Source: BroBible
Summary
Duke’s basketball team lost to UCONN in the Elite Eight after blowing a 17-point second-half lead. The game ended with a Cayden Boozer turnover, and the host of the Duke radio call believed referees should have intervened to give the Blue Devils one last shot. The team was outscored 44-28 in the second half and committed eight turnovers after halftime. The loss was the largest blown halftime lead by a No. 1 seed in NCAA history.
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Duke’s collapse was a classic case of “we got it, they had to foul.” The plan was to either get fouled or call timeout, but Cayden Boozer had other plans. The Blue Devils’ radio hosts begged for a bailout, claiming a technical foul was warranted for UCONN’s bench celebration. But officials weren’t having it. The NCAA rulebook is clear: no technical foul for brief bench celebrations. Duke just got outplayed.
Author: Evan Null
