
RALEIGH—He’s fine. Maybe even more than fine.
There was a budding notion last Sunday when the NCAA men’s tournament bracket was announced that the Duke Blue Devils were not, as their No. 1 seed in the East Region would suggest, one of the favorites to cut down the nets in San Antonio next month. Yes, that team atop the AP poll, the one with a couple of prospective NBA draft lottery picks in the starting lineup that put together one of the most efficient seasons ever in ACC conference play—they actually were susceptible to a potential upset in the next few weeks.