Pitt coach Jeff Capel played and coached under Krzyzewski before leaving to join the Panthers in 2018. The Blue Devils' last two wins have come by a combined 55 points.
The Hall of Famer's final team at Duke remains a work in progress, but the Blue Devils have been the class of the ACC during a down year for a powerhouse league Krzyzewski has helped define for more than four decades.ĭuke's three conference losses have been by a combined four points, and they head into Krzyzewski's final game at Cameron Indoor Stadium on Saturday night against North Carolina with some serious momentum. The Blue Devils won the ACC tournament too on their way to the fourth of the program's five national titles under Krzyzewski. John Hugley led the Panthers with 19 points as Pitt dropped its third straight following a three-game winning streak.ĭuke won its seventh straight to earn at least a share of the ACC regular-season title for the first time since 2010. The Blue Devils are bigger, deeper and more talented than Pitt and locked up the top-seed in next week's ACC tournament with ease.
Two of the losses have come at the Petersen Events Center since Pitt (11-19, 6-13) joined the ACC in 2013, including a stunning upset by the Panthers a year ago. Krzyzewski improved to 272-154 in road games with the Blue Devils. The Blue Devils (26-4, 16-3) wasted little time making sure Krzyzewski would pick up his ACC-record 201st road win, taking a 13-point lead before the game was four minutes old and cruising.
PITTSBURGH (AP) Mike Krzyzewski's final true road game at Duke ended like so many that came before it: with the fourth-ranked Blue Devils quickly quieting the crowd on their way to another blowout win.įreshman guard Trevor Keels scored a career-high 27 points, Paolo Banchero added 21 and Duke clinched at least a share of its 13th Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title under Krzyzewski with an 86-56 win over Pittsburgh on Tuesday night.