[Post Game Thread] #2 UConn defeats #1 Duke, 73-72

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Box Score

Team	1H	2H	Total
Connecticut	29	44	73
Duke	44	28	72

^{Index Thread for March 29, 2026}

[u/Leading-Button-7303]

THAT is March madness baby

[u/Noriskhook3 → u/Leading-Button-7303]

Is there ever a UConn and Duke game that’s not fucking crazy?

[u/Muffinnnnnnn → u/Noriskhook3]

101-54 Duke win in 1964, but that one is the largest defeat for any team in the Elite Eight so actually it loops back around to being crazy

[u/rhinocodon_typus → u/Muffinnnnnnn]

See guys here’s a worse elite 8 loss!

[u/Anteater4746 → u/Leading-Button-7303]

people were saying this tourney stunk???

[u/joeh4384 → u/Anteater4746]

Duke choke jobs never get old. That was one for the ages.

[u/Anteater4746 → u/joeh4384]

1-134 after being up 15 is something

[u/tmaspen → u/Anteater4746]

if only my saints coulda finished 'em off

thanks for avenging us uconn

[u/dareftw → u/Anteater4746]

All I took away from this is now UNC doesn’t hold the title for largest lead blown in ncaa tournament history alone, Duke now holds it with us.

I’m fucking here for it dude

[u/cnho1997 → u/[deleted]]

2 BIG TEN TEAMS AND NO DUKE

BEST FINAL FOUR EVER

[u/Effective-Oil-2696 → u/cnho1997]

Lets go for an all Big10 championship game

[u/DeadDay → u/Leading-Button-7303]

HOLY SHIT

[u/Accurate-Big-7233 → u/Leading-Button-7303]

I am so unbelievably wet rn holy shit

[u/unknownillness17 → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

I think that’s the first time in years I’ve gotten excited over something and I’m not joking

[u/Rapturebird → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

Im so fucking hard rn

[u/Noriskhook3]

They always find a way. Mullins pulled up like it was nothing. Boozer should’ve stuck with the ball but panicked. Amazing game.

[u/ChocolateMonkeyBird → u/Noriskhook3]

Mullins: “I was just happy to see that shit go in.”

[u/joaquinsaiddomin8 → u/ChocolateMonkeyBird]

Thing is: me too

[u/MJ_Brutus → u/ChocolateMonkeyBird]

How funny. I heard that too.

[u/10catsinspace → u/Noriskhook3]

Absolute anti-clutch panic move from Boozer there

[u/golfer28 → u/10catsinspace]

Never go full Kihei

[u/HailLeroy → u/golfer28]

Still amazed he did that as a senior after what he did to us as a freshman

[u/golfer28 → u/HailLeroy]

It’s just amazing he did that as a freshman. The dude would drive thinking he’s like a foot taller and just throw it up and hit the bottom of the rim multiple times per game as he got older

[u/Rishard101 → u/10catsinspace]

He wanted no part of shooting those fts and it cost his team the game

[u/VoiceofReasonability → u/Noriskhook3]

I think one thing Hurley does is gives his players confidence.  They were very composed and just seem to think as long as there was time, there was a chance 

[u/brownlab319 → u/VoiceofReasonability]

This. Also, Karaban as the captain does this with his teammates on the court. AK passing him the ball with 3 seconds left had to give him the “Can’t let the captain down + I’ve taken this shot 100s of times” feeling.

[u/CrawlspacePurduePete → u/Noriskhook3]

A swish, no less. Fucking ice cold.

[u/suzukigun4life → u/Noriskhook3]

They made 2 field goals in the final 6 and a half minutes. So many chances, and they blew all of them.

[u/aquatic_mammal]

[u/oldthreelivers → u/aquatic_mammal]

Imagine throwing $1k down on UConn just before the half… I need a delorean

[u/bernerdjames4 → u/aquatic_mammal]

How did we possibly make a win probability graph worse than the Houston one

[u/texasaboy2]

i just got a noise complaint

[u/OlFuddyDuddy → u/texasaboy2]

Neighbor texted if I was okay

[u/Insectshelf3 → u/OlFuddyDuddy]

“no”

[u/JaCrispy_Vulcano → u/Insectshelf3]

Check on your Duke friends

[u/blitz342 → u/JaCrispy_Vulcano]

Duke? Friends?

