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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski expressed concern for his players' safety after the Blue Devils' upset loss to Virginia on Thursday.
Many in the first sellout crowd at Virginia this season stormed the court in celebration of the Cavaliers' 73-68 victory, leaving Duke's players and coaches to battle through the surge to get to their locker room.
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"When we've lost in the last 20 years, everybody rushes the court," Krzyzewski said, as quoted by The Associated Press, insisting he was raising a concern but not trying to take away from Virginia's victory. "Whatever you're doing, you need to get the team off first. Celebrate, have fun, obviously you won. That's cool, but just get our team off the court and our coaching staff before students come on."
Duke has lost four games this season, each on the road -- defeats at North Carolina State, at Miami and at Maryland preceded Thursday's loss. Fans stormed the court at every venue.
"Look, do you know how close you are to -- just put yourself in the position of one of our players or coaches," Krzyzewski said, according to the Raleigh News & Observer. "I'm not saying any fan did this, but the potential is there all the time for a fan to just go up to you and say, 'Coach you're a [expletive],' or push you or hit you. And what do you do? What if you did something? That would be the story. We deserve that type of protection.
"I'm always concerned about stuff like that, especially at this time of the year. What if that happened and we get a kid suspended? That becomes the national story. It's not all fun and games when people are rushing the court, especially for the team that lost. Again, congratulations to them, and they should have fun and burn benches and do all that stuff. I'm all for that. They have a great school, great kids, but get us off the court. That's the bottom line."
Many in the first sellout crowd at Virginia this season stormed the court in celebration of the Cavaliers' 73-68 victory, leaving Duke's players and coaches to battle through the surge to get to their locker room.
Mike and Mike in the Morning
Mike Greenberg and Mark Schlereth share their thoughts on Virginia's win over Duke, Mike Krzyzewski's comments about court-storming and more.
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"When we've lost in the last 20 years, everybody rushes the court," Krzyzewski said, as quoted by The Associated Press, insisting he was raising a concern but not trying to take away from Virginia's victory. "Whatever you're doing, you need to get the team off first. Celebrate, have fun, obviously you won. That's cool, but just get our team off the court and our coaching staff before students come on."
Duke has lost four games this season, each on the road -- defeats at North Carolina State, at Miami and at Maryland preceded Thursday's loss. Fans stormed the court at every venue.
"Look, do you know how close you are to -- just put yourself in the position of one of our players or coaches," Krzyzewski said, according to the Raleigh News & Observer. "I'm not saying any fan did this, but the potential is there all the time for a fan to just go up to you and say, 'Coach you're a [expletive],' or push you or hit you. And what do you do? What if you did something? That would be the story. We deserve that type of protection.
"I'm always concerned about stuff like that, especially at this time of the year. What if that happened and we get a kid suspended? That becomes the national story. It's not all fun and games when people are rushing the court, especially for the team that lost. Again, congratulations to them, and they should have fun and burn benches and do all that stuff. I'm all for that. They have a great school, great kids, but get us off the court. That's the bottom line."
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To be Westpoint military men, him and Bobby Knight are some of the most undisciplined coaches in the history of the game..They would never recruit players that behaved like they do..
are out in full force ready to defend his actions 
malbaker86
Gators
Can't say I blame em. Storming the court can cause all kinds of fukkery and fans saying sh!t to players and coaches BUTTTTTT....he should just let it be. Not like he isn't use to it by now
Carlos Huerta
Just keep my rep red
As much as I hate Duke, I can't disagree here.
And why do these college fans do this so often even in regular season games? It really makes you look corny to make such a jubilee out of beating them.
And why do these college fans do this so often even in regular season games? It really makes you look corny to make such a jubilee out of beating them.
If John Calipari had done this it would've been "Cals a slimeball" blah blah blah. Now everyone is like "I totally agree with Coach K"
And where was all the media outrage and coverage when Indiana fans damn near trampled our players to death last year? Too busy making commercials of the shot I guess. It's good to be king 
He Who Posts Well
Veteran
If John Calipari had done this it would've been "Cals a slimeball" blah blah blah. Now everyone is like "I totally agree with Coach K"
That fingernail.
