San Antonio – through double characters in the second half in the fourth final, closed an opportunity to play in another national championship, Duke was right as he was working throughout the season.
What happened after that was unforgettable, the history of the most painful type.
Until 14 with 8/2 minutes, the blue demons faded unlimited from the stretch, which was in the Battle of Houston where uncomfortable to stay in a game that often looked about to move away.
There were lost snapshots and errors. Inability to stop.
Even their reliable star – the Associated Press Press for this year, Cooper Flage – could not save the blue demons on a late shot when they suddenly faced a late deficit.
By the last century, the Coger scored the last nine points in the match in the last 33 seconds to win 70-67 on Saturday night in the semi-finals.
“It is sad, it is incredibly disappointing.” “There is a lot of pain that comes with this. This is what the tournament revolves around.”
It was surprising as it was shocking, as it was the last century that caused a voice that could only be described as creating a lack of ratification throughout Alamodome.
The NCAA VI title of Blue Devils has ended, along with the first Scheyer short trip in what he felt like a crowning moment after taking over the retired Famer Krzyzewski hall.
“It was an incredible season,” said Flagg, fighting tears after 27 points. “Inchid people, incredible relationships that I will have for the rest of my life. The way we wanted it was not ended, but still an incredible year.”
Duke (35-4) moved from the company overnight to have a desperate, final after throwing the last LJ Cryer with the remaining 3.7 seconds, leaving only the full Sion Courcove blue demons to try to comment 3 with no deadline.
But after the deviation stampede, the ball ended in the hands of Tyrest Proctor only over time for Beruttor to wander and head towards the basket.
The ball was absent everything as the century appeared.
James sent it collapsing to the middle of the anguish, just to look around and realize that he had to end quickly because the chopped seat was running on his way to celebrate a stunning victory.
Joan Roberts, the 23 -year -old striker in Houston plays in his fifth season, runs to Kogar fans near the edge of the field to shout in a victorious joy while appearing at the front of his shirt.
When Houston players celebrated, Flag, 18, and his head, walked towards the high stadium edge to receive the stairs to the tunnel and to the treasury room.
His teammates were followed with amazing expressions, along with a big, raw, male student man wandering around him.
Worse than that, the blue demons road to the Treasury Room Reserve was with the heaviest concentration of Houston fans in the square.
So Duke made his way in a sea of fans who wear red clothes, giving goodbye and handling their phones.
It does not seem likely to be the only team to be ranked first in the first five Kenbum for the efficiency of the attack and defense modified in this situation.
But there were hiccups, and the small mistakes that appear to be exacerbated with a difficult team completely refused to decline.
The sequence that has emerged was the missing meter from the front end of a free and 1 free throw with only one Duke, then Flagg Flaging Roberts while trying to reach his box.
Roberts, who entered the game at 62.5 percent, quietly with 19.6 seconds to advance 68-67.
Then, after a period, Flagg got the ball with an opportunity to attack Roberts. The expected striker has pushed 6 feet, 9 feet and 9 feet from the US Professional League selection on the left side, and then turned into a faded shot in the corridor by the outstretched Roberts.
The snapshot was short, as the ball was bounced from the front of the edge and landing with the chop to create the latest free throws from Cryer to destroy its huge night (26 nights).
“Cooper 100 times from 100 times,” said James. “I had the opportunity to get the offensive bounce and I didn't get there at the right time.”
But it was much more than just a snapshot, something that Flagg alluded to the POSTGAME press conference.
It was an unexpected treatment of a defensive key between Flagg and James that gave Emanuel Sharp enough space to bury a triple index that brought Houston during 67-64 with 32.4 seconds survival.
Or the incoming that followed it passes, when James tried to tie him with science against 6-2 Milik Wilson defender against the core pressure.
But Wilson stated the ball to create a rotation, and Joseph's Tugler's Flying-in Off a Miss quickly closed the gap to 67-66.
The seeds were cultivated even before that, especially with the Duke of 59-45 with 8:17 left and an opportunity to enhance their grip on the game.
But Houston instead escaped 10 consecutive points, and began appropriately with an index of 3 points from Cryer, which changed the last minutes.
For this reason, Shire seemed more disturbing than the defensive playing of his team-recorded 42 points in the second half and 13 points out of 19 second points after the break-insulting Duke to nine points and one basket in the last ten minutes.
And like this, what seemed to be a title of title has become a time to painful – with the most famous.
“It is clear as a coach, I am now thinking about what I can say or do to help our men in the end,” said Sher. “This is the thing that kills me more.”
