Ian O' Connor on Coach K's Rough Early Duke Years, Laettner & Hurley, UNLV Upset, Team USA, Lakers Job, One-and-Done Pivot

This week, Doug gives his takeaways from his first trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium and lists his Top 5 old and Top 5 new college hoop arenas. Then, NY Post Columnist and best selling author Ian O'Connor to discuss his new book Coach K, including how improbable hiring of Krzyzewski at Duke, the low point of his rocky first years in Durham, how he turned it around with the Johnny Dawkins recruiting class, how Christian Laettner transformed the program, his complicated relationship with Bobby Hurley, how the upset against a historically dominant UNLV team changed the program's perception, how he rebuilt the Blue Devils into a title contender after missing an awful 1995 season, and the rough adjustment to coaching internationally, his exhaustion with Dwight Howard, earning LeBron's respect by confronting Kobe, and how close he came to taking the Lakers job, why he finally embraced the one-and-done, and how he settled on his eventual successor, and his post-retirement role in the program. Download, rate and subscribe to get the latest All Ball Podcasts!

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