Any longtime Duke basketball follower knows that no amount of success in the regular season can guarantee a glorious ending to the NCAA Tournament. Just take a trip back in time to 1999 or ask Trajan Langdon, Elton Brand, Corey Maggette, William Avery, Chris Carrawell, Nate James, and Shane Battier to tell you what type of banner a 32-game win streak doesn't always buy.
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But as I feared, despite no lines to even fill in, fans, media, and apparently even coaches on Monday remained gung-ho about debating which school would have landed on the final line had coronavirus concerns not shut down the entire Big Dance.