I actually was a Duke fan back then. Growing up in CO, the local college basketball programs were ass, so kids just kinda picked national teams to follow. Nobody picked Duke, so I did. I was a big Laettner, Hurley, Grant Hill, Thomas Hill, Alaa Abdelnaby, Billy McCaffrey (Ed’s brother), etc fan. Plus I hated UNLV. They were “dirty”, and Coach K came off as the squeaky clean guy.
As time went on, I realized Duke is a snotty rich kid school, Coach K is a hypocrite, and Jerry Tarkanian was a martyr who was demonized by the NCAA and the legacy media.
Yada yada yada, **** Duke.