Mike Krzyzewski reveals his reaction to Duke's last-second loss to UConn in Elite Eight: 'It was heartbreaking'
A devastating Duke loss still hurts Mike Krzyzewski quite a bit.
Former Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski experienced his fair share of devastating losses over his lengthy career. That will happen when you spend 42 seasons at a single school. But despite Krzyzewski being out of the coaching game for years now, it’s still possible for him to be affected by a Duke loss.
He found that out Sunday, when UConn’s Braylon Mullins hit a last-second shot with just 0. 3 seconds left to eliminate Duke from the NCAA tournament. Krzyzewski revealed his reaction to that shot — and everything that preceded it — during an appearance on the Pat McAfee Show on Tuesday.
He may no longer coach Duke, but Krzyzewski found the loss “heartbreaking,” he said during the appearance. “It was heartbreaking, I’m telling you. I haven’t coached for four years now, but, again, it was a great, great basketball game.
Not a good one. It was a great game. And I could not fall asleep last night.