Duke Favored at Final Four: Will They Clinch the Title?

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00:00Duke will enter Final Four weekend in San Antonio as a slight minus money

00:05favorite to cut down the nets on Monday at minus 115. Is the price fair on the

00:12Blue Devils? Is it too strong in favor of Duke? And if so, DRS, does that open up

00:17some value elsewhere on that board? I think it does open up some value for

00:22elsewhere on the board, which includes the team that they're playing in the

00:24Houston Cougars at that plus 430 number. But as I take a look at, look, Duke was

00:28plus 100, which I was like, I don't know if I want to bet that to win a

00:31championship once the Final Four was announced. Now it's minus 115. When it

00:35gets, it's not as if, like, if you get by Houston, you get a layup from the, like,

00:38number 11 seed that made it through. You're gonna pace that basketball team.

00:41Like, I know, like, Duke played Butler, like, you know, what, 10, 15 years ago at

00:45this point, where that was probably supposed to be more of a blow. And it

00:48wasn't. Like, a half-court shot that almost banked in, which would have taken

00:51Duke down. But I don't look at it that way. Like, Duke's got to get past an

00:54unbelievable Houston team and then get basically the SEC champion on the other

00:58side of it after an effort game that you know Duke's gonna have to put in. And

01:02also understand this. Here's the problem. Like, Duke and Houston, depending on how

01:07that way goes, like, yes, let's just say Houston beats Duke. It'll still be a

01:10phenomenal final. Cooper Fly gets knocked out, and the questions start to build

01:13around Duke, and we get the point. But let's just say Duke handles Houston, Ben.

01:17And I'm talking about, like, 75-55. Like, I just figure, like, this is the biggest

01:22match. Like, if Duke gets by Houston, I do believe they're gonna be the national

01:25champion, even though Florida and Auburn are very good teams. Like, Houston is that

01:29one team where they're getting them in the perfect spot. Talking about Houston,

01:32in our home state, played back-to-back games already in the Dome. You haven't

01:36done that. Yes, we know you're a good basketball team, but you still got some

01:39freshmen out there on a different stage where everything is ramped up. So if Duke

01:43gets by, let's just say by the point spread, 70-65. Okay, that was expected. But

01:48if Duke beats them, talking about Houston by double digits, Monday night, man, just

01:53might be a coronation at that point to show you how damn good Duke has been

01:56this entire season.