It's Good to be King

The following analysis reference Duke in the NCAA came from a friend from Duke, Chris Riffer:

To elaborate on Joel's (Joel Janney, another compadre from Duke, his follow up below) point, from 1986-2004, in 15 of 19 tournaments Duke won it all (91, 92, 01), lost to the champs (86, 87, 88, 90, 94, 98, 99, 04), or the runner-up (89, 2000, 02, 03). Exceptions are 93, 95, 96, 97. Wow, is it good to be a Duke fan.

Joel's follow up analysis:

So in K's previous 18 tourneys, we've either won or lost to a team that played on Monday night 15 times.

I'm trying to figure out just how awesome that is - figure those two teams knock off 10 other teams. As long as you make the final 32, then you have a 1-4 chance of losing to a Monday night team. Of K's 15 losses, 12 have been to a Monday night team. So yes, it is awesome.