Durham, North Carolina
A
s it turns out the Carolina king of
the court is actually a Duke. That,
of course, would be as in the
Duke Blue Devils from Durham. In
essence they have already been
anointed ACC royalty. While the Tar
Heels still deserve a place of high
standing, they are a step below the Blue
Devils. As for North Carolina State,
you’ll need an elevator with the arrow
pointing down to reach them.
possible given the departures of Seth
Curry, Mason Plumlee and Ryan Kelly.
The addition of highly touted F Jabari
Parker is just the start of good things to
come in 2013.
In the USA Today Top 25 Preseason
rankings, Duke sits at 4 behind only
Kentucky, Michigan State and Louisville.
North Carolina just misses the Top 10
ranked at 11 behind (10) Ohio State.
The (Tobacco) road will be tougher
inside the ACC this year with the
additions of Pittsburgh, Notre Dame and
especially Syracuse. Next year, with the
addition of Louisville, all bets will be off
as to who might prevail in the
conference. That said this will be the
best basketball league in the nation.
The depth of this Blue Devils hoops
squad is perhaps the best in the entire
NCAA. You may wonder how this is
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Jabari Parker making his verbal commitment to Duke
University at press conference on December 20, 2012
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