Notre Dame would rather be affiliated with Duke, North Carolina, WakeForest, Boston College, and Syracuse than with the Aztecs, Mustangs, Owls, or Cougars.
Last weekend, I was a proud aunt, beaming and clapping on the quintessential college quad at the WakeForest University graduation in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
"The gods of the NBA have decided that they want stars to be stars, but defense makes the college game more of a team sport, " says Dave Odom, who coached Duncan at WakeForest.