The NCAA selection committee did Duke a big favor by leaving the Blue Devils as a No. 2 seed close to home in Greenville, S.C.
It did not do Duke any favors by sending the Blue Devils out west, where Mike Krzyzewski has never won an NCAA tournament game.
Still, after 42 years, there’s at least one empty box left to check in his final postseason if the Blue Devils can make it to San Francisco.
