NEW ORLEANS — On the eve of the highest stakes game in the history of college sports’ most iconic rivalry, Duke players tried to act like they’re not out for payback.
They insisted they’re approaching Saturday night’s Final Four showdown against North Carolina as nothing more than a stepping stone to the men's national title game.
“It doesn’t matter who we play,” Paolo Banchero said.
“We’d have the same mindset,” Mark Williams argued.
“They're in the way of us getting to Monday,” Wendell Moore Jr. explained.