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...Duke's matchup with UConn in the NCAA final was supposed to be little more than icing on the cake for a team whose average margin of victory during March Madness was 25 points per game...
Well, since we all seem to think that we'll win our respective NCAA pools (beware Crimson colleagues), I'll spare you the misery and just tell you that it's going to be Duke, Michigan State, Stanford, and Illinois that go to Minneapolis for the final act in the Big Dance. The Blue Devils will beat the Spartans 75-70 on April 2nd to win their third championship in 11 years...
...thing I'm sure of, though, is that Duke, which ended the regular season as the top ranked team in the nation, will be the most formidable force in the tournament since its 1999 squad...
...remember the 1999 Duke team, right? It was hailed as the "Team of the Century" and a validation of the Blue Devils as the collegiate athletic program of the decade. With Elton Brand, Trajan Langdon a.k.a. the Alaskan Assassin, Chris Carrawell, Shane Battier, and Corey Maggette, Duke steamrolled to a 16-0 ACC regular season record and a 37-1 mark entering the championship game...
This year, I'm going out on a limb. You gotta love the Duke Dukies. Coach K, baby! They have more Prime Time Players than an episode of Temptation Island! Jason Williams! He's a superstar, baby! He's a surf and turfer! Shane Battier! OHHH! Naismith Award, baby! He's a high riser! He's a Human Space Ship! And with Carlos Boozer coming back, look out, baby! It's Dance City! Check it out, Minneapolis, the Dukies are coming to town...