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Can it ever feel better as a UConn fan to see Duke losing in the final minutes, the way we did against Seton Hall earlier this year. Watching Cooper Flagg, a player that we almost nabbed, getting called for a game changing over the back call, the same way we watched McNeeley get that call in Maui earlier this year in our own heartbreaker of a loss.

The basketball gods are the great equalizer. Thank god for basketball.
 
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Yeah my DVR stopped recording, even with 45 minute extension set for live tv after Houston made one of 2 ft with 1:27 left on the game clock. Hope that last minute wasn't too exciting. Geezus now a second team has came back against Duke down 8 or more points with under 3 minutes to go. So I guess Duke is not going to tie UCONN this year with 6 Nattys. HUUUSKIES!!!!
 

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it’s going to be a great day. What a lovely thread to wake up to. :D:D:D

Now I’m sorry I didn’t stay up to watch the end. Lol
 
Damn I fell asleep! I picked Houston to win it all. I figured Duke talent would get them to F4, but Sampson coaching would best Shayer who is just a recruiter. Thought I had it wrong when my head hit the pillow
 
NutmegDog said:
Houston can thank the ref who called a bogus foul on Cooper with 20 secs left, that led to Houston taking the lead. I mean Duke choked big time. But so did that ref.
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Real time, as someone rooting for Houston, I was wishing they hadn't called it. My fear was Duke would get the ball last with a chance to win it. I was hoping the Houston could bring it down and win it with no time left for Duke. It worked out anyway.
 
Fishy said:
In a nutshell, the killers caught the posers.

It took a while, but Houston wore Duke down - with a few minutes left, Duke was walking everywhere. Flagg was toast - Houston took their legs, their souls and the game, in that order.
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Five minutes in to the game I noticed Flagg was already doing a lot of walking and grabbing his shorts.
Kneuppel is the kid who hung in longer than I thought. He looked gassed frombthe get go.
 
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I turned the game off and went to bed figuring it was over, I wake up this morning to be shocked in a pleasant way seeing Duke had lost.

Watching the last minute you really got to see the whole youth vs experience thing play out. Houston in that last minute was poised Duke was rushed. The last possession where Flagg had the ball Houston knew it was going to him and they said we aren't doubling his man had him 1 v1 and he played him like a vet should have forcing that shot.

We have six nattys and while the utter hate I had for duke has subsided from where it once was because of those title, the absolute joy I get from them losing has never left, especially when it's in this fashion.

Of course 1999 and 2004 are the best of those losses because they denied Duke titles. I would put this one up there about 4th best loss ever by duke. I'd put K's last game ahead of it just because of the significance of the game.
 
JakeTheDog said:
This makes me so happy if only for the fact we won’t have to read Jon Scheyer puff pieces proclaiming him the greatest coach since his predecessor.
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Honestly, this was the part of Puke winning it all that I would hate second most, after them tying us of course
 
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The two biggest chokes in Final Four history

Dook 2004
Dook 2025

And 1999 was another heartbreaker for the annoited ones

BTW, our joy is largely a result of Dook Vitale's nonstop lovefest. That and a bunch of dorks that know nothing about sports filling their rat infested high school gym
 
Fishy said:
In a nutshell, the killers caught the posers.

It took a while, but Houston wore Duke down - with a few minutes left, Duke was walking everywhere. Flagg was toast - Houston took their legs, their souls and the game, in that order.
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Really a consequence of playing in the ACC. That Toy Poodle League didn't challenge them enough, and when Houston wouldn't quit like the rest of their league did, they had to keep expending energy to hold them off until finally the tank went empty.
 
A key point being wildly overlooked here:

Duke had 3.7 seconds left to inbound the ball and get a shot off. They chose to heave it 3/4 length of the court into a crowd. With that amount of time you could easily inbound to someone near half court, take a few dribbles and get a Villanova/Jenkins 3pt shot off. Poor coaching by Scheyer there and throughout the last 10min of the game.

Tip my hat to Flagg and Kneuppel, those kids are ballers. Obviously ecstatic that Duke is out and Houston has a chance to get a chip for their biggest fan, Jim Nantz.
 
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TBHreal said:
A key point being wildly overlooked here:

Duke had 3.7 seconds left to inbound the ball and get a shot off. They chose to heave it 3/4 length of the court into a crowd. With that amount of time you could easily inbound to someone near half court, take a few dribbles and get a Villanova/Jenkins 3pt shot off. Poor coaching by Scheyer there and throughout the last 10min of the game.

Tip my hat to Flagg and Kneuppel, those kids are ballers. Obviously ecstatic that Duke is out and Houston has a chance to get a chip for their biggest fan, Jim Nantz.
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I was just going to bring up something about this I mentioned how rushed and rattled Duke looked in that last minute. After the FTs Houston had a TO left whike Duke did not, a lot of coaches would have taken it to set up their d, Sampson on though didn't take the TO. He knew he had them on the ropes they hadn't been in that situation and trusted his guys. He knew calling that TO would give Duke time to settle down and come up with something so he let it run and got exactly what he thought he would get something disjointed with a low probability of working
 
I'm sure after the game, the Dookbag "fans" recycled their line from the 1999 & 2004 UConn losses "If we played them 10 times, we'd win 9" :p
 
i sort of get the heave. While there is time to dribble the length of the court, I would have to think there would be a good chance Houston fouls before Duke gets a chance to get a shot off.
 
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