History was made Monday night: Coach Krzyzewski and the Duke University Blue Devils cut down the nets once again as the national champions, taking down the University of Wisconsin with a frantic comeback in the last 10 minutes. The victory was the fifth title for Coach K, coming just a few months after his 1,000th win.

This win didn’t come easy, but he trusted his freshman to come through and it paid off big time.

The first half was a back and forth, up and down track meet. Wisconsin and Duke trading buckets for 20 minutes, ending the first half at a 31-31 draw. Wisconsin came out of the locker room on fire, jumping out to a nine point lead with 13 minutes left. With freshman sensations Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow in foul trouble, Coach K turned to another freshman in Grayson Allen off the bench, and Allen delivered. Allen went on an 8-0 run himself to draw Duke within one and energize the Blue Devils. This sparked the other freshman superstar Tyus Jones to take the game into his own hands, scoring eight points on three incredibly tough shots down the stretch including a dagger three-pointer that put the game away.

Despite a late three by senior superstar Frank Kaminsky for the Badgers, the Blue Devils were able to hold them off to win the national championship.

While there were questions raised about the officiating, the fact remains that Wisconsin had a nine point lead with 13 minutes left, and Duke’s two best players were in severe foul trouble. While there were two out of bounds calls that may have been wrong, the refs did not cost the Badgers a title; Duke did. The Badgers had every opportunity to put Duke away near the end of the game, and did not.

The Duke Blue Devils proved that they were the best team in the nation, and Coach K did the best coaching job he’s ever done, leading a team with just eight scholarship players, four being freshman, to a title. While we expect Okafor, Winslow and Jones to all go to the NBA, Duke still has to be considered one of the best teams for next year, as they are returning Grayson Allen, Matt Jones, Amil Jefferson and Marshall Plumlee.

Duke is going to be in the mix as long as Coach K is there, as he proved this year that he can win in any era, with any style. By providing leadership to freshman talent, Coach K is one of the best coaches ever, and he proved it last week. It is great way to end a great college basketball season.