WEST POINT, N.Y. — As the sun set over the Hudson Highlands, remnants of the first snowfall of the season, which flurried through hours earlier, remained flecked on the dead leaves and dying grass.
With the temperature hovering in the mid-30s on this Veterans Day, hundreds of fans in Duke Blue waited in line for nearly an hour on the steep staircase outside Christl Arena. They were here to witness a rarity (a power-conference program playing a road game against a Patriot League opponent) and a one-time-only celebration: Mike Krzyzewski, a 1969 graduate of West Point, was earning honors and a permanent banner bearing his name in Christl Arena.
“West Point was the basis of everything I’ve done in my professional career,” Krzyzewski told the sold-out crowd prior to No. 4 Duke’s 114-59 victory vs. Army on Tuesday night.
Why it took until Krzyzewski was 78 for the school to pin a pennant in its basketball arena to venerate its most famous sports alum is anyone’s guess, but the Hall of Famer was awed and humbled all the same. Saving the occasion until 2025 did offer up a nice anniversary, too.
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“Fifty years ago this month. The first time I was a head coach,” Krzyzewski said. “Fifty years later, and all the success we’ve had, it’s really a result of the foundation and everything I learned here at the Academy as a leader, but also here at the Academy as a coach. I want you to know that I’m so…
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