The initial video of Oregon forward Dillon Brooks meeting Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski did not have the audio to prove what either said to one another. Brooks said that Krzyzewski told him he was "too good of a player" to take a three-pointer as the time ran down on a win his team had all but won.
Krzyzewski said that he did not say that to Brooks, though it definitely appeared like the Oregon forward engaged in some jawing with the Duke coach during the game. Brooks also said that Krzyzewski was right and that he needed to show more "respect."
But now, that video has enhanced audio, and it appears to confirm Brooks' account. Krzyzewski said in a statement he apologized to Oregon coach Dana Altman, saying it was "not my place to talk to another team's player.
Not to be outdone, Oregon's Dillon Brooks also puts the final touch on his team's win #MarchMadness https://t.co/6cWGpStwcf
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Because this is Duke, and because this is the NCAA Tournament, this is a story. In his denial that he lectured Brooks on sportsmanship, Krzyzewski also called him a "hell of a player." Brooks did not even seem to care what Krzyzewski said after the game.
"Me and Coach K, that conversation should have stayed with us," he said. "But overall, me and Coach K are both professionals and I have to move on from this situation and focus on Oklahoma."
Brooks had previously hit a three-pointer in the first half and reportedly said something to Krzyzewski afterward. He also claimed that there was plenty of trash talking going both ways throughout the game. Then after the clock ran out on the game, he tried to give Grayson Allen a hug.
In the matter of the deep three that Brooks took at the end of the game when Duke had already surrendered, Oregon coach Dana Altman took responsibility. Due to the shot clock, Oregon was unable to run out the game clock with the ball, and Altman said that it was his instruction to take a shot instead of a shot clock violation.
"At the end of the game, there was a difference in the shot clock and the game clock," Altman said. "I told Dillon to shoot it. So if anybody's got a problem with it, it should be directed at me. He was acting on my orders. I told him to shoot it. I didn't think he'd make it. It was a 30-footer, but there was a five-, six-second difference there."
