Duke Blue Devils legendary basketball coach Mike Krzyewski isn't too happy about the current shakeup in intercollegiate athletics. And he recently let it be known on his SiriusXM radio show called "Basketball and Beyond."The 65-year old went on a rant in which he criticizes schools for trading tradition for financial gain. Namely, the University of Maryland and its decision announced in November to leave the Atlantic Coast Conference for the Big Ten.“If you’re running a business for a long time, you would be interested primarily in what is your brand,” Krzyzewski continued. “For us, we have a good brand at Duke University, but we also have a good brand because we’ve been in the ACC. We benefit from that brand. And people who have gone to school here, played sports here, they are not only Duke people; they’re ACC people.Coach K then begins to rip the Terrapins for their decision to leave the conference which they helped create in 1953:"And in Maryland’s case, that’...
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