Duke Claims Top Spot in East Region After ACC Title

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00:00So on that one line in the East region, it's the Duke Blue

00:04Devils. As of this Sunday, JY Auburn closed as a minus 550

00:08favorite to be the number one overall seed. But there was some

00:11thought even without Cooper flag this week in Charlotte, winning

00:15a tournament title in the ACC on a Saturday evening against

00:19Louisville, that Duke could be in the running for that number

00:21one overall seed. Ultimately, still on the one line the top

00:25team in the East region.

00:26Yeah, and I mean, I'm not gonna lie, I was shocked. I thought

00:29that the way that Duke had played, minus the way that

00:32Auburn had played, lend itself for Duke to be the overall

00:35number one seed. And I think it wouldn't have mattered because

00:37even though the overall number one team gets to pick the

00:39region, you know that Duke would have went east and not south

00:43because they don't want to go play in Atlanta and be matched

00:46up with an SEC team as two seed. So to me, I was a little shocked

00:50that. But for Duke and John Shire, it's simply this. What do

00:56we got a Cooper flag? Are we playing them in the round of

00:5964? If we are how many minutes, but don't also sleep on the

01:04fact that Malik Brown, another key defensive guy, lockdown

01:08defender. And that's the thing that I was so impressed with

01:10Ben, this team this season is they defensively get after you

01:15when a team that starts three freshmen, your number one

01:18concern when kids come to college, honestly, is can you

01:22defend at the division one level. And this team by the

01:25way, I know they got passed by St. John's at the end. But they

01:28are dynamite defensively. And to me, I'll say this on blue in the

01:32face. When your best player who's going to win the wooden

01:36award and a number one draft pick is your best defender. I'll

01:41coach Cooper flag any day of the week.