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Posted by SCWC (Member # 2464) on 03-31-2019, 07:09 PM:

Michigan State just sent Duke home by a score of 68 to 67, great game. Takes some of the hurt out of our loss to Auburn.

Posted by Trey Ball (Member # 332) on 03-31-2019, 07:32 PM:

Don't get me wrong. I do think Duke was one of the best teams this year (college basketball in general wasn't very good) and even early I thought they might be one of the greatest ever, but this may have been one of the most over hyped teams of all time just because of how unique of a player Zion is.

They were not nearly as "unbeatable" as the media made them out to be. A very poor three point shooting team and like UK they struggled to play a complete 40 minutes. They could have very easily lost 5 or 6 more games this year: Florida State/Wake Forest/Louisville/Auburn/Texas Tech/Central Florida.

Posted by ukman (Member # 3032) on 03-31-2019, 07:48 PM:

To me this has to be one of the biggest failures of a team in a season. To have 4 first round players on your team, the next "Greatest ever" player, and supposedly the best coach of all time; but you lose 6 games in the season, barely survive to get to the elite 8, and then get taken out by one of Tom Izzos least talented teams. I loved every minute of it. I also found it funny that the refs only calling 3 fouls on Duke came back to bite them.

Posted by blue hoot (Member # 398) on 03-31-2019, 07:49 PM:

I've said a long time ago, veteran teams are beating freshmen classes no matter how talented they are. Winston and Goins took care of business today. This is going to catch up with Duke like it has been at UK.

Posted by Jarcat (Member # 95) on 03-31-2019, 07:54 PM:

THIS JUST IN:

The referees working the Puke/Mich. St. game were immediately fired after the game.

ESPN is declaring a day of mourning at their headquarters and affiliates and they're called for a thorough investigation of collusion with the Russians and the NCAA.

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-31-2019, 07:55 PM:

If ^^this^^ had a like button, like Facebook, I'd click it!

Posted by Old Norm (Member # 1482) on 03-31-2019, 08:01 PM:

This is the write-up on espn.com:

"That's probably the last we'll see of Zion Williamson in college basketball. The heavy favorite to go No. 1 in the NBA Draft, Williamson hasn't officially declared his intentions, but it would be the stunner of stunners if Williamson returned to Durham for his sophomore season. He came into college as a viral star, a top-three prospect and one of the candidates to go No. 1 in the NBA Draft. If he leaves, he leaves as one of the most unique players to come through college basketball in decades -- and the clear-cut best player in the country. We might not see another player like Williamson for some time."

Posted by m hamilton (Member # 127) on 03-31-2019, 09:04 PM:

April Fools day will be a day of mourning at the ESPN studios in Connecticut. All sports fans are to lower their flags to half mast!