It should be concerning for a league that enjoyed a ratings surge in 2010-11 to see its triumphant return be the fourth or fifth-sexiest sports story of the weekend behind college football's rivalry weekend, LSU's domination of Arkansas, Urban Meyer's rumored arrival in Columbus and Ndamukong Suh's foolish foot-stomp.
Duke shot 44 percent 52 percent after halftime and erased a slow start with that timely run and win its sixth straight this season and sixth in eight meetings in college basketball's fiercest rivalry.