Bmuselding said:

I wish Jon would man up. You make millions of dollars. When interviewed why not say well tough to overcome a complete blown call down the stretch. If we are calling that all game Houston’s entire team is fouled out.

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I understand the frustration but Jon showed more class in that moment than most of us would have. He also avoided throwing red meat to all the Duke haters out there. They’d have been talking about that like we talk about old Roy’s “ I could give two sh- about the Carolina job right now” moment after the 03 final. I’m not against being candid but complaining about the refs is not going to accomplish anything

Pretty numb feeling and having a difficult time finding any silver lining to this. I’m not sure Jon will have a more balanced team. A final four run is great, but this was a major collapse.

I see a ton of social media chatter really crushing Jon and Rese and both rightfully so deserve criticism. But to me it was Mal. He was absolutely terrible. I just cannot get over the fact he is 7’2 and had 0 rebounds. The rebounds are why we lost and someone the size of a three story building didn’t grab a single board.

Sion is a good player, but not a great point guard. I know any criticism thrown at Proctor raises a few eyebrows on this board too. I’m not hating on the kid, only pointing out what is obvious. He’s solid on defense, but he doesn’t have enough dog in him on offense. The sad reality is he’s a streaky set shooter, and weak at the free throw line.

Cooper is normally so good he can score or create for others. When you’re playing a good team of grown men though that made it tougher on him, those weaknesses we have got exposed.

Kon got stymied too, and our 7-2 center? He couldn’t even get 1 rebound.

bleediteveryday30 said:

We were $%#@ed. You can't call it one way and then all of sudden flip the last ten minutes. The Gillis call was horrendously bad. The Cooper over the back call was disgusting. Allowing them to mug us on the inbounds plays with nothing being consistently called was some of the most piss poor officiating I have ever seen. I will never get over this.

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Bro mal had 0 boards and pat never came in

Scheyers inbounding plays were awful

We allowed coop to play 1 on 1 hero ball with pure step backs

Proctor can’t even hit crunch time free throws or wide open 3s

Were the refs bad at times? Sure. But Scheyer let this team down at the end of the day. That and proctor… well yeah.

Also sion could never inbound it and yet we continued making him? Just a piss poor coaching effort.

Look forward to Scheyer growing more but I said it after Kentucky. Scheyer has no end plays. Just let cooper do whatever was the plan

denverexpat said:

100% i was less vested this year even with this run than I've been in a long time.....

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I started watching less the last 10 to 15 years because of one n done. And it was obvious K could not get most of them to be invested. I really liked this teams make up since scheyer obviously knew experience mattered more and the freshmen were more mature than most. The portal, nil, and super conferences is making me even less invested now. I watch about 4 games per season.

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bullcity gamer said:

Don’t understand why Foster didn’t play the 2nd half. He was more productive than Proctor tonight.

Horrible execution the last 7 minutes of the game.

Gillis getting the flagrant gave Houston life because that was a 6 point possession, instead of Duke having an 11 point lead it got cut down to 8 points

Love Coach Scheyer and he will continue to evolve but he put too much trust in Proctor and Gillis tonight, those minutes should have been Brown’s and Foster’s

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I agree about Foster! He was aggressive and drove to the basket with authority and drew fouls. He should have been in instead of Proctor. I love Proctor but tonight wasn't his best night.

bleediteveryday30 said:

We were $%#@ed. You can't call it one way and then all of sudden flip the last ten minutes. The Gillis call was horrendously bad. The Cooper over the back call was disgusting. Allowing them to mug us on the inbounds plays with nothing being consistently called was some of the most piss poor officiating I have ever seen. I will never get over this.

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Perfect example of why I don't watch sports near as much anymore. You knew Houston was going to get the calls to make it a game late and then Duke folds....

I cannot believe this shit just happened.

Don’t understand why Foster didn’t play the 2nd half. He was more productive than Proctor tonight.

Horrible execution the last 7 minutes of the game.

Gillis getting the flagrant gave Houston life because that was a 6 point scoring possession, instead of Duke having an 11 point lead it got cut down to 8 points with 7 minutes left in the game.

Love Coach Scheyer and he will continue to Evolve but he put too much Trust in Proctor and Gillis tonight, those minutes in the 2nd half should have been Brown’s and Foster’s.

I wouldn't have had Proctor in the game the last 15mins or so. He did absolutely nothing all night! can't hit free throws. We need a point guard that can create off the dribble and create their own shot. We needed to put Flagg on the block for easy buckets and put pressure on the interior and maybe open up outside shot for Kon. This is the craziest trick off I have soon in some time...

We were $%#@ed. You can't call it one way and then all of sudden flip the last ten minutes. The Gillis call was horrendously bad. The Cooper over the back call was disgusting. Allowing them to mug us on the inbounds plays with nothing being consistently called was some of the most piss poor officiating I have ever seen. I will never get over this.

Tough way to go out, no doubt. The offense got way too stagnant down the stretch, and those last 10 minutes were brutal—but that’s how March goes sometimes. Still, proud of this group and thankful we got to watch them all year. Scheyer’s still growing as a coach, and I honestly feel like the best is yet to come. Hell of a season—and already looking forward to what’s next.

dukecorey said:

This loss hurts, big time. I have been losing less interest in sport and this definitely helps. I just can’t watch this garbage anymore

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I hear you. It sucks. But my alma mater, St. John's, made the final 4 once with a hall of fame coach. We just made the final four.

ioliva said:

Nope. JUCO years don’t count anymore

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This is true but we will see how long it actually holds up.

This loss hurts, big time. I have been losing less interest in sport and this definitely helps. I just can’t watch this garbage anymore

Bmuselding said:

Yes and the Covid year goes away so finally not playing against people like j’wan who are 26

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Nope. JUCO years don’t count anymore

I wish Jon would man up. You make millions of dollars. When interviewed why not say well tough to overcome a complete blown call down the stretch. If we are calling that all game Houston’s entire team is fouled out.

IPSYCHOSIS said:

I believe this was a coaching choke more than anything else. Which is understandable for such a young coach . JS face has been nervous since the elite 8 lol. We are 100% the better team and beat their ass the whole game

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Jon was terrible and Proctor once again goes to the line in a pressure moment and completely chokes...

Scheyer is an amazing coach. This team was amazing all year and brought me back to early k teams that I grew up with (late 80 early 90s). Tough on defense. Played great team basketball on offense. Made adjustments in game to put his players in great positions. Duke wins against Houston 4 out of 5 times. And was the better team by a good bit for 38 minutes. Duke messed up a lot in those final 2 minutes because they are still young and the officiating did change a lot. I think a lot of you all are just too emotionally retarded to see how great this season was and how lucky Duke is to have such a great young coach. I am sad this team lost but have been a fan long enough to know that winning a championship isn’t easy and sometimes it happens to teams you won’t expect and the ones you do expect miss out.

We are all frustrated. Sometimes this happens in sports. Losing in the FF is much better than losing in the first weekend. But losing always sucks. I just hope we can keep a core of guys. I'm not going to rag on players, what's done is done.

denverexpat said:

100% i was less vested this year even with this run than I've been in a long time.....

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Same. I’m getting farther removed every year, still follow because of Jon.

Apologies for my previous posts...

It's been a tough year on the personal front; and I was really hoping for something special with this team!

Been a fan since the early 90's....Usually not a dick like I was tonight!!!