Move over, Chapel Hill. Make room, Louisville. Quit hogging the spotlight, Villanova. There’s another basketball powerhouse town that’s big-footing the rest: Juba, Southern Sudan, otherwise known as “land of a million giants.”
Every March, when it comes time to predict the NCAA Championship team, it behooves a fan to place at least one loyalty bet on the hometown boys and girls. In college ball, heart can go the distance.
Duany Duany knows. He helped take the University of Wisconsin to the Final Four in 2000 before playing professionally in Europe and the Philippines. But during this and every March Madness, Duany bets on Juba â?? never mind that the town has only one basketball court.