Coach K on ESPN
Mike Krzyzewski was in top form Friday in analyzing media coverage of his team, which he said hasn't received sufficient credit for winning the ACC's regular-season championship with two weeks of games to go.
Specifically, the coach said he is disturbed about implications that Duke wins because of preferential treatment from referees.
"Over the last month, this has swept the nation," he said. "It's like a new dance. 'Oh man, let's talk about The Foul.' I hope when ESPN does their game, they can acatually show something that says, 'Hey, that Duke player was fouled and nothing was called.' It gets old. It hurts Shelden specifically. Besides hurting the game and everything we're doing."
With various facial expressions, he played the role of sleuth-journalist seeking to explain the Blue Devils' triumph.
" 'Why did they win it? Let's uncover this. I got it. I got the reason. Of course they're gonna win.' And that type of thing. It's been sad. And I think it has been orchestrated. I know it has been," he said.
The orchestration, he said, comes from, among others, ESPN producers whose editorial decisions focused disproportionately on the issue of fouls and not on the excellence of, for example, Shelden Williams' shot-blocking skills.
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