Blue Devils prepare for March Madness on 'neutral' sites

Posted Jan 9, 2019
It took until the second week of January for Duke to play a true road game, and Mike Krzyzewski doesn’t care what anyone thinks. The Blue Devils have made a habit of scheduling few – if any – “true” road non-conference contests. On the surface, this leads to “bad optics.” Duke appears to be avoiding the most difficult of circumstances – the hostile crowd. In a way, they are. (WRAL Sports Fan)

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