After watching Duke Houdini their way out of what would have been a rather embarassing defeat at the hands of 15 seed Belmont, one has to wonder:  Is Duke starting to slip, or have they already fallen?

Seriously, what's going on here?  Sure, they won, they advanced, and I guess that's all that really matters, but it's an understatement to say that Duke isn't exactly striking fear into their Tournament opponents like they used to.  71-70?  Over Belmont?  And they had to do it like this?

It's easy to forget that Duke once went to 7 Final Fours over a 9 year span, which is just stupid, winning 3 championships in the process.  Now Coach K's Blue Devils are on slightly different sort of run:  Advancing past the Sweet 16 just once in 6 years.  They've also hit 3 Final Fours in the 13 years since their aforementioned 7 in 9 span, which would be more than satisfactory for most programs, but somehow I think this guy is losing some sleep over it...