In beating Wisconsin, 68-63, in a hard-fought national championship game, Duke displayed resiliency, mental toughness and enough talented freshmen to make Kentucky coach John Calipari blink.
Playing a limited rotation of players and battling through first-half foul trouble to key players, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski completed a remarkable season by again pushing all the right buttons.
This might not have been the best of Coach K's five national championship teams at Duke. But it may very well have been his best coaching job.
Asked what made playing for Krzyzewski so special, freshman Justise Winslow said before Duke's first tournament game in Charlotte that "the biggest thing that Coach K has been able to teach me isn't anything physical like skill-wise but more mentally how to approach the game."
Here's a look at how Coach K navigated the Blue Devils through a tough tournament road, with a closer examination at how and why they were the last team left standing.
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