Duke was supposed to play Texas in Houston several years back. But TJ left for the NBA, and somehow that game got rescheduled to MSG.
Enough coaches have raised this as complaint, but the thing is, we played Big Ten challenge and Michigan on road this year. We can't play everyone, so when we turn teams down they complain. I love Rick Barnes and what he's done for UT basketball But I imagine it's more complicated than he made it out to be on the radio show and that we have other plans those years he was trying to schedule us.
That all being said -- K should really, really try to start scheduling one game a year in Texas (selfishly ). It is becoming a real recuriting hotbed and I'd love for us to start pulling recruits regularly from Texas.