As Duke Plays On The Road At Pittsburgh Tonight Mike Krzyzewski Is Opposing Former Player, Coach Jeff Capel For Final Time On The Road At Pittsburgh Because He Is Retiring After The 2021-2022 Season
As the Head Coach of the Duke Men’s Basketball Program Mike Krzyzewski has won Five national championships (1991, 1992, 2001, 2010, 2015)
Six gold medals as head coach of the U.S. Men’s National Team
Nine National Players of the Year (11 honors)
Six National Defensive Players of the Year (nine honors)
10 consecutive top-10 AP poll finishes (1997-06)
12 National Coach of the Year honors (eight seasons)
12 Final Four appearances (tied for most in NCAA history)
12 ACC regular season championships
15 ACC Tournament championships (most in league history)
28 NBA Lottery picks (most in Draft history)
35 NCAA Tournament bids (most by one coach)
37 All-America selections (51 honors)
67 ACC Tournament wins (most in league history)
68 NBA Draft selections, including 42 first-round picks
97 NCAA Tournament wins (most in NCAA history)
126 weeks ranked No. 1 in the AP poll (most by a coach in poll history)
517 ACC wins (most in league history)
556 weeks ranked in the top 10 of the AP poll (most by a coach in poll history)
649 weeks ranked in the AP poll (most by a coach in poll history)
1,097 victories at Duke (most in NCAA history at one school)
1,170 career wins (most in NCAA history)
“according to his biography on goduke.com”
As Duke plays on the road at Pittsburgh tonight Mike Krzyzewski is opposing former player, coach Jeff Capel for final time on the road at Pittsburgh because he is retiring after the 2021-2022 season.
Why?
Mike Krzyzewski had this to say about his decision!
You might ask, 'Why are you doing this right now?' Look, this is not about health. Mickie and I, whether we look it or not -- she does -- whether I look healthy ... I am. It's not about COVID or saying, 'Boy, that year was so bad.' It's not about that. It's certainly not about what's going on with college basketball. 'Boy, the game is changing.' All right. I've been in it for 46 years. You think the game has never changed?"
He later added: "Those aren't the reasons. ... The reason we're doing this is because Mickie and I have decided the journey is going to be over in a year. And we're going to go after it as hard as we possibly can."
“according to an article on espn.com by Myron Medcalf”
And Jon Scheyer who currently is Mike Krzyzewski’s Associate Head Coach is going to be the Head Coach of Duke beginning in April 2023!
As a player for Duke, Jeff Capel served as a team captain in both 1996 and 1997 and earned third-team All-ACC accolades as a junior in 1996.
He made an immediate impact at Duke and was a four-year starter for the Blue Devils, leading the team to 83 wins and a trip to the 1994 national championship game. He racked up 1,601 points, 433 assists and 220 three-point field goals, finishing among Duke’s career leaders in minutes played, three-point field goals made, three-point field goal percentage and assists.
As a player for Duke, Jeff Capel served as a team captain in both 1996 and 1997 and earned third-team All-ACC accolades as a junior in 1996.
He made an immediate impact at Duke and was a four-year starter for the Blue Devils, leading the team to 83 wins and a trip to the 1994 national championship game. He racked up 1,601 points, 433 assists and 220 three-point field goals, finishing among Duke’s career leaders in minutes played, three-point field goals made, three-point field goal percentage and assists.As a coach at Duke Jeff Capel spent seven seasons at Duke University (2011-18), including the final four seasons as associate head coach under Mike Krzyzewski. In that span, he helped guide the Blue Devils to a 200-55 (.784) record, seven NCAA Tournament appearances, the 2017 ACC Tournament championship and the 2015 National Championship. In that time, Capel also helped secure commitments from 19 McDonald’s All-Americans as Duke signed a top-two class in each of the past five years, including the top class in 2014, 2015 and 2018.
During the 2016-17 season, he served as acting head coach for seven games following Krzyzewski’s back surgery. Capel led Duke to a 4-3 record over that stretch, including consecutive road wins at Wake Forest and Notre Dame that sparked a seven-game winning streak in the midst of ACC play. Capel also led the Blue Devils to an 89-71 win over Wake Forest during the 2017-18 season when Krzyzewski was sidelined due to an illness.
