Coach K alerts local media

Duke is the No. 2 men's basketball team in the country. You may have read that on ACC Now but not in print.

Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski would like everyone to note that the Blue Devils are No. 2 in the coaches and AP polls in the first full week of January.

"I don't even think it was mentioned in the newspapers here, that we were No. 2 in the polls," Coach K said after Duke's 79-67 win over Davidson on Wednesday. "Fact, I know it wasn't mentioned, so I guess nobody really cares.

"It's interesting, always interesting to me in 29 years here, the subtleties of the local press is funny in some respects."

Coach K, in his own passive-aggressive way, has a point about the impressive numbers of his tenure at Duke. According to the coach, in more than 950 games under him, Duke has been ranked in the top 10 in 72 percent of the games, ranked in the top 5 for 50 percent and the No. 1 team in the country in 20 percent.

Impressive, regardless of the value of the rankings.

"That's pretty good," K said. "I know it's not that big here, but it's pretty damn good. So when this group makes No. 2, it's a new group, they should be celebrated for doing something good.

"I'm sorry that doesn't happen very much. It's sad."

As you can see on the video, K wasn't really sad, rather expressing his displeasure in the coverage of Duke, vis-a-vis a certain school that was not named.

So for the record, Duke is No. 2 -- one spot ahead of that other unnamed school.