Ivy Athletics: Can they be relevant again in the major sports?

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Duke has perhaps the most well-respected and cleanest basketball program in the NCAA.

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<p>Uhh, ever hear of UNC?</p>

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Of course the bball players have low SAT scores; they are athletes FIRST and students SECOND.

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<p>Congrats on being the 'Bama of college BB!</p>

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Duke gets the best basketball players in the nation and all of them want to go to the NBA so academic considerations are secondary.

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<p>In that case, Coach K is an overrated coach since his teams have been getting prematurely bounced out of the Tourney for most of this decade to lower seeded teams (many times, significantly lower-seeded teams).</p>

<p>But in reality, Duke hardly gets the “best” BB recruits (Duke recruits tend to get overrated like those for ND FB).</p>

<p>The reason why Duke hasn’t been able to progress in the Tourney recently is b/c there hasn’t been a legit “big-man” presence on the team for years.</p>

<p>And aside from one or two players, the rest of the team tends to be less athletic and a little slow compared to players on major programs.</p>

<p>Basically, Duke lives and dies by the 3.</p>

<p>Yeah, great college BB knowledge there!</p>