Dick Vitale emphatically picks Duke to win the national title, anticipates backlash

Dick Vitale was on Saturday night’s ACC Championship call for ESPN, watching Duke face off against Louisville. A bigger-picture discussion broke out on the broadcast, talking about who is capable of winning the national championship. Multiple teams were named but Vitale went with a team he was watching — the Blue Devils. “When you got a team that ranks as the only team in America — only team by KenPom — offensively and defensively in the top four in the nation,” Vitale said. “You combine it with having the greatest team in the country by a coach who just handles his players so beautifully. I k…

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