Originally Posted by
CallUsPaulus
Just curious how many times this has happened. We're in a situation this year where, due to the regional pod system, there's a good chance Duke and UNC will both be playing their first two rounds at Greensboro. Obviously, it's nice to be close to home, but the disadvantage is that fans have tickets to the entire session. So in a full arena, you have maybe 1/4 Duke fans. If they get in a close game, you can count on the 1/4 opposing fans to root against us (obviously). However, the 1/4 UNC fans will be incredibly rabid against, and probably drag all the neutral fans, who are prone to rooting for the underdog anyway, into the mess. So it's a situation where at least 75% of the crowd is against you, which turns it basically into an away game.
Off the top of my head, I can't remember if this has happened in the past 8 years, but it must have, right? Did it ever hurt Duke in a close 1st or 2nd round game?