It would alter the rivalry forever.
if UNC lost with a first year head coach and a lower ranking it would be expected.
if they knock K out at home and then in the final four and end his career….it would last forever Duke could win the next fifty games and it wouldn’t matter….it would be program defining forever.
you think that much pressure on this group and they will respond positively to it? We already saw how they respond to it last time….
It’s the worst possible team we could play if we get to the final four. It would also be the most pressure these kids have ever had….bar none.
It would potentially be that.
I think what would make it so bad is that it would be a week between the elite eight games and the final four. So the media would be having a feeding frenzy on the matchup and how important it would be and
hyping it beyond what it really is, just a basketball game.
I would hate it. I might die of a heart attack watching the game. Or have to turn it off.
But I think the key for Duke would be for K to get his players psychologically ready. Those players would have to play with some anger over having lost to UNC prior game. And simply think about beating the team on the court that they are playing, players they all likely know fairly well from high school summer leagues and just being in the same area. K has to let them see it as just a basketball game and go out and beat them.
The problem I think is that UNC has a couple of players who shoot the three so well. I can’t abide them but I really think they are going to win the whole thing and it pains me to no end to think about that. But few on earth would be happier than me to be completely wrong.