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2026 NCAA Tournament General Discussion

I just flipped on the game with about a minute to go and figured I would see how it ended as the lead from halftime was about gone. Hell of an ending! The announcers said tourney teams with a 15 point lead at half were like 100+ something and zero. Guess Duke is now that 1.

And can someone who knows about college basketball explain why the duke coach did not take a timeout before the final possession to tell them to just hold it once they got it inbounds? I think they still had a timeout.
They had 1 timeout left, and it’s worth not using it because you might have trouble getting the ball in bounds. Calling a timeout lets the defense get set also, so it’s not always a plus. Duke didn’t even have to cross midcourt, since it was exactly 10.0 seconds left, but a held ball would have gone to UConn. They got it in, and Cayden Boozer had 2 guys in the front court that were very open, he just choked by trying to throw it over guys. At this point in the season, a coach shouldn’t need to tell his guys that when they’re up 2 with 10 seconds left they just want to play keep-away. They just didn’t execute it, it hurt not having a true point guard there.
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