You wish we were Duke

stu said:

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bearister said:

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I used to root for Pac 12 teams in the tourney. I don't feel that way about the ACC. I hope they all lose. F them all! I hope Arizona wins it.

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In the NIL era I root for the underdog. F the rich.

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Classy as can be....Hate ain't pretty...

oskidunker said:

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You wish we were Duke

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Jeff Eisenberg, Yahoo Sports:

"The hero of one of the greatest games in NCAA tournament history initially wanted no part of attempting the winning shot. When he retrieved Boozer's deflected pass near mid-court, Mullins wasted no time whipping a pass to teammate Alex Karaban on the right wing. Mullins, after all, was mired in a month-long shooting slump from behind the arc and had missed all four 3-pointers he had previously tried on Sunday night.

"I looked at the clock and it said five seconds," he told CBS sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson, "so I tried to get the ball to someone who had made one in the game."

That would have been the end of Mullins' involvement in the play, except that Karaban did not have space to get off a shot and passed it right back to the UConn freshman with less than three seconds to go in regulation. That left Mullins with little choice but to rise and fire from the edge of the mid-court logo.

What happened next will be replayed for decades in March Madness highlight montages. Mullins buried a last-second 35-footer to secure a 73-72 victory, sending second-seeded UConn to the Final Four for the third time in four years and ending Duke's season in the most heartbreaking possible way."

bearister said:

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Why was Stojakovic noticeably absent from the post game huddle around the coach during the interview?

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He went court-side to see his dad.

"UConn's Alex Karaban has put together one of the most impressive resumes in men's college basketball history, winning two titles and 17 NCAA tournament games. Only two players have ever started in more tournament wins: Duke's Christian Laettner (21) and Bobby Hurley (18), who is of course his coach's older brother.

Looking ahead:If the Huskies cut down the nets, Karaban will become the 10th man to appear in three NCAA title game victories. The other nine, most famously, Lew Alcindor all played for UCLA's dynasty that won seven straight titles from 1967-73."
YahooSportsAM

UConn Covers the 7 points!