Duke Basketball reveals list of former players attending Coach K’s final home game
Duke men’s basketball revealed Saturday afternoon that 96 former players plan to attend Mike Krzyzewski’s final home game at Cameron Indoor Stadium tonight against North Carolina. The record-setting turnout features a long list from the Hall of Fame coach’s 42-year roster of more than 200 total players.
In addition to the former players now on the coaching staff, Jon Scheyer, Chris Carrawell, Nolan Smith and Amile Jefferson, ESPN’s Jay Bilas will be in the building as part of the festivities.
Notably, one current NBA player has also taken time out of his schedule by travelling to Durham, North Carolina between a Friday night win in Chicago and Sunday afternoon tip-off in Phoenix. Despite the difficult logistics, Grayson Allen is listed as an attendee.
Current UCF head coach Johnny Dawkins will also make the trip despite a scheduled road game against Tulsa on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET to end the regular season. He is joined by Philadelphia 76ers general manager Elton Brand whose team plays tonight during the Duke basketball game.
More Duke legends like Christian Laettner, Grant Hill and JJ Redick plan to attend as well as former players flock to see Mike Krzyzewski.
More on Mike Krzyzewski’s final game
Saturday’s game between Duke and North Carolina is obviously a big one for a number of reasons. There are major NCAA Tournament implications on the line, and Saturday will serve as Mike Krzyzewski’s final game inside Cameron Indoor Stadium as Duke’s head coach.
Seeing Krzyzewski’s last game has become a priority for many, which has resulted in a spike in ticket prices for Saturday’s game between Duke and North Carolina.
On Saturday’s College GameDay, the crew discussed just how expensive tickets for Duke-UNC are for Saturday’s regular season finale. According to GameDay, Saturday’s game is the most in-demand college basketball game since 2010. Just to get in, it will cost you over $5,000.
“Because of the size of this building, 9,314 seats, this is making this one of the most difficult tickets ever,” ESPN’s Holly Rowe said. “Add that this is Coach K’s last game, we have seen prices of sold tickets on Vivid, a marketplace, for $22,000. We’ve seen them on Stubhub for $99,000.”
Those ticket prices are substantial, but Saturday is going to be a historic night in Durham. Krzyzewski is one of, if not the, greatest coaches in the history of college basketball. And Saturday will be the final home game of his storied coaching career.