NCirishman said:

I have no insider info but I just don’t think Jwill will be in coaching.

I’d say Harris is gone and I guess this will be ugly on my part but hopefully Foster is gone as well.

Proctor is unknown, if he’s making decent money now then why not stay one more year and get that degree,

Pat, Brown, and Evans return.

I have no idea about the portal.

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christophero said:

I saw an interview with Tatum yesterday. He was asked about the South Carolina loss and he said it hurt and he couldn't believe the season was over, but once he talked to his mom after the game he was over it and focused on the draft and taking care of his family. Which is admirable. But my point is he didn't sound like it was something he dwelled on the way the fans did. He is only one example but I did find this interesting.

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NCirishman said:

I have no insider info but I just don’t think Jwill will be in coaching.

I’d say Harris is gone and I guess this will be ugly on my part but hopefully Foster is gone as well.

Proctor is unknown, if he’s making decent money now then why not stay one more year and get that degree,

Pat, Brown, and Evans return.

I have no idea about the portal.

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bleediteveryday30 said:

Great post. But what an awful way to lose. It's one of the top five worst losses in Duke basketball history. I slept an hour, tops. I doubt I can sleep at all for a long while. I needed a couple more wins for the positive distraction. Nothing can be done about it. Jon will learn and be even better next year. Unfortunately, this team will look nothing like it did this year.

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The_Only_Blue said:

I think the turning point was when Gillis got the tech. That ended up being a 6 point trip for them which gave them life.

On another note and don't know if this is accurate but I saw on Twitter that Maliq was a +10, Foster+10 and Pat +7 and Mal -20. If true, I just don't get why we went away from them in the second half? At least give our guys a minute before a possible TV timeout for them to catch a break. With it, they probably would get close to 5 minutes rest.

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bleediteveryday30 said:

'99 doesn't hurt me like most because we won in '01 and exercised those demons. '22, '04, '02, '94, and '06 were the most painful for me. This one has jumped to the third most painful. '18 and '19 killed me, but I don't think about those like those others, and this one will stick with me forever. I put too much into sports. And when shit like this happens, it guts me. But a team like this one not winning will hurt more than '99 because at least some of those guys got rings. Battier and James got their one shining moment. Flagg, Kon, Mal, Proctor, James, and Gillis won't. And sadly, I already see the narratives around Jon and these kids, which worsens things.

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christophero said:

That is my feeling this morning. It's not that we lost; it was how we lost. If we make any one of 10 plays in the last few minutes we win. It was a perfect storm of everything going wrong at the worst time. Watching the last 8 minutes it is hard to argue that we didn't panic or play not to lose. Shame because this team was so good all year under some big lights. Still a very good year by our team but a disappointing way to go out.

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Neue Regel said:

That’s two Final Fours where the team with superior guards sent Duke home. Duke may be getting awesome NBA caliber forwards and bigs but the guards haven’t been good enough in either National Semi-Finals. Houston deserves a ton of credit for hitting all those three’s. They seized the moment and I think they will win Monday.

You win Championships with great guards. It’s already tough enough when the other teams guards are 23 years old or whatever.

Duke needs to shift strategy even more toward the portal.

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AlanInNJ said:

I told myself after the game last night I would avoid social media and this board. I went on a long run this morning to try to clear my head. End of the day….that really stung to lose being up 14 at the 8 minute mark. We just imploded. 😞

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The_Only_Blue said:

This loss and the Caleb Love shot loss will never ever go away😢

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The_Only_Blue said:

I think the turning point was when Gillis got the tech. That ended up being a 6 point trip for them which gave them life.

On another note and don't know if this is accurate but I saw on Twitter that Maliq was a +10, Foster+10 and Pat +7 and Mal -20. If true, I just don't get why we went away from them in the second half? At least give our guys a minute before a possible TV timeout for them to catch a break. With it, they probably would get close to 5 minutes rest.

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hart2chesson said:

Good question blue. For me, it's the WAY we lost. I really felt we would win, even when Houston cut it to three. I have to admit feeling shaky when they sliced it to one. 'Rese didn't have it last nite, and I thought it was 50-50 he would convert the one and one. He missed of course, and I felt we were on cusp of a loss.

Out of bounds plays? I really didn't see us get creative to get the ball in-bounds. Credit Houston's defense of course, but how much did a lack of execution and/or out of bounds sets called by staff contribute when we led 67-64??? We had two chances to get the ball in and up the court. The first time Sion called TO, 2ND time of course we threw it away.

I will leave it to the more basketball knowledgeable to analyze, but I will add this: I honestly felt like we could have put Houston away early in 2nd half if we don't let them back in game final two minutes of 1st half. They began raining threes final few minutes 1st half, and went to locker room only down six rather than double digits. I know we re-established our double figures lead later, but if we could have closed BETTER 1st half, who knows?

OFC

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dukeblue77 said:

Sometimes we all second guess ourselves. I’m a bit surprised Evan’s did not get much. Why not Pat for a few. This hurts.

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dukeblue77 said:

Not so what’s worse. Losing or they way we lost.

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