Seven years ago on March 21, 2014, I was walking through the parking lot of the PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. Mercer University’s men’s basketball team was about to play the Duke University Blue Devils in their first game of the NCAA tournament. Perennial powerhouse, Duke, was a heavy favorite to beat little, unknown Mercer from Macon. Duke had all the marquee players who were jockeying...
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