On Purpose?

I wonder sometimes if Duke loses a basketball game on purpose? With just a little over 4 weeks until the NCAA playoffs begin, I wonder if Duke lost the game just to put themselves in a better position to win? I mean, St. John's at just lost 5 out of 6 games and Duke just moved from 4Th to third in the rankings. To have played so poorly and lost to a struggling team so badly almost seems like it had to be done intentionally. Making only 1 of 13 three point shots and shooting only 27% from the field is bad play against anyone but against St. Johns this year has to be embarrassing. The final score was 93-78. Whenever have you heard of Duke losing that bad?

Sometimes being undefeated and all powerful works to a teams advantage by them being able to intimidate opponents but sometimes it can inspire other teams to play on a higher level. Sometimes being the best can make a team cocky and overconfident. maybe Duke thinks that if it comes into the tournament looking less than perfect and beatable it might not intimidate other teams but not inspire them too play at that higher level either, enabling Duke to play thier normal game and increase their changes for success.