I don’t know. I’ve seen a lot of Duke this year and he’s like 90% on that little fade away. You may be right on trying to draw contact but refs in general don’t want to blow the whistle in that last second situation. I like my chances with the shot he took.
100%. I hate the "put the pressure on the refs" take. What pressure? The only pressure on them is to swallow their whistle unless there's something blatant.
They blew the whistle on Flagg on that BS call on Proctor’s foul shot. That was terrible. The Houston player was the one fouling Flagg. Proctor blew it by missing the free throw, of course, and Duke also blew the inbounds with a turnover on the previous play. Unbelievable meltdown by Duke but Houston did make some incredible shots. That’s a mentally and physically tough team.
The media has been comparing him to Melo all week, so I find it fitting that he missed a turnaround mid range jumper in crunch time. That’s a shot I guarantee Melo makes. Guess there’s still only one Melo!
I like Flagg and was rooting for Duke, a team I generally dislike. But, in retrospect, it’s good that Flagg missed that shot and Duke lost because if they made it to the championship game and won, we would have the debate of who is the greatest freshman to lead a team to a championship. Melo is still and hopefully will always be the greatest.
Yup. Duke choked executing against that press at the end of the game. To me, it was more about Houston’s ability to choke them. They won the game more than Duke lost it.
I have no problem with the call. It looked like a textbook blockout. Flagg was in bad position. If anything its a non call but there is no way in hell it was a foul on the Houston player.
Official was right behind Flagg. No doubt from that angle it looked worse.
Laettner traveled
Anthony Davis, per our long-time coach.