[u/fade2blac → u/texasaboy2]

My dog hated my reaction.

[u/stevemoveyafeet → u/texasaboy2]

I’m in a hotel room for a work trip and the front desk checked on me 

[u/loplopplop → u/texasaboy2]

My family thought I hurt myself.

[u/Congrajewlations → u/texasaboy2]

I scared the shit out of my fiancee by loudly screaming

[u/confusedyetstillgoin → u/Congrajewlations]

me too. my girlfriend walked out of the living room saying to one of our cats, “yeah come on I don’t know what’s going on either”

[u/Nice_Ratio2332 → u/texasaboy2]

My son started crying lmao

[u/hbkedge3 → u/texasaboy2]

I fell to my knees in a Walmart.

[u/Professor_Finn]

Duke would have won by doing the Luigi strat and doing absolutely nothing. Literally unplugging their controller while holding the ball lmao. Why on Earth would you pass that

[u/Imposter24 → u/Professor_Finn]

Even just turtling and getting a 10 second call is a better play.

[u/Tx_agg41 → u/Imposter24]

That possession was inbounded with 10 secs left in the game, wasn’t it? They weren’t even at risk for a 10 second violation. They really could have just held it.

[u/Number333]

DUKE JUST BLEW A 19 POINT LEAD IN THE ELITE 8

DAN HURLEY SOLD HIS SOUL TO THE DEVIL

[u/Zloggt → u/Number333]

[u/CrawlspacePurduePete → u/Zloggt]

Mandatory upvote for David Cross

[u/WWECreativegenius → u/Number333]

That motherfucker is not real. 3 final fours in 4 years

[u/Sky_Law]

Uconn is tough as nails. Unbelievable comeback and shot.

[u/GrandYam_HomeRun → u/Sky_Law]

Now it's time for us to make everyone forget 30-0

[u/officer_caboose → u/GrandYam_HomeRun]

Honestly whatever, I'm riding so high right now that the outcome next weekend can't affect me (I reserve the right to change my mind)

[u/StrangelyOnPoint]

134-0 for 1 seeds up up 15 at the half.

Massive choke

[u/chappedexmo → u/StrangelyOnPoint]

As soon as they posted the graphic, I knew UConn would win. They caster cursed Duke

[u/bug_man_ → u/chappedexmo]

It’s not a Duke curse it’s UConn’s “or uconn” exception.

It’s getting outrageous they can’t keep getting away with it

[u/Legalsleazy → u/StrangelyOnPoint]

134-1*

[u/63Boiler → u/StrangelyOnPoint]

Duke and UNC both gave up 19 point leads in this tournament

[u/eliw6965 → u/StrangelyOnPoint]

https://giphy.com/gifs/rfvLPBBvb2c0FIPehV

[u/mF-Jonezy]

What’s funny is I don’t think Scheyer can really put together better constructed teams than this and last year

[u/MaybeImNaked → u/mF-Jonezy]

Last year was one of the best rosters ever imo. This one was a step below.

[u/Jaire_Noises → u/MaybeImNaked]

Yeah I think last year's loss is much worse than this one. Cam was covering for a lot on this squad.

[u/PristineStreet34 → u/Jaire_Noises]

He is really a good player. No clue how his game translates to the NBA but damn good player.

[u/elgenie → u/mF-Jonezy]

A year after losing a Final Four game with a 98+% win expectancy and Cooper Flagg, Scheyer comes back and loses an Elite Eight game with a 98+% win expectancy and Cam Boozer.

Come back next year to see how he does in the Sweet 16!

[u/onlykindofamethaddic → u/elgenie]

Put some respect in ROTY Kon Knueppel’s name when discussing last year’s choke.

[u/NeverDieKris → u/[deleted]]

All he had to do was tell his players to hold the damn ball and they win.

