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The overtime loss to Maryland is incidental to Duke today, assuming the NCAA tournament trumps day-old news.
It is always about Duke in this part of March, with the bracket and top seeds in mind.
If Duke is flawed -- and it is -- the rest of the leading entrants beg a certain leeriness as well.
Saint Joseph's? Kentucky? Stanford?
A case could be made for each in this parity-filled season, exemplified by Saint Joseph's, the No.1 team that was fitted with a 20-point beating in the Atlantic 10.
Saint Joseph's is a fun development, as fun is defined in March, but it also is a beneficiary of all the college-age talent in the NBA.
Looking down to the No.2 seeds, Connecticut is left to monitor the back spasms of Emeka Okafor, which is a tenuous place to be.
To the national champion goes one game fashioned around a good dose of luck, as necessitated in a single-elimination affair.
Duke is the safe bet, the brand name as ubiquitous as Coke and McDonald's, just not nearly as lovable.
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