In his final NCAA tournament, Mike Krzyzewski prefers to coach closer to home.
Krzyzewski has requested the committee place Duke in the Midwest region if they get a choice so he can coach in his hometown of Chicago during the regional finals, The Athletic’s Seth Davis confirmed Wednesday.
When building the bracket, the committee usually sticks to a set of rules, including separating teams from the same conference. One rule tries to reward the best teams by placing them in the closest bracket geographically. Any team given a top two seed has a chance to play in the region closest to their campus depending on how the bracket unfolds.