Duke re-learned the same lesson that they learn almost every year in March — referees from outside the ACC call better ball games and the coddling that the Blue Devils get throughout the regular season is not good for them come NCAA Tournament time.
It’s a lesson that Carolina learned last weeked when Tyler Hansbrough was suddenly treated like a human and not the second coming of Antawn Jamison. Oh yea…and they lost.
The ACC has but one team remaining in the NCAA Tournament – Boston College. But, someone will still argue that the ACC isn’t down this year.