Hard to be upset if you're either fanbase. Kentucky had a few guys provide absolutely nothing, our defense was awful (well, the officiating was, anyway) in the first half and our guys really looked lost in the last 10 minutes of the 1st half.
Duke only shot 17% from 3, Kneuppel was 5-20 and pretty much everyone not named Cooper Flagg played a mid game.
You can attribute both of those factors to the opposition playing well on defense, but it also says something about the way Scheyer and Pope coach. Saw a lot of online chatter from Duke fans that they can't keep running three freshman 35+ minutes a night and be considered a top tier team because these guys are going to burn out.
There was also a lot of familiar noise about letting Flagg play hero ball late that irked Duke fans and, in retrospect, I can see why. Duke ran some great action when their guys had legs, but really got away from it because everyone looked gassed.
Can Duke win the championship? No doubt about it. Can Kentucky? I think that's the biggest takeaway for me is that we absolutely can and have all of the pieces in place (most importantly, coach) to do so.
The balls to throw that OOB pass down court was something else.
