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Houston we have a problem

Just an all time great ending. This is why college basketball is so special.

I love that Flagg had some key mistakes down the stretch. Over the back foul. Missed the clutch shot. CBS, ESPN, everyone want so badly for him to be the dude. Even on the over the back, the announcers were saying "that should be a play on."

I said it all season. Duke wasn't tested in the ACC. And some people said that didn't matter. They are good enough to blow ANY team out. They could have won the championship. But when this game got CLOSE in crunch time, they wilted. They weren't experienced in pressure situations. Houston was. Houston executed.

Flagg, Kneupel and Maluach can all go pro. Duke will reload with the Boozers, but man, this was a team that had a real chance to win it all. I'm so glad they didn't.
 
Just an all time great ending. This is why college basketball is so special.

I love that Flagg had some key mistakes down the stretch. Over the back foul. Missed the clutch shot. CBS, ESPN, everyone want so badly for him to be the dude. Even on the over the back, the announcers were saying "that should be a play on."

I said it all season. Duke wasn't tested in the ACC. And some people said that didn't matter. They are good enough to blow ANY team out. They could have won the championship. But when this game got CLOSE in crunch time, they wilted. They weren't experienced in pressure situations. Houston was. Houston executed.

Flagg, Kneupel and Maluach can all go pro. Duke will reload with the Boozers, but man, this was a team that had a real chance to win it all. I'm so glad they didn't.
It was an all-around epic loss for the Duke program.
 
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