“The Class That Saved Coach K” is about the basketball team that played from 1982-1986 for Mike Krzyzewski at Duke University. Much of the show takes place in a restaurant, with many of the players seated around their old coach reminiscing and eventually eating. (It’s one of the few sports documentaries that includes the occasional appearance of a pepper shaker.) The word Krzyzewski uses to describe that team’s members, then and now, is “brotherhood,” which he says not every team has, particular now in the age of “one-and-done.” (You assume that this development was partly behind his decision to retire.) One of the most beautiful photos in the documentary is of the star players of the class of ’86 laughing together in their caps and gowns on graduation day.