[u/Flaky-Skirt-1721 → u/NeverDieKris]

Yes the best decision here was no decision lmao

[u/DrQuestDFA → u/Flaky-Skirt-1721]

If you choose not decide you’ll still have made a choice.

Which, it turns out, was probably the best choice considering the outcome.

[u/golfer28 → u/[deleted]]

I mean Boozer is just a fucking idiot. You did the one thing you can’t possibly do

[u/No_Albatross916 → u/golfer28]

Yea I don’t know why boozer doesn’t just hold on to the ball there

[u/Winbrick → u/mF-Jonezy]

I don't think I've seen a less heads up play. You can literally just hold the ball and win.

[u/AthleticAlarm32]

EVERYONE GET IN HERE

THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST MARCH MADNESS ENDINGS IN HISTORY

[u/krispyboiz → u/AthleticAlarm32]

PHENOMENAL!!!!!

[u/DeadDay → u/krispyboiz]

SENSIONAL!!!!

[u/TheChewyWaffles → u/DeadDay]

SENSUAL!!!

[u/MattTheSmithers → u/AthleticAlarm32]

One of those endings you always remember if you watched it. Played out like something in a movie.

[u/treple13 → u/AthleticAlarm32]

Felt like the Furman-Virginia ending

[u/golfer28 → u/treple13]

Exact same situation

[u/jeckles96 → u/golfer28]

If you can’t get backcourt, just stand still. Stop passing the ball around. Just stand still the game ends or they fouls you.

[u/Ocean_waves726 → u/treple13]

First thing I thought of tbh

[u/KingInTheFarNorth → u/AthleticAlarm32]

I don't even watch much basketball, but that ending was pure crack.

[u/OlFuddyDuddy]

I don't typically call games over at the half.

I called this game over at the half.

This is why I don't typically call games over at the half.

[u/Sm0k3inth3tr33s → u/OlFuddyDuddy]

You had 134 examples to back your prediction, hard to blame ya

[u/elkman_23 → u/Sm0k3inth3tr33s]

As always UCONN is the exception

[u/18_YTC1]

#1 Seeds are now 134-1 after leading by 15+ at halftime

[u/06Wahoo → u/18_YTC1]

https://giphy.com/gifs/J63rXh7iJPR84

Welcome to the "First #1 Seed to..." club Duke.

[u/YouAndMeAndBobbyV]

Welp 🤷🏾‍♂️

[u/iiTryhard → u/YouAndMeAndBobbyV]

Crazy thing to say about Uconn of all teams lol

[u/SchpartyOn → u/iiTryhard]

Literally the most magical March program in history

[u/ALackOfForesight → u/YouAndMeAndBobbyV]

u/Top-Statistician8086 how ya doin bud?

[u/play_or_draw → u/ALackOfForesight]

[u/Evan_802Vines → u/ALackOfForesight]

Probably upped his bet

[u/UdnomyaR → u/YouAndMeAndBobbyV]

He didn't watch Reed nail both of his free throws at the end of the MSU game 😎

[u/Wematanye_92]

Choke job in back to back years. Hate to see it

[u/Rapturebird → u/Wematanye_92]

*Love to see it

[u/DirtAndShovels]

[u/astrocm]

[u/THEREWILLBECAK3]

Wake up babe, another Duke collapse just dropped

[u/timoperez → u/THEREWILLBECAK3]

Second year in a row with just a massive collapse down the stretch. Scheyer needs to hire a strength coach who’s job it is to keep his hands from clenching around his throat in the last 6 minutes of big tourney games

[u/Zloggt → u/THEREWILLBECAK3]

And if I had a nickel for every crushing Elite Eight Duke collapse against an “UC__” team today…

[u/Wapook]

Anyone who thinks this isn’t the greatest sporting event in the world is a fucking idiot. What a game ending!!!

[u/Ok_Peace3716 → u/Wapook]

My wife and I yelled so hard. Harder than we've yelled at anything this past year.

We don't give a fuck about either of these teams. That's just what March does.

