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LeBron James Says He Would’ve Played fo Duke or UNC Had He Gone to College

LeBron James is viewed as one of the best basketball players to ever play the sport, and in an alternate universe, he would have played college basketball for one of the most stories programs in history.

While he was a guest on The Bird & Taurasi Show on ESPN2 for the NCAA women’s national championship game Sunday, James let it be known what teams he would have played for if he went the college route. However, as a noted Ohio State fan, he was given the stipulation that he couldn’t pick the Buckeyes.

“In a different world, I probably would have gone between—and this is gonna ruffle a lot of feathers—it would’ve been between Duke and North Carolina.