Because people hate Duke, and star white players at Duke get the reverse-McNabb treatment, that is, people want to hate Duke players don't want to be called a racist for publicly hating a black player, so the best white player on Duke becomes the lightning rod for all their vitriol.
" Because people hate Duke, and star white players at Duke get the reverse-McNabb treatment, that is, people want to hate Duke players don't want to be called a racist for publicly hating a black player, so the best white player on Duke becomes the lightning rod for all their vitriol."
Yea , this is more or less what I figured . But - when is the last time a white guy was the best player on a Duke squad ??? Laettner was good , but he was not the best . He wasn't hated , was he ?