Interesting links:

Duhon's shot worth up to $100 million?

"Anybody but Duke."

From the article:

They won five consecutive ACC tournament titles from 1999-2003 and have reached seven straight regional semifinals since 2004.

And they've achieved it all, the Blue Devils like to point out, the right way. There are no recruiting violations. No rape charges. You never hear about Coach K tossing back Natural Light's with college co-eds. And other than Kansas, no school in the Sweet 16 graduated a higher percentage (68 percent) of its players.

Hmm... although I cannot deny Duke's success, I can't say that it's not been without some smudges (there have been drug and rape allegations). But those seem to be the norm rather than the exception at most colleges.

I didn't get to see the game (went to watch Hellboy with Yush), but I hear from Duke fans that the officials "stole" the game, while I hear from most everyone else that although it was pretty bad, it was poor shot selection, Okafur, and turnovers that really led to their defeat.

So I decided to check out Dickie "I love Duke" V, who would probably give me the best answer.

Duke, the No. 1 seed in the Atlanta Region, didn't manage the clock well and didn't take good shots down the stretch -- especially two bad jumpers (with the lead) late in the game when it would have been better to milk the clock.

Well, I'm sold.