Duke's Mike Krzyzewski Adapts To '1-and-done' World

The Blue Devils enter this week's Final Four relying on more freshman starters than John Calipari at Kentucky's NBA factory. "What Coach K has done in my judgment, and I think Calipari has done the same thing, they've adapted to the landscape, and they are dealing with it in a positive way," said Jay Bilas, an ESPN analyst who played on Krzyzewski's first Final Four team in 1986. [...] people want to use value judgments to it and say, 'This is not the way it's supposed to be' and 'This is antithetical to college.' Elton Brand was the first that year after his sophomore season, followed by fellow sophomore William Avery and then freshman Corey Maggette a few weeks later as Krzyzewski's first of five one-and-done players. The reality is it isn't all that different — except maybe for the smaller numbers — than what Kentucky's Calipari often is criticized for doing with his "succeed and proceed" approach, a response to the NBA's requirement for players to be at least one year out of high school before entering the draft. [...] considering college should help prepare someone for a job, there's nothing wrong with a player leaving school to start a lucrative career.

 

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