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Duke Claims Top Spot in East Region After ACC Title
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3/17/2025
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So on that one line in the East region, it's the Duke Blue
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Devils. As of this Sunday, JY Auburn closed as a minus 550
00:08
favorite to be the number one overall seed. But there was some
00:11
thought even without Cooper flag this week in Charlotte, winning
00:15
a tournament title in the ACC on a Saturday evening against
00:19
Louisville, that Duke could be in the running for that number
00:21
one overall seed. Ultimately, still on the one line the top
00:25
team in the East region.
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Yeah, and I mean, I'm not gonna lie, I was shocked. I thought
00:29
that the way that Duke had played, minus the way that
00:32
Auburn had played, lend itself for Duke to be the overall
00:35
number one seed. And I think it wouldn't have mattered because
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even though the overall number one team gets to pick the
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region, you know that Duke would have went east and not south
00:43
because they don't want to go play in Atlanta and be matched
00:46
up with an SEC team as two seed. So to me, I was a little shocked
00:50
that. But for Duke and John Shire, it's simply this. What do
00:56
we got a Cooper flag? Are we playing them in the round of
00:59
64? If we are how many minutes, but don't also sleep on the
01:04
fact that Malik Brown, another key defensive guy, lockdown
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defender. And that's the thing that I was so impressed with
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Ben, this team this season is they defensively get after you
01:15
when a team that starts three freshmen, your number one
01:18
concern when kids come to college, honestly, is can you
01:22
defend at the division one level. And this team by the
01:25
way, I know they got passed by St. John's at the end. But they
01:28
are dynamite defensively. And to me, I'll say this on blue in the
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face. When your best player who's going to win the wooden
01:36
award and a number one draft pick is your best defender. I'll
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coach Cooper flag any day of the week.
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