(07-14-2016 12:50 PM)Seahawk Nation 08 Wrote:  

(07-14-2016 10:59 AM)solohawks Wrote:  Duke also never plays any true road games unless forced to via the acc big 10 challenege

And I almost can't even blame them for it. Coach K has little courage when it comes to his scheduling practices, and that's being kind. But the system is set up in such a way that it makes all the sense in the world for him to trot out schedules like these.

He doesn't play teams on the road because it will help THEIR recruiting far more than Duke's. He doesn't play tough teams at home because THEY have more to gain than Duke does. They're college basketball royalty, and Duke is one of the programs that gets to essentially set the rules for everybody else.

One day the P5 is going to take their ball and go home, creating their own league. The NCAA has never had any TRUE authority, only the authority the big programs ALLOW them to have. The money involved in March Madness is the only thing keeping the big boys around, and even that would not touch the money that would be involved with a 32+ team, P5 only tournament.