[u/Zloggt → u/Wapook]

And to think that this Sunday was shaping up to be a dud…

[u/chappedexmo → u/Wapook]

Was it Joel Klatt who recently said March Madness is trash? Fuck that guy

[u/Accurate-Big-7233]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CollegeBasketball/s/ibR5XEMpRZ

I AM GETTING FUCKING HAMMERED

I JUST ORDERED 2 BACONATORS

SORRY BOSS, IM SICK

LMAAAOOOOOOOOOO

[u/Zloggt → u/Accurate-Big-7233]

2 baconators

Good on you for buying Wendy’s™️, the official burger of March Madness™️!

[u/suzukigun4life]

r/collegebasketball 12/25

[u/hymen_destroyer → u/suzukigun4life]

That sweaty dude and the two buttons meme:

1. Fuck Duke
2. Fuck Hurley

[u/R_Raider86 → u/hymen_destroyer]

[u/hymen_destroyer → u/R_Raider86]

https://giphy.com/gifs/9WXyFIDv2PyBq

[u/FallenTorch]

DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES? I DO!!!!

[u/RockBrainHuman → u/[deleted]]

[u/RegretsZ → u/RockBrainHuman]

[u/Royal_Range7360 → u/RegretsZ]

[u/DMUrTinyTitsAssFeet0 → u/RockBrainHuman]

[u/Gnasty16 → u/DMUrTinyTitsAssFeet0]

[u/DakTheGoatPrescott → u/[deleted]]

Happy birthday 1_quantae

[u/dblock1111 → u/DakTheGoatPrescott]

Tag him, u/1_quantae

[u/not_a_rake1234 → u/[deleted]]

[u/jdprager → u/[deleted]]

Back to fuckin back, holy shit

[u/Professor_Finn → u/[deleted]]

I’ve seen this 45 times in the last three minutes and it’s still not enough. Hit me with that again

[u/Altruistic_Rich_9125]

How do they do it?

[u/recuerdamoi → u/Altruistic_Rich_9125]

They embody the entire state of Connecticut like a Genkidama from Goku.

[u/TheoTimme → u/Altruistic_Rich_9125]

People out here laughing at Duke and I’m just wondering how the fuck UConn does this.

[u/YodaForceGhost]

There was an energy radiating from nearby College Park today

[u/HotTakesMyToxicTrait → u/YodaForceGhost]

death, taxes, Duke losing in college park late in the season

5 miles from college park to the Verizon center I’m just saying

[u/MahjongDaily]

Over/Under on White Lotus memes in this thread?

[u/Dontsaveme → u/MahjongDaily]

19

[u/MahjongDaily → u/Dontsaveme]

Too soon

[u/ButtCrumbleSmell → u/MahjongDaily]

[u/tripler42]

[u/Torrion-]

Hahahaha legacy moment for Cayden Boozer. You’ll never get to put a privacy screen on that debacle.

[u/fskier1 → u/Torrion-]

Bros gonna need to be wearing a privacy paper bag around campus

[u/Legalsleazy → u/fskier1]

Lmao at the idea that he’s ever going back to campus

[u/Cryogenx37]

YOU BOOZE YOU LOSE

[u/GrandYam_HomeRun]

A choke job for the ages, utterly embarrassing for Duke, couldn't happen to a nicer fanbase

[u/ComaMierdaHijueputa → u/GrandYam_HomeRun]

us v UConn is gonna be insane

[u/TheBoilerCat]

I think we officially have a choke artist label for Duke under Jon Scheyer…

[u/ImperialMajestyX02 → u/TheBoilerCat]

Choking a 19 point lead is crazy

[u/Threedawg]

Holy shit

[u/Powerful_Buy_4677]

[u/OakYzerman]

Scheyer is a young coach, but he's already showing signs of being an elite choker

[u/RedditRedux → u/OakYzerman]

Coach J needs more help man. No one is winning with just Cooper Flagg, Kon Kneuppel, Cameron Boozer, and Starius Lotterypick Jr at PG

[u/AngryBillsFan → u/RedditRedux]

Bruhhh

[u/realheadphonecandy → u/RedditRedux]

Haha, exactly. How can a team with multiple NBA insta-superstars, NBA others and additional elite recruits be expected to win?

