Duke was the best team in the country and should have easily won the tournament
I said on this show a month ago, Duke was the best team in the country and they should easily win the, the NCAA tournament. They were similar to last year's team... I will be front of the line saying, guys, I fucked up. You got it wrong.
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View episodeDuke players suffered severe concussions from the UNC court-storming earlier in the season
I think it's also important to remember that Duke likely had several players that were suffering from severe concussions after the storming of the court that UNC had against them... it's sad that they were forced to continue playing for the rest of the season after such a violent act happened to 'em.
The loss to UConn belongs on the Mount Rushmore of bad Duke losses in the last five years
This choke makes the Mount Rushmore of bad Duke losses in the last five years, but barely... 2022 Final four. They lost in Coach K's retirement game... 2023 fuck they lost in the second round by 13 points... 2024 they lost in the Elite eight to NC State... and this year they lost first one seed to lose by in a game where they led by 19 points.
This Duke choke was the Godfather 2 of Duke losses — the sequel was even better than last year
A lot of times the sequel is not as good as the original. This sequel was so much better. This was Godfather Two. Last year you're like, how could it get better? It got better. Duke, thank you — you somehow made a way to make it even better. And that's almost impossible to do.
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I'm starting to grow on it. My problem is, I'm thinking about it in just this year where we actually had parity.