Capel was instrumental in the development of that young talent as the Blue Devils produced 15 first-round picks in the NBA Draft during his tenure, including nine lottery picks. Duke had at least one first-round selection every season and multiple first-round picks in five of the seven years with Capel on staff. Eight of the 19 McDonald’s All-Americans Capel helped recruit to Duke were lottery picks.
He was crucial to the signing of the 2014 class that was ranked No. 1 in the nation and featured Grayson Allen, Tyus Jones, Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow. That class was the catalyst for Duke’s fifth national championship.
Capel’s close work with Jabari Parker (2014) and Okafor (2015) led to both being named All-Americans, earning National Freshman of the Year honors and being top-three picks in their respective NBA Drafts. Winslow and Jones were also taken 10th and 24th overall, respectively, in the 2015 NBA Draft.
Capel was vital to the rapid ascent of Brandon Ingram from elite recruit to NBA lottery pick, helping mold him into a Freshman All-American and the ACC Freshman of the Year in 2016 before the Lakers took him with the No. 2 overall pick in that year’s draft.
In 2016-17, Capel was a major influence on Jayson Tatum, an All-ACC selection and the No. 3 overall choice in the NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics.
In his final season at Duke, Capel mentored National Freshman of the Year and consensus first team All-America selection Marvin Bagley as well as All-ACC selections Wendell Carter, Jr. and Gary Trent, Jr.
Capel also helped Duke secure one of the highest rated recruiting classes in NCAA history in 2018 as the Blue Devils signed the top three players in the class – R.J. Barrett, Cameron Reddish and Zion Williamson – along with two additional five-star players in Tre Jones and Joey Baker.“according to Jeff Capel’s biography on pittsburghpanthers.com”
Duke comes into the game ranked fourth in the AP Top 25 Poll with a record of 25-4 while they are 15-3 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and are first in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings because they got off to a fast start at Syracuse on Saturday!
Why?
Duke hit 11 of their first 12 shots building a 30 point first half lead.
Paolo Banchero scored 21 points was 7-16 on field goals while collecting 9 rebounds, AJ Griffin scored 20 points was 7-11 on field goals 6-10 from 3 point range while he collected 2 rebounds , 2 assists. Mark Williams was 11-14 on field goals while he collected 12 rebounds 1 assists, scored 28 points as Duke won the road Saturday at Syracuse 97-72.
“according to espn.com”
Paolo Banchero had this to say about his performance on the road at Syracuse!
Just having fun, really,’’ I felt like the past few weeks,I had been putting unnecessary pressure on myself . Just overthinking especially on offense. That overthinking over -analyzing really affected my game so it was just realizing when I play free I play better.
Head Coach Mike Krzyzewski had this to say about his teams performance on the road at Syracuse!
I thought our offense was amazing for those first 17 minutes of the first half,’’
“according to Stephen Wiseman’s article on newsobserver.com”
Pittsburgh comes into the game not ranked in the AP Top 25 poll with a record of 11-18 6-12 in the Atlantic Coast Conference and is thirteenth in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings.
Why?
Because unlike Duke Pittsburgh lost their previous game on Tuesday February 22, 2022 to Miami 64-85.
Why?
Miami (20-8, 12-5 ACC) opened the half on a 14-4 run, shooting 6-of-9 from the field with nine of the points coming off Pitt turnovers through the first 4:18 of play. Pitt (11-18, 6-12 ACC) responded with eight-straight points out of the first media timeout, courtesy of two three pointers by graduate student Gueye and a jumper from redshirt junior Ithiel Horton to make it a 14-12 contest.
The Panthers trailed 24-18 at the under eight and 36-26 at the under four timeout. The Hurricanes ended the half on an 11-1 run, making nine of its last 10 field goals as Pitt trailed 47-27 at the break.
Pitt shot 46.2% (12-of-26) from the floor while only attempting four free throws. Miami went 59.4% (19-of-32) from the field and made 4-of-9 (44%) from deep.
Miami came out of the break making four of its first five field goals and led by as much as 26 points through the first four minutes. Pitt couldn't find a consistent rhythm in the second half and until the final four minutes, when it used a 12-0 run over the span of two and a half minutes to make it an 80-62 game. The Panthers couldn't get any closer and fell, 85-64.Tip off is set for 8:00pm from the Petersen Event Center!
The game is going to be televised on ACC Network with Cory Alexander, Dave O’Brian commentating!