GREENVILLE, S.C. — For most of Thursday, Duke looked nothing like the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament . Not with 16th-seeded Siena challenging the Blue Devils at every turn, determined to pull off the rarest of March Madness upsets.

What do Siena and North Carolina have in common in this year’s NCAA tournament? They’ve both been eliminated in the first round. And they both hate Duke.

Siena nearly pulled off the upset of a lifetime against the No. 1-seeded Blue Devils, but midnight came early for the Cinderella hopefuls, who ultimately couldn’t keep pace with arguably the best team in the country. The Saints held a double-digit lead at halftime but struggled to make their shots in the second half en route to a 71-65 first-round loss.

After the game, Saints guard Gavin Doty was seen walking out of the arena in Greenville, S.C. and he happened to run into a member of UNC’s basketball program. Doty and the UNC staffer then shared a fleeting but priceless exchange:

“F— Duke,” Doty said, limping next to him.

“Real s—,” the staffer appeared to say back.

Siena’s Gavin Doty to a member of UNC Basketball program as they walked in:

“F*ck Duke”

Program staffer:

“They just grabbed some good rebounds there, and Maliq [Brown] does a great job at poking them out. And Cameron Boozer is a beast. So credit to them,” Doty told reporters postgame. “… I had full confidence that we were going to win this game. If you told me we would be up 10 at halftime, I’d have believed it. ‘Cause that’s how much faith I have in these guys, and seeing our coaching staff, they did an unbelievable job. It sucks we came up short, but I am proud of the fight we had.”

Lots of college hoops fans loved Doty’s cheeky qui