Word: krzyzewski
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Everybody does it and everybody did it: birds, bees, Bobby Knight, even those holiest of holies Mike Krzyzewski, Dean Smith and John Thompson. A paper here, a problem set there, no big deal. I don't mean to imply that these coaches condoned academic dishonesty, but to the victors in college basketball, coaches and players alike, go enormous spoils--national fame and fortune, million-dollar contracts, a guaranteed contract on a dream...
Everybody does it and everybody did it: birds, bees, Bobby Knight, even those holiest of holies Mike Krzyzewski, Dean Smith and John Thompson. A paper here, a problem set there, no big deal. I don't mean to imply that these coaches condoned academic dishonesty, but to the victors in college basketball, coaches and players alike, go enormous spoils--national fame and fortune, million-dollar contracts, a guaranteed contract on a dream...
...Georgia over Duke. Nobody wants to play Georgia. Least of all Coach Krzyzewski...
...raised concern. The company pays millions of dollars to the coaches and athletic programs of at least 60 colleges -- including Georgetown, Michigan and Seton Hall -- in order to be the exclusive supplier of the players' shoes. Last week Nike was negotiating a deal to pay Duke's coach, Mike Krzyzewski, a reported $1 million bonus and $375,000 a year. Other shoe and apparel companies have similar arrangements -- Reebok with Notre Dame, for example, and L.A. Gear with North Carolina State...
...Bobby Hurley and Christian Laettner, Duke flattened a young Michigan squad, 71-51. The team's performance testifies to the skill of coach Mike Krzyzewski, who has compiled a 295-110 record in the ncaa tournament since arriving at Duke in 1981. At Stanford, early-season conditioning with a track coach gave the women's team the legs to run away from Western Kentucky in the final, 78-62. Like Duke, Stanford is coached by one of the game's best strategists, Tara VanDerveer, who has a 16-3 postseason record. The dominance of two research-oriented universities is rare...