Alabama coach Nate Oates questioned Mike Krzyzewski’s intentions, but the Duke coach called for a re-evaluation of college basketball playing during the epidemic, openly wondering why the comments were triggered by the loss of No. 10 Blue Devils. .
“Do you think that if the coach or his two non-conference games hadn’t been lost at home he would still be saying that?” “We should be playing 100 percent basketball,” Oates told a news conference on Thursday.
Following his team’s 83-6868 defeat on Tuesday, Illinois lost Duke’s second season this season, and Krzyzuski urged college basketball officials to “re-evaluate” the state of the game by canceling and postponing a series of highly anticipated matchups. Between No. 1 Gonzaga and No. 2 Baylor on Saturday in Indianapolis.
The loss of the Duke to Illinois was the loss of the team’s biggest non-ference conference home under Krzyzuski. The losses to Michigan State and Illinois this season have more than doubled Duke’s total home odds in the last 20 years.
Krzyzewski has questioned the decisions made by NCAA officials in recent months, including Dan Gavit, senior vice president of men’s basketball. He had earlier said that the NCAA should remain open to move the tournament back, months after requesting a comprehensive postseason with every team in the invited country. Overall, his message focuses on criticism of leadership driven by the epidemic of the game.
“I want the safety, the mental health and the physical health of our players and staff to be where we are,” Krzyzuski said on Tuesday. “In our country today, you have 2,000 deaths a day. You have 200,000 cases, one million last week. You have people saying the next six weeks will be the worst. For me, it’s already pretty bad.
“On the other hand, these vaccines are coming out. People say 200 million vaccine shots will be given by the end of the month. In February, another 100 million. Well, shouldn’t we re-evaluate it and see what would be the best?”
The only power the NCAA has is to change the format and timing of the postseason tournament, at this time of the season.
NCAA officials recently announced plans to hold the tournament in March and hosted 68 teams, possibly all Indian Indianapolis, in one city in different cities.
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