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Message: [QUOTE="Palatine, post: 4277201, member: 974"] He completely missed the point. ESPN and Vitale [B]made[/B] Duke. They gave an unfair advantage to Duke. And Duke didn't deserve it more than anyone else. Duke didn't earn its greatness, it was given to them by ESPN. ESPN was a non-stop hype machine for Duke. That's why people hated them. Not because they were on all the time. Because they were hyped all the time. And that hype brought great players to Duke and the whole thing was self-reinforcing. A vicious 30 year loop at the expense of the rest of college basketball. [/QUOTE]