Anybody attending coach K's last home game?

[jltrent]

Ticket prices soaring for Coach K’s final home game at Duke - Sports Illustrated

The legendary Duke coach will coach his final home game at Duke on Saturday against rival North Carolina.

www.si.com

The current minimum ticket price is $3,690. The average price on StubHub is $5,392.

Given Coach K's storied career, it is no surprise that fans are willing to pay top-dollar to witness history in his final home game coaching the Blue Devils.

My wife checked on tickets to a fairly local college D-1 teams games and nose bleed seats were close to 2k each. I will pass.

 

[Buck Randall]

I hope he loses.

 

[Son of Butch]

The current minimum ticket price is $3,690. The average price on StubHub is $5,392.

A fool and his money are soon parted.

Duke beat the Tar Heels 87-67 at UNC Feb. 5th so it shouldn't be much a game.

Celebrities and former players will attend. Student fans can't even pay off their student loans, let alone consider attending a college game. [obscene]

 

[Son of Butch]

Duke lost 94-81 proving Coach K is just a distraction who should've been fired last month.

 

[greybeard]

Duke beat the Tar Heels 87-67 at UNC Feb. 5th so it shouldn't be much a game.

Duke lost 94-81 proving Coach K is just a distraction who should've been fired last month.

One of those is not like the other.

 

[jltrent]

I hope he loses.

You got your hope. Feel any better?

 

[sstterry]

I hope he loses.

Whether you like him or not, he has earned the respect. He has been very good at what he does.

 

[Lee VanRoss]

I hope he loses.

That says more about you than the coach.

 

[Buck Randall]

You got your hope. Feel any better?

I feel quite well, thank you.

 

[Buck Randall]

Whether you like him or not, he has earned the respect. He has been very good at what he does.

Respect? He's a whiny, sanctimonious cheat.

 

[Son of Butch]

One of those is not like the other.

correct
Media circus = 33 pt swing from 20 pt road win to 13 pt home loss
Having coach's ego take a backseat is what's best for a team of student athletes.

The Duke - UNC rivalry is possibly the biggest in all of American sports.
A clash of cultures with private college vs public and located just 10 miles apart.

 

[Bestoutwest]

correct
Media circus = 33 pt swing from 20 pt road win to 13 pt home loss
Having coach's ego take a backseat is what's best for a team of student athletes.

The Duke - UNC rivalry is possibly the biggest in all of American sports.
A clash of cultures with private college vs public and located just 10 miles apart.

I love a good college rivalry. I lived for a bit in Rock Island, IL and it was split between University of Illinois and University of Iowa. You didn't talk politics, religion and college sports. There was one point where that one dropped some dirt to the NCAA on the other and it got a bit testy.

Fast forward to when I lived in Maine and UMaine was BITTER rivals with Boston University. Those games were great. Always hard to get in, but if you did, it was never disappointing. Now the hockey team is a joke and no one cares. It's too bad.

 

[Buck Randall]