Duke lost his third straight game on Saturday, dropping in Louisville 70-65 to drop 5-5 in the season – his worst start in over 35 years. The game was fierce from start to finish, and Duke missed three potential or tied shots in the final minute.
This led to an embarrassing moment with the media immediately afterwards.
During the post-game press conference by coach Mike Krzyzewski, a student reporter for Duke’s newspaper, The Chronicle, asked Coach K a question, resulting in an exchange between the two.
“I’m just curious as to what the next step for the team will be,” asked the reporter.
“Yes, why don’t we just evaluate this game,” said Krzyzewski. “I’m not looking forward to what our next step will be now. We just finished a very disputed game. I don’t know when … What is your specialization? “
The reporter did not respond immediately, so Krzyzewski asked again.
“What is your specialization at Duke?” Coach K asked. When again, the reporter did not respond, he asked, “What is your most difficult class?”
“Econ,” replied the reporter.
“Let’s say you just took the world’s toughest economics test,” said Krzyzewski, “and when you left, someone asked, ‘What’s your next move?’ See what I mean? Do you have any empathy? “
“Just give us time to evaluate this game,” he continued, “and then we’ll find out – as we always try to do – what the next step will be. The next step, of course, will be to prepare for Georgia Tech. How we prepare for them – this is what we will have to find out. ”