It’s now been 11 years since #Duke has played in a championship game.
Implosion.
The Devils have signed 36 five-stars in that span, more than any program.
Wild to think a Duke freshman was in 2nd grade last time Duke played for a title.
Duke has ZERO NCAA Titles (or Title game appearances) since 2015-16 despite having:
Brandon Ingram
Luke Kennard
Jayson Tatum
Frank Jackson
Marvin Bagley III
Gary Trent Jr.
Trevon Duval
Wendell Carter Jr.
Zion Williamson
RJ Barrett
Cam Reddish
Tre Jones
Vernon Carey Jr.
Jalen Johnson
Paolo Banchero
Mark Williams
Kyle Filipowski
Dereck Lively
Jared McCain
Cooper Flagg
Kon Knueppel
Khaman Maluach
Sion James
Cameron Boozer
Duke hasn't been to a national championship game in 10 years. Just choked its chance at snapping that streak.
The Blue Devils have landed 32 five-stars in that span, the most of any program.
Duke hasn't been to a championship game since the Obama administration.
"Quad 1" is based on NET Rankings. #UNC is No. 36 in the NET. Every team in the top 40 of this year's NET made the NCAA Tournament.
WVU (No. 51) and Indiana (No. 54) wouldn't be a Quad 1 game for UNC on a neutral court.
Only four teams in the NET top 36 missed the NCAAT, ever.
North Carolina’s ranks among the 8 teams in the “Last 4 In” and “First 4 Out”
NET: 1st
WAB: 1st
KenPom: 1st
Non-Con SOS: 1st
Q1 W-L: 8th
Understandable to think the Q1 record would keep them out but the other metrics were strong.
Time to focus on things other Quads.
Number of times predicted to be #1 in the ACC men's basketball preseason poll since 2014:
Duke: 8
UNC: 2
Virginia: 1
Number of times finishing #1 in the ACC men's basketball standings since 2014:
Virginia: 6
UNC: 4
Duke: 1