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Next Up For Duke Basketball - Utah State Aggies

It might look easy but we don't think it will be.

We've talked recently about how some schools, despite not having a profile like those of Duke, UNC, Kentucky, Indiana or Kansas, nonetheless see themselves as serious basketball schools and are therefore not scared to take on major powers.

We need to look no further than Northern Iowa, a team which recently victimized UNC.

But there are many others. Dayton, Butler - which has broken through to a higher level as has Xavier - Detroit, St. Mary's, Charleston, Wyoming, Ball State, Miami of Ohio, Evansville, New Mexico State - these are all places where fans expect, and usually get, a high level of play.