Wednesday, August 24, 2011

ACC schedule shows milestone set for New York

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski's first attempt at breaking Bob Knight's Division I men's basketball career wins record is likely to take place against Michigan State in New York City, according to the ACC basketball schedule released this afternoon.

Krzyzewski has 900 wins and needs three more to pass his mentor, Knight, as Division I's winningest coach. Duke opens with games against Belmont and Presbyterian before meeting Michigan State on Nov. 15 in an event called the "Champions Classic."

North Carolina, which is expected to be the nation's No. 1 team when the preseason polls come out, also has a high-profile game scheduled against Michigan State in the Tar Heels' opener. The teams will meet Nov. 11 on the deck of the U.S.S. Carl Vinson in San Diego.

The always highly anticipated meetings between Duke and North Carolina will occur Feb. 8 at North Carolina and March 3 at Duke.

New N.C. State coach Mark Gottfried will get his first taste of rival North Carolina in games Jan. 26 in Chapel Hill and Feb. 21 in Raleigh. Gottfried's debut with the Wolfpack will come Nov. 11 against UNC Asheville. The Wolfpack's nonconference games will include a Dec. 4 visit to Stanford and a Dec. 17 meeting with Syracuse at the RBC Center in Raleigh.

Ken Tysiac

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

U.S.S. Carl Vinson..... where Osama Ben Laden will be in attendance dressed as a ref......

Anonymous said...

10:42, Be nice to Karl Hess.

Anonymous said...

Duke-UAE game recap, please? Game happened 24 hours ago, pick it up Disturber. Second rate.

Anonymous said...

Agreed. I guess ESPN, SI, and FoxSports can report the Duke-UAE game...but the Tarhole Observer acts like it never happened!

Propoganda.

roy>rat said...

The CO staff figured no Duke fan could read anyway, so they decided to take a pass.