A lot of fans of other schools couldn’t understand why TJ Power picked Duke over, say, Virginia and UNC.
We don’t begrudge him his loyalty to his alma mater. We totally get it. It’s just part of who he is.
When Chansky started covering Triangle sports, UNC was the dominant power and Dean Smith ruled the ACC.
At a certain point, he just was honest about his loyalties, writing in one annual that “I hate Duke. There. I said it.”
To which we thought: “fair enough, if a bit late.”
As he points out here, Power would have had a much higher chance at guaranteed minutes at UNC since a lot of Hubert Davis’s talent will likely leave next year.