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Once upon a time in college basketball, black fans had a special sort of hate for Duke.

This season is different. The Blue Devils are so good in the ‘hood, Jay-Z came to watch them play … in Pittsburgh. LeBron James witnessed the Zion Williamson mixtape in Charlottesville, Virginia. After every game, the internet is flooded with highlights of Williamson and Duke’s three other one-and-about-to-be-dones. The program has come so far from its so-called “Uncle Tom” days, Sacramento Kings ro

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Duke Blue Devils guard Quinn Cook and head coach Mike Krzyzewski embrace after defeating the Wisconsin Badgers 68-63 in the 2015 NCAA Men’s Division I Championship game at Lucas Oil Stadium.
(Photo: Robert Deutsch, USA TODAY Sports)

Mike Krzyzewski came here 24 years ago and slayed unbeaten UNLV in the Final Four. He returned five years ago and watched Butler’s halfcourt heave carom off the rim in a national title game for the ages.

But by 2 a.m. Tuesday morning — with a coaching résumé that

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Lehigh head coach Brett Reed reacts at the end of an NCAA tournament second-round college basketball game against Duke in Greensboro, N.C., on Friday. Lehigh won 75-70. (ASSOCIATED PRESS / Chuck Burton)

No. 15 Lehigh 75, No. 2 Duke 70

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — C.J. McCollum scored 30 points and Lehigh upset Duke 75-70 on Friday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament.

Lehigh became the sixth No. 15 seed to beat a No. 2 and the first since Norfolk State pulled off the trick earlier

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Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski cuts down the net after Duke's 61-59 win over Butler in the men's NCAA Final Four college basketball championship gameAP – Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski cuts down the net after Duke's 61-59 win over Butler in the men's NCAA …

INDIANAPOLIS – The ball sailed from halfcourt with the buzzer sounding — bounced off the backboard, the rim, the floor. Most of the 70,000 fans on Butler's side let out an "Ohhhhhh," and the Duke players piled onto forward Kyle Singler at center court. What a game! And what a way to end the season, even i

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