Everyone and their mama lined up to rag on Kentucky Basketball for only winning one title with all the talent the program has had. Where is that same energy for Duke?
They have signed 36 5-star players in 11 years and have zero national titles to show for it. And it will be at least another year after the UConn heroics.
Braylon Mullins sinks Duke with an all-time dagger
Braylon Mullins completed an epic comeback as the Huskies came all the way back from down 19 to crush Duke’s hopes 73-72. Danny Hurley may be cocky and arrogant, but man, do they play
for him.
Duke had all the momentum in the first half. They took a commanding 15-point lead into halftime with a smothering defense that held the Huskies to no field goals in the last 12 minutes of the first half.
But little by little, the Huskies kept chipping away. And when the moment got brightest, a Duke freshman made the game’s biggest error
With 10 seconds to go, Duke was inbounding the ball, and all they had to do was make 2 free throws, and a Final Four appearance would be theirs. Instead, the ball found Cayden Boozer, who had been phenomenal all game long.
He was trapped, and instead of holding it and forcing a foul, the freshman tried to throw an outlet pass that was tipped and taken away.
What happened next will go down in March Madness lore.
Alex Karaban found another freshman, Braylon Mullins, who pulled up from the logo and splashed one of the biggest 3-point shots in Elite Eight history.
I say one of the biggest because, do you remember this beauty?
Or maybe this one?
While Kentucky didn’t have the season we all wanted, it sure felt gratifying seeing Tennessee and Duke lose today.
