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Coach K scolded Oregon's Dillon Brooks about poor sportsmanship, is a hypocrite

by:Mrs. Tyler Thompson03/25/16

@MrsTylerKSR

I doubt anyone reading this needs another reason to hate Duke and Coach K, but last night, we got another one. With his team up by eleven with ten seconds left, Oregon's Dillon Brooks decided to take a deep three instead of letting the shot clock expire: In the handshake line after the game, TV cameras caught Coach K whispering something into Brooks' ear, but it's hard to tell exactly what: https://vine.co/v/ipTmtD01ur2 In the postgame press conference, Brooks told Pete Thamel that Coach K told him he was "too good of a player to be showing off at the end," to which Brooks agreed. Sort of. "He's right. I have to respect Duke and got to respect them. I have to learn more from those things. At the same time, that's my fire, that's my passion. I'm going to take in what he said and keep doing me." Coach K denied he said those things, cutting off a reporter in the postgame press conference when asked.
Q. Apparently after the game Dillon said that you told him that he was too good of a player to be showing off at the end like that -- MIKE KRZYZEWSKI: I didn't say that. Q. He said of you that you were right. MIKE KRZYZEWSKI: You can say whatever you want. Dillon Brooks is a hell of a player. I said, "You're a terrific player." And you can take whatever he said and then go with it, all right?
Meanwhile, Grayson Allen, who never faced punishment from Coach K for repeatedly tripping players from opposing teams, walked away from a hug from Brooks as he left the court: https://vine.co/v/ipTKmugixlU So, Brooks should have taken the shot clock violation to spare Duke's feelings? Come on. Also, I'm no lip reader, but that exchange between Coach K and Brooks seems to go down how Brooks describes it. So not only is Coach K kind of a punk for scolding a kid, he's also a liar. Stay classy, Duke.

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