By Jim Stanford on March 16, 2007
Only one upset during Day 1 of the tourney, and it’s my team.
Certainly not unexpected. (Although one participant in the Bradshaw pool picked Duke to go all the way. He must really have been out of the loop.)
These Blue Devils lacked leadership all season, with no seniors and only one junior among the starting five. Stewart Mandel of SI.com has a thorough breakdown of the team’s woes, which all the Duke haters no doubt are savoring.
Coach K put it best after the game: “If you’re in this tournament long enough, you’re going to go down,” he told The New York Times. And to CBS, “One of the things about success is that sometimes you lose. Sometimes in order to appreciate winning, you have to get your butt kicked.”
Here’s hoping some of the other high seeds get their butts kicked today.
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Woohoo!!!!