Lots of credit to Houston for never quitting and being tough. Duke crazy choke. 11-1 to finish
Unbelievable choke by Duke
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And loved every second of it. Announcers said that Duke hadn’t played a tight game and were curious to how they’d handle one. We now know.
Love to see Sampson win it all.
Yep. Houston full court trap in the end really gave Duke fits. They play like junk yard dogs. No quit
Hell no...
3rd year coach vs 30 year coach.
Disliked Duke since they bought Teddy Valentine.
Now they own the most awesome, epic choke for the ages. LOL
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Disliked Duke since they bought Teddy Valentine.
Now they own the most awesome, epic choke for the ages. LOL
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BALLSY move by CKS to play straight up and not foul down by 6 with just over a minute to go. Huge risk and it paid off
I got the F4 right...and got the finals matchup right. By far the 2 most deserving teams (based on the regular season) square off for the title. I have FLA winning, but honestly all I want is a game as good as the F4 matchup. Great night of BBall.
Up 59-45 with 8:17 left, props to Houston for never giving up. Duke is the better team but they couldn't close. I have no ill will toward Sampson, looking forward to Monday - hope it's a good game.
Crushing loss for Dook fans, but still not as crushing as when IU beat them in the 2002 tourney.
That may be the most epic choke job I’ve ever seen on a stage that big. What the hell were those in bounds plays?
That was awesome. Anyone think Duke not playing anyone for a 3-monyh stretch hurt them?
More awesome choke then blowing an 18 point lead to Indiana in the 2002 tourney? Or missing a tying free throw in the same game? Or the missed put back by their All-American to win it?
Neither compare to our loss in 92. Damn u Ted Valentine.
A lot of that was less about the Falcons and more about Tom Brady. I’m not saying tonight was the best comeback ever… simply the biggest choke job on a stage like that.
Duke looked unbeatable until about 4 minutes left but houston really brough the D.
I will say there was a ton of coach choking in 28-3.
That No Good Goon Gillis getting a flagrant for wildly throwing an arm and possibly costing Dook the game is icing on the cake for me.
D-bag will D-bag.
D-bag will D-bag.
I really don' t like duke and I have nothing against sampson. Everyone deserves a second change for the most part. Holding grudges is not worth it imo
And Duke had one FG in the last 10 minutes. Crazy.
Very talented team but they had a poor strength of schedule and it was bound to catch up to them at some point.
Houston was simply more mentally tough down the stretch.
Their inexperience is probably as much at fault. Two main scorers and three starters total were freshman - in the 5th year transfer era - and played like it in the last 10 minutes. I can't think of a championship team going back to 2012 UK that were led by freshman. No matter how talented freshman led teams were since, they eventually lose.
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That 2012 UK team had soph Lamb and Jones..And a super senior in Darius Miller. That gets lost.
You can do that when you have the #1 defensive team. Houston is not likely to blow you out, but they’ll beat you in a tight game because they’re a better defensive team.
Although, this was not as big of a choke as when IU beat Duke in 2002. That Duke team was filled with experienced seniors and this one is led by freshmen, plus this Houston team is much better than IU’s 2002 team, who was just a 4 seed, if I recall. Therefore, I’d say that 2002 Duke choke was their biggest ever.
I’ve been saying it for years: Some people overrate freshmen, as one-and-done rosters routinely demonstrate. In the B1G, this season’s example is obviously Rutgers, who some beat writers predicted would finish in the top half of the conference despite losing their top 7 experienced players to the portal.
I was ok with Sampson until the post game interview with his players standing around him. He started pointing upwards and make comments like the man upstairs had something to do with their victory.
