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After two-year lull, Duke returns

Updated: March 22, 2009, 2:00 AM ET
By Heather Dinich | ESPN.com

GREENSBORO, N.C. -- This is what many college basketball fans have come to expect -- the Duke Blue Devils in the Sweet 16.

Fair or not, Duke is expected to win every game, advance deep in the NCAA tournament, and do it year after year.

That's Mike Krzyzewski's fault. He set that unreasonable standard with three national titles, 10 Final Four wins in 10 tries, and 10 Sweet 16 appearances in the past 12 years. It was the two years they didn't advance past the second round, ...

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