Jerry Colangelo's first trip to West Point was one that he will never forget. "I was in awe, I really was," said Colangelo, the director of USA Basketball. "You feel proud just being there."
Colangelo hopes his men's national team, which includes Kevin Durant, Blake Griffin, Kevin Love and Derrick Rose, leaves with the same impression after they practice at the United States Military Academy on Aug. 18.
"I would be naive to think Coach K's involvement didn't have something to do with it," said Army athletic director Boo Corrigan, who worked with Mike Krzyzewski ’69 as an senior associate athletic director at Duke from 2008-11. "This speaks about West Point being the preeminent leadership institution in the world. ... Coach K, Adam Silver (the NBA's commissioner) and Jerry Colangelo, when you think what they are all about, it makes sense when you talk about doing something above and beyond the bigger cause." Read More.
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US hoops team drawn to West Point
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