in two months.
It also could be classified as wishful thinking. If you were the person in charge of Duke’s athletic program, you’d be lobbying for Krzyzewski to coach another five seasons for a couple of very good reasons.
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At his Duke career rate of one championship every 7.