Krzyzewski on Halftime Interviews

At halftime during the game against Temple, the ESPN crew interviewed Owl' head coach Fran Dunphy. Some people may wonder why Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski is never asked to do these interviews, and last week after the Blue Devil's win against Virginia he gave his reasons.

“That stinks… that shouldn’t be," Krzyzewski said. "It's horrible."

Pretty strong words coming from the coach.

"A coaches’ responsibility from the time you talk to them in the locker room before the game, until the time you talk to them in the locker room after the game is sacred for you and your team," he said. "Anything you do outside of that in college sports I think is wrong."

"That’s why I never do half time interviews... I want my team to know the only people I’m talking to from start to finish is them, and sometimes the referees."

On this matter, he had more to say. Jokingly, he suggested ESPN, or the coaches, interview the referees instead.

"Maybe we should interview them," he said. "We’re trying all kinds of things on ESPN this week we might as well try that."

Even then, however, the coach said he would not ever conduct one of those during the game as his responsibility is with his team.