So much for Duke revealing whether it’s hoping to face North Carolina in the national semifinals next Saturday.
Mike Krzyzewski interrupted before his players could answer that question.
Soon after Duke secured its place in the Final Four on Saturday night, a reporter asked the Blue Devils’ five starters if any of them would root for North Carolina to set up a historic rivalry showdown by beating Saint Peter’s the following day. To his giggling players’ amusement, Krzyzewski cut them off and deftly deflected the question.
“You know what,” the retiring Duke coach said, “it’s going to be an honor for us to go against whoever is the regional champion of that region.”
Duke and North Carolina have faced off 256 times since 1920, but never have the two storied rivals met in the NCAA tournament. Only four times before this season have Duke and North Carolina ever made the Elite Eight in the same year. Only in 1991 did they both reach the Final Four.
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