Personnally i hope Duke beats UNC in st louis. Gonna be moving to religh at end of april so will get to live the rivalry more closely. Up here in NH you mention Duke-UNC and they look at you with a dumb look on their face.
as for paying the players, i think it would be a bad idea. If the colleges had to give up some of there income from the games they would just get it from somewhere else, namely higher tuition for all the non-athletes. If a free top notch education isn't appreciated by the player then thats there tough luck. However, i don't see why its such a big deal if they recieve money in form of corporate sponsorships.