No Repeat for Duke

Posted On: March 24, 2011 By: Cliff Comments: (more)

Well this isn’t the way that everyone thought the season would end. Not the players, coaches or us fans. Arizona pulled off the upset win 93-77 behind a spectacular performance by Derrick Williams. Williams carried the Wildcats in the first half with 25 points and then it was his teammates who stepped up in the second half when they pretty much knocked out the Blue Devils with their 19-2 run that Duke had no answer for.

Gotta feel bad for Nolan and Kyle as they didn’t want their Duke careers to end like this. Kyle played well as he found his shooting touch but Nolan never really got into rhythm like we have seen him do this season. I’d have to say that it was Nolan’s worst game this season.

One bright spot was Kyrie Irving who finished with 28 points. Irving played a great game but now the question is “Was it his last in a Duke uniform?” Kryie said after the game that he would have to sit down with the coaching staff and his family and would then make his decision but could definitely see himself wearing a Duke uniform again.

Overall I was upset with the loss but not pissed off like a lot of times I am with losses. Arizona flat out outplayed Duke in the second half and Duke did not have an answer. Zona seemed to making everything they shot and forced Duke into bad turnovers. It just wasn’t Duke’s night.

- Cliff @justdukecom

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4 Responses to “No Repeat for Duke”

roydukefan Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 2:18 am
The Wildcats shot 60% from 3 point land(according to box score I saw on ESPN.com)….let’s see if they can do that against U-Conn! :-/
Fire coach k Says:
March 25th, 2011 at 8:26 am
Coach K blew it. He made zero adjustments and watched his team sleepwalk through the 2nd half. If Kyrie doesn’t come back, it will be a long year next year. Who is going to deliver? The Plumlees?

A #1 seed should never lose in the sweet 16. What a bust.
Rayford Says:
March 30th, 2011 at 3:09 am
One question, maybe this has been addressed somewhere else, but why was Seth Curry limited to 9 minutes against Arizona when nothing else seemed to work?
mcd Says:
March 31st, 2011 at 1:52 am
Curry left with a hip injury during the game.

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