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Duke knows that coach Mike Krzyzewski will be taking time away from the team for another surgery, but it's unclear when guard Grayson Allen and Krzyzewski will be back in active roles with the No. 8 Blue Devils. Krzyzewski will coach his final game Wednesday night against visiting Georgia Tech before undergoing surgery on his lower back Friday. This just adds to what has been a saga-filled season for Duke, with injuries and Allen's indefinite suspension for a tripping incident last month perhaps trumped by the next sabbatical for Krzyzewski. Continue to Article

January 03, 2017 7:11:pm EST

Louisville duped Duke into defending wrong basket on inbound. Walz had three of his players head to the end of the floor that the Cardinals would eventually be defending, with only the inbounder, Mariya Moore, and point guard Briahanna Jackson in what appeared to the Blue Devils to be the backcourt. Continue to Article

January 02, 2017 10:09:pm EST

Jeff Capel will be Duke’s interim coach in Mike Krzyzewski’s absence. The Blue Devils will now have the chance to audition maybe the leading candidate to someday succeed Krzyzewski. Associate head coach Jeff Capel will slide over one seat on Duke’s bench for up to four weeks as the 69-year-old Krzyzewski recovers from the back surgery he’s scheduled to undergo Friday. Continue to Article

January 02, 2017 5:27:pm EST

DURHAM, N.C. (AP) -- Hall of Fame Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is stepping away from the team to have lower back surgery. Continue to Article

January 02, 2017 12:40:pm EST

Mike Krzyzewski will miss up to four weeks . When Duke hosts Georgia Tech on Wednesday night, it will be Mike Krzyzewski’s final game on the bench for awhile. Krzyzewski will undergo lower back surgery on Friday to remove a fragment of a herniated disc, Duke announced Monday morning. Continue to Article

January 02, 2017 12:36:pm EST