Duke opens NCAA play with Cal State-Fullerton Friday and it’s not a school that is on the East Coast radar a lot. So let’s start with some basics, starting with East Coast bias.
It is real, but there are reasons, with the primary one being that not a lot of West Coast games are on national TV and many that are come on after 10:00 pm. Those of us on the East Coast are well aware of the major powers - Gonzaga, UCLA, Arizona, maybe Oregon - but not the rest. It’s something people in the West gripe about but most people can’t watch until midnight or 1:00 am and you tend to mentally live where you are.