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[QUOTE="Cheriehoop, post: 5400573, member: 127"]
They did lose 3 games, 1 in the ACC to Clemson. The ACC definitely was down. Duke also had three 5 star freshmen starting, leading the team who lacked any college experience and only 1 player who had any tournament playing experience. They should have had plenty of film to study and have plans to attack the #1 defensive team in the country including Houston’s inbound press I would think. Cryer and Roberts, 2 of 3 Houston’s top scorers were in their 5th year of college basketball while Sharp the 2nd top scorer was in his 3rd year and each one had been in the NCAA tournament every year of their college career. Cooper Flagg, Duke’s top scorer was 5 years younger than 2 of Houston’s top scorers, Kneuppel was 4 years younger. Maluach had 6 points and 0 rebounds in 21 minutes plus 4 fouls, a factor too? Lots of factors could be chosen in Duke’s loss. Duke’s Proctor and James were the only 2 players even in their 20’s (22 and 21), the same ages as Houston’s youngest starters. You could pick, guess, use many factors including Bilas’ for their loss but Duke had a great season and lost to a very experienced, older, determined, defensively minded team. It’s why they play these games instead of just anointing a champion after the regular season. I never gave an opinion just noted Bilas’ opinion.
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