Saturday morning, there was a consensus amongst Bracketologists and Duke fans alike that the Blue Devils had a very narrow path to a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, one that would require unprecedented chaos amongst the top teams in the sport.
12 hours later, unprecedented chaos had occurred, and Duke’s postseason outlook got significantly rosier.
Not only were the Blue Devils impressive in their road beatdown of Syracuse, but 7 of the Top 9 teams in the AP Poll fell in a single day. Combine that with Villanova’s loss earlier in the week, and 8 of the AP Top 10 fell in a matter of days.