Well you’re right about the difference in the games on Saturday - and that had an impact ,as I predicted it would.
But over the years, Duke has had the bad luck end of that stick many times - almost always having the toughest road to the title. I’ve no guilt in enjoying the fact that it was Wisconsin that had that this year. Been there, done that.
Duke has won the title as the best team, won the title as not the best team, and lost the title as the best team. That’s how single elimination works. But winning more than one in every 5 titles over the past 24 years is amazing.
You have to admire Duke’s program, clean, with relatively high character players. It’s the polar opposite of Kentucky, Calipari has done in every program he’s been a part of, leaving each school with a mess to clean up, winning with a fairly low level character type of player. I was thrilled when they were beat, and expected a great game, which we all got.