North Carolina Central head coach LeVelle Moton has turned his alma mater into a perennial power in the MEAC, leading the Eagles to their third straight NCAA tournament this year. Moton is realistic about his team’s status on the national level, though, and he’s not going to lie about his team’s chances against the best teams in the country. In an interview Saturday on Raleigh’s WRAL, Moton specificially said he wanted no part of Duke.
“Zion [Williamson]? That’s like me playing with my six-year-old son in his bedroom,” Moton said.
And when the brackets came out on Sunday, where did the Eagles land?