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Duke basketball: 15 programs who hate Coach K’s success

By Matt Giles

Virginia fans hold up signs of Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski (Photo by Rich Barnes/Getty Images)
Virginia fans hold up signs of Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski (Photo by Rich Barnes/Getty Images) /
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Duke basketball guard RJ Barrett quiets the crowd after Cam Reddish’s game-winner defeated Florida State, 80-78, at Donald L. Tucker Center on January 12, 2019, in Tallahassee, Fla. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) /

. . . Seminoles . 12. team. 435

Ranking haters of Duke basketball greatness: No. 12 Florida State

While the average present-day Florida State fanatic likely loathes Clemson football head coach Dabo Swinney more so than Duke basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski, the Seminoles who hoop sure do seem obsessed with the thought of toppling the Blue Devils.

Against Duke, Leonard Hamilton always appears to have his guys play extra physical, often dangerously so. And they are vainglorious in victory, to the point of taking off their jerseys and dancing all over Coach K Court in 2012 (the program hasn’t escaped Cameron Indoor Stadium with a W ever since and has done so only one other time since entering the conference in 1991).

The Blue Devils lead the all-time series, 41-10, and are riding a five-game win streak, highlighted by a Cam Reddish game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer to sink Tallahassee in 2019:

Moving on to another of Coach K’s bloodthirsty ACC foes…

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