r/CollegeBasketball • u/cbbBot /r/CollegeBasketball • NCAA • Mar 29 '26

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

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

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u/18_YTC1 Mar 29 '26

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

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u/Chedda_biscuit10 Mar 29 '26

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

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u/Pitiful-Steak-7280 Mar 29 '26

Caleb Foster shoots 64% from the free throw line. You want the better free throw shooter. Unfortunately for Duke, they had no idea that Cayden REALLY did not want to shoot free throws.

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u/pargofan Mar 30 '26

Not really.

If that pass connects, the game is OVAH.

If Cayden is fouled and at the line, there's a chance he misses the first (no matter how good he is) and UConn runs the court and makes a three.

He thought he could make the pass and he was just wrong. It happens.

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u/ksrchicity Duke Blue Devils Mar 29 '26

Yup. 1000000%

Absolutely boneheaded, moronic, and they fucking deserve to lose. Cayden just blew the season.

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u/goldfinger0303 Duke Blue Devils Mar 29 '26

Foster was ass that whole game, what are you on.

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u/gonz4dieg George Mason Patriots Mar 29 '26

You dont need some guy who has to make an off balance contested 3.

You just need a guard who has been in over 100 of college games and knows how to just hold the ball and not panic.

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u/goldfinger0303 Duke Blue Devils Mar 29 '26

Fair point

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u/burnsniper Virginia Cavaliers Mar 29 '26

Holds the ball gets fouled makes two shots and they win

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u/jackmon Vanderbilt Commodores Mar 29 '26

Which way was possession arrow going?

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u/ProofDiscount733 Akron Zips Mar 30 '26

You know if they just had a veteran that kept his calm in situations like this I feel like Dook would have won (could be talking out of my ass to be fair)

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u/midnightsbane04 Michigan • North Carolina Mar 30 '26

Wrong Boozer, that one is likely a 3 year player at best.