Duke basketball: Thank goodness for NCAA decision on brackets

The NCAA made a wise call to cancel an annual Sunday evening show that has long been one of Duke basketball fans' favorite pastimes.

I, for one, am glad we won't have to visualize over and over in our heads who all Tre Jones, Vernon Carey Jr., and the rest of the 2019-20 Duke basketball team might have faced in the postseason.

The March Madness Selection Show that was originally on tap for 6 p.m. Sunday definitely would have been too maddening to watch under the current circumstances.

So I agree with every word of what NCAA senior vice president of basketball Dan Gavitt wrote in a release on Sunday afternoon explaining the decision not to unveil a hypothetical NCAA Tournament bracket. Here are…