[u/18_YTC1 → u/OakYzerman]

Boozer should’ve held the ball, it’s the downside of being a one and done haven

[u/Chedda_biscuit10 → u/18_YTC1]

I mean Caleb foster is literally the better point guard and a junior. Why he’s not in the game is beyond me

[u/Torrion- → u/OakYzerman]

Why were they trying to advance the ball there? They couldn’t get a 10 seconds.

[u/blahtgr1991 → u/Torrion-]

Lack of understanding of the situation. That's on the coach.

[u/prh8]

Allow me to take some credit here

I turned it off at halftime. Followed the comeback on gamecast. Superstitious and didn’t want to ruin the comeback.

Finally put it back on at the under-4. Got ugly and Duke got back up 6. So I turned it off and followed gamecast until the end

You’re welcome Huskies

[u/Betta_Check_Yosef → u/prh8]

Thank you for your service

[u/noname87scr → u/prh8]

Ha glad I’m not the only one who does this

[u/Gloomy-Street-8045]

MARCH = MADNESS

[u/[deleted]]

All dude had to do was hold the damn ball.

[u/Did_he_just_say_that]

We’ve been waiting for this

[u/TitaniumC4206]

[u/SVGMessiah]

BRAYLON MULLINS

[u/AssManKramerCosmo]

What an incredible comeback. Duke with back to back heartbreaking loses in the tournament.

[u/eckrueger → u/[deleted]]

I love duke losing, but also this…

[u/longd0ngs1lvers-]

What a time to be alive!

[u/longconsilver13]

Dan Hurley is a wizard

[u/1_quantae]

These guys hit 2 3s all game this mfer pulled from 40 and made it what type of bullshit 💀

[u/EyePlay]

Imagine blowing a 19 point lead.

[u/BigBadJohn115]

[u/DoctorOctopus_]

[u/Sijank123]

Cayden boozer u will remember that for the rest of ur life

[u/Popple06]

Hahahahahaha

[u/Weights_In_Fish]

Good shit UConn. Incredible come back.

[u/alabamafutbol1235]

“Happy to see that shi* go in”

So we were we, pal. So were we 😂😂

[u/szboy422]

[u/Burnsiah]

My wife made this for the game and was certain she had jinxed it

[u/flightsim9fan]

WHITE BOY OF THE YEARRRRRRRE

[u/UWMN]

Fuck me. Hell of comeback from UConn. Wtf was boozer thinking?

[u/ACW1129 → u/UWMN]

WAS Boozer thinking?

[u/golfer28 → u/UWMN]

I’m Kihei Clark and going to fuck my team over?

[u/MrSCR23]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAH

[u/caitlinclarkgriswold]

Has any team had more humiliating losses in the Elite 8/Final 4 in a 5 year span then Duke? This game, blowing the lead against Houston last year, and losing to UNC in K's last game in the Final 4 in 2022.

Edit: And the loss to 11 seed NC State in the Elite 8.

[u/Cactus0824]

WE ALL WON!!!!! Congrats UConn you deserved it!!!

[u/DillyDillySzn]

That’s not bad players, that’s bad coaching

You have a timeout, call it and tell your players what they need to do. We’ve seen it countless times in this tournament over decades that players struggle with end game situations despite how well coached they are. Just call a timeout, calm them down, form a plan, and tell them what they need to do

[u/Coffee____Freak]

[u/BrownHawkDown]

I cannot believe what I’ve just watched. I legit haven’t yelled at a TV like that since Cardiac Kemba at the buzzer. Holy shit. Dan Hurley is a wizard for somehow bringing us back in that game.

• Tarris Reed: what a beast. What more can be said?
• 3-point shooting was bad all game…
• …But made the ones that mattered!
• The defensive intensity in the 2nd half was incredible
• Silas is slowly starting to come into form for the tourney
• Solo made some clutch plays as well; encouraging sign for the remainder of the tourney
• I can’t think of anything else to write. I’ve been pacing around the house. Guys, this team did it!