DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Mike Krzyzewski hopes to get a jump-start on catching his mentor on the career victories list later this summer.
The Blue Devils will head to China and Dubai in August as part of a four-game exhibition tour. That can only help the chemistry on a team that had three stars taken in the NBA draft and returns only one senior.
Krzyzewski said Tuesday he’s eager to see how the next group of Blue Devils players figure out how to play together. Heading into his 32nd season at Duke, he says “it’s not like you reinvent yourself, but you refresh yourself.”
Coach K’s 900 wins are two shy of Bob Knight, his college coach and mentor who holds the Division I men’s record. Krzyzewski says passing Knight would have more significance if he were retiring — which he says he isn’t doing anytime soon.
