Duking it out in GSO: Coach K gets win # 880

Above you see a very intimidating photo of Mike Krzyzewski. If you happened to be at the Greensboro coliseum tonight you saw a very intimidating performance by his Duke Blue Devils.If not for Coach K going for win 880 and subsequently passing his long time nemesis Dean Smith, the game would have been of very little interest to the sports world. As promised I have a quick recap since this information clearly isn't available on the Internet or ESPN...right? Sitting directly behind Duke's bench gave me one of the best seats in the house as the Blue Devils destroyed the "home team" Spartans. I say "home team" because I can't be entirely sure but going by the masses of blue shirts and by the sound of the crowd it seemed like the general support was on Duke's side. The Blue Devils immediately jumped out to a 8-0 lead within the first 2 minutes. Trevis Simpson of UNCG gave the Spartans their first points of the game just over 2 minutes into the game, ensuring that they at least would not be shut out. It was as close as the Spartans got all night as they went into the half trailing 53-32.


The second half did not get any easier for the Spartans and really, who expected it to? Duke's Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith dominated as they scored 27 and 26 points respectively as they cruised to a 108-62 win. The big story though was Coach K notching his his 880th career win surpassing Dean Smith, formerly of North Carolina, in wins and becoming the second winningest coach in college basketball (Bobby Knight is first.)Whether you love or hate Duke, you have to respect Coach K and the quality teams he coaches each season.UNCG on the other hand falls to a dismal 0-12 for the year, hopefully some good will come out of conference play. As far as WUAG related stuff, we still have some basketball broadcast left, and the next episode (first of 2011) on January 10th, and I probably will not post again until then. So everyone have a great New Year and if you get too drunk just don't puke on any one's nice furniture. See everyone next year!

-SB