Nobody is happier than Warner Media, the parent company of TBS, which owns the rights to the Duke-North Carolina showdown.
The college sports world will spend the next five days frothing over a Final Four matchup for the ages, with bitter rivals Duke and North Carolina meeting in the semifinals for the first time — and on the final weekend of Mike Krzyzewski’s coaching career, no less.The Blue Devils possessed the most NBA talent in the West regional, by far. Anything short of a run to New Orleans would have approached a misuse of personnel.
— In a mock of the 2022 NBA Draft published last month by HoopsHype, which aggregates projections by various analysts, Duke had five first-round picks:No. 26: forward Wendell Moore— The rest of the West regional had a combined total of four projected first-rounders:No. 19: Notre Dame guard Blake Wesley— Duke’s talent advantage holds this week, too.
Duke’s 2015 national title, for example, was powered by the presence of three first-round picks in the lineup . But the Blue Devils had to beat a team with two, Wisconsin, in the championship . One could make the case that UNC coach Hubert Davis, Kansas’ Bill Self and Villanova’s Jay Wright had more difficult tasks navigating their teams through the regionals given their limited edge in raw talent relative to the competition.The parent company of TBS owns the broadcast rights to Saturday’s semifinals and will show Duke-North Carolina in the 9 p.m. window.
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