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Did Duke fall victim to infamous ‘Drake Curse’?

Originally posted on Larry Brown Sports
By Darryn Albert | Last updated 4/3/22

Duke’s NCAA Tournament run is officially over, and it turns out that they may have been the latest victims of one of sports’ most notorious curses.

Rapper Drake posted to his Instagram Story on Saturday that he had bet $100,000 in Canadian dollars (roughly $80,000 U.S. dollars) on Duke to win their Final Four game against hated rivals, North Carolina.

Drake just tossed $100K on Duke ML pic.twitter.com/KjC86Zk2DC

— br_betting (@br_betting) April 3, 2022

Unfortunately for Drake, all of that money ended up going right down the drain. Duke came up short against UNC, falling 81-77 in an epic game and the final one of head coach Mike Krzyzewski’s illustrious career.

Many on Twitter pointed out that the “Drake Curse” appeared to be back in full force with Duke’s loss.

DRAKE CURSE UNDEFEATED LOL https://t.co/Uo0ItwVTas

— (@chiweethegod) April 3, 2022

Drake curse strikes again pic.twitter.com/hmZnjAHOPE

— B. (@chicagoBRIZ) April 3, 2022

The Drake curse is BACK https://t.co/b19JKc6Sqw pic.twitter.com/nCtma2iIlg

— Pickswise (@Pickswise) April 3, 2022

Losing inevitably seems to follow whatever team the “Take Care” rapper bets on. Even MMA fighters are not immune from the “Drake Curse.”

There have been some teams that have defied the odds of the “Drake Curse” (such as the Los Angeles Rams winning this year’s Super Bowl and Drizzy’s Toronto Raptors winning the NBA title in 2019). But Drake has been jinxing sports teams for years now, and Duke was just his latest casualty.

This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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