Notre Dame would rather be affiliated with Duke, North Carolina, Wake Forest, Boston College, and Syracuse than with the Aztecs, Mustangs, Owls, or Cougars.

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Last weekend, I was a proud aunt, beaming and clapping on the quintessential college quad at the Wake Forest University graduation in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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"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 Wake Forest.

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