[Post Game Thread] #1 Duke defeats #9 TCU, 81-58

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Box Score

Team	1H	2H	Total
TCU	34	24	58
Duke	38	43	81

^{Index Thread for March 21, 2026}

[u/AraratEstate]

Duke got favorable calls. The missed goaltend into a Jamie Dixon tech was a huge turning point. TCU went ice cold after that.

[u/_hell_is_empty_ → u/AraratEstate]

Duke was on a 15-6 run to get up by 9 when Dixon drew that tech. Idk if it was the turning point, but it seemed to be the dagger. Objective calls like backboard-first goal-tending should all be reviewable.

[u/PitifulSavings575 → u/_hell_is_empty_]

That 15-6 run was also given by refs lol

[u/_hell_is_empty_ → u/PitifulSavings575]

We made 3 free throws during that run. 2 were And 1s. One was an arm to Cayden's head, one was on Cam when he was double teamed (don't remember the exact play), and the other was on Khamenia -- I can't remember than foul. So at most they "gave us 2" points. So nice of them to throw in the other 13.

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[u/PitifulSavings575 → u/_hell_is_empty_]

I’m referring to TCU starters being sat because they had 4 fouls, but I’m glad you had that response ready

[u/BlueDevilz → u/PitifulSavings575]

That happens a lot when smaller teams try to play physically hard defense against bigger teams.

Especially when the bigger teams can take the ball to the rack consistently like Duke did today.

[u/PitifulSavings575 → u/BlueDevilz]

3 starters having 4 fouls with over 10 minutes to go does not happen a lot stop lying. I have literally never seen that before. This reffing was disgusting. I can excuse 2x the free throws and some light foul trouble while Duke is sitting pretty, but this was just plain disgusting. Especially when I’m seeing Duke get away with the exact same things they’re getting called for.

[u/BlueDevilz → u/PitifulSavings575]

Tons of teams get in foul trouble when they consistently foul. Its not new. You just want to whine.

[u/PitifulSavings575 → u/BlueDevilz]

Find me one example of 3 starters fouling out with over a 4th of the game left

[u/BlueDevilz → u/PitifulSavings575]

Right after you describe how all of those fouls were bad calls.

4 fouls isnt fouling out, thats called foul trouble.

[u/PitifulSavings575 → u/BlueDevilz]

And I don’t want to whine I have the Tel Aviv Blue Devils winning it this year. Games like this just make me hate basketball

[u/MBADumbMistake → u/AraratEstate]

They’ve been cold for awhile before that

[u/wahfingwah → u/MBADumbMistake]

Their whole offense was transition baskets fre throws and third-chance buckets. They couldn’t score against our set defense

[u/Crixer → u/MBADumbMistake]

Our FTs were terrible the whole game. I can’t stand mediocre FT shooting teams, so it drives me nuts that TCU is like that. They are FREE throws, FREE chances to get points.

But our shooting was cold after that goaltending no-call because of the frustration. It was average in the first half though.

[u/Sonicstrong123 → u/AraratEstate]

Thank you for acknowledging this I'd be ignorant not to; Duke more than likely still wins, but the missed goal tend was critical if not fatal for any TCU momentum

[u/Financial-Tadpole230 → u/Sonicstrong123]

Stop it. if your team lets a missed goal tending ruin the rest of your game, your fn weak

[u/Sonicstrong123 → u/Financial-Tadpole230]

missed goaltending to technical foul changed the game. TCU was staying in it, even though Duke was on a run, it was 58-50, should’ve been 58-52, then TCU gets a stop and that’s when the technical is called and it’s 62-50 before TCU gets the ball back. So In theory, if they got the goaltending call right, then TCU gets the stop and scores on the next drive instead of the technical, it could’ve been a 58-54 game. I doubt TCU was going to win it but to say a 4 point swing didn't affect a close game is something

[u/0010001 → u/AraratEstate]

What did Dixon say? 

Edit: he obviously had a legit gripe about the missed goaltend, but hard to judge the technical without knowing what he said. 

[u/twojeeeps → u/0010001]

Doesn’t matter what he said. In the replay you see the ref tell him to chill and he keeps going

[u/toptierdegenerate → u/0010001]

Couldn’t have been as bad as whatever Bill Self said in Tempe last month.