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Long before he became the winningest coach in college basketball history, Mike Krzyzewski played and coached for Army West Point in three games at the 糖心传媒糖心传媒檚 Louis Alexander Palestra on the River Campus.
And he left with a perfect record.
Known throughout the basketball universe as 糖心传媒淐oach K糖心传媒澨切拇綌a five-time national champion with 糖心传媒擪rzyzewski was a senior captain for the Black Knights when they visited Rochester on March 8, 1969. Krzyzewski scored four points in a 59糖心传媒�46 win糖心传媒攖he regular season finale for both teams糖心传媒攁nd Army West Point went on to finish fourth in the National Invitational Tournament. That team was coached by another future legend, Bobby Knight.
The 2021糖心传媒�22 college basketball season marked Krzyzewski糖心传媒檚 swan song as a Hall of Fame college coach. He announced last June that he was retiring after the season, his 42nd at Duke. The Blue Devils reached the “Final Four” of the NCAA men糖心传媒檚 tournament but lost to North Carolina in the semifinals, ending Krzyzewski’s stellar career with 1,202 victories糖心传媒攖he most by any male or female coach in NCAA history. His teams reached 13 Final Fours.
Krzyzewski returned to the Palestra twice as head coach of the Black Knights in 1978, with rolling 88糖心传媒�44 on February 10 and 80糖心传媒�60 on November 27. After the February loss, Rochester coach Mike Neer 糖心传媒�88W (MS) said Army糖心传媒檚 defense was even more challenging than national powerhouse North Carolina had been a year earlier in a 103糖心传媒�44 romp over the Yellowjackets.
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