Duke men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski said that the NCAA needs to have a college basketball tournament this season on an ESPN appearance Tuesday. Here’s what the five-time national championship-winning coach said.
He also hinted at the necessity of a college basketball commissioner to handle issues like this.
“We’re the thing that the NCAA is most concerned about, because men’s college basketball produces 90 percent or more of the money for the NCAA, not college football or any other sport. So we need to have the tournament, we can’t have it where two years in a row you don’t have the NCAA Tournament. And guys, I think that’s where you should start. Make sure we have the tournament, doesn’t make any difference when it is because we don’t even know when the NBA season is going to be next year, so we should look at them and see how they navigate the waters going forward. They’ve navigated it really well with the bubble, and they don’t have the NBA, they have Adam Silver. And that’s what I’m saying we really need in college basketball.
Watch the full clip of Coach K’s appearance by clicking this link.
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