About a half-hour before the NFL draft was set to start back up on Friday night, Giants GM Dave Gettleman found the excerpt he’d saved from the April 1 edition of USA Today on his desk. Columnist Dan Wolken was the author. Duke and Kentucky had just been ousted from the NCAA Tournament.
“I got it right here,” Gettleman said. “I want you to listen to this, the final paragraph in this article, he’s talking about Duke and Kentucky, great coaches, two great coaches, two great programs. But since this one-and-done thing, they’ve only won one championship each.