INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -Duke’s senior class has never been comfortable with the program’s position as one of the villains of college basketball.
But as badly as these Blue Devils want to be embraced, they understand they’ll always be the team so many fans love to hate.
The Final Four field is full of teams that aren’t supposed to be here – and one that’s seemingly here all the time. The big, bad Blue Devils (33-5) are in the national semifinals for the 11th time under coach Mike Krzyzewski and are preparing to face West Virginia (31-6) on Saturday night.
Senior forward Lance Thomas says his discomfort started when his first Duke team lost in the first round of the NCAA tournament in 2007. He says he hadn’t been that hated before, and it bothered him.
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