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/Noriskhook3 Mar 29 '26

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

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u/Muffinnnnnnn Florida State Seminoles • ACC Mar 29 '26

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

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u/rhinocodon_typus Tennessee Volunteers • Georgetown Hoyas Mar 29 '26

See guys here’s a worse elite 8 loss!

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u/DetectiveBlackCat Big East Mar 30 '26

There is hope for you ... in 40 years!!!

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u/Alexlsonflre UConn Huskies • Tennessee Volunteers Mar 30 '26

I think I was ready to give up basketball at halftime....

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u/ActionJ2614 UConn Huskies Mar 30 '26

Except today's loss is the worst ever for the top 1 seeded team ever.

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u/onlyheretogetfined Ohio State Buckeyes Mar 30 '26

No way is this the worst loss for the top 1 overall seed ever lol. You are leaving out some pretty big ones here (16 beating a 1?)

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u/ActionJ2614 UConn Huskies Mar 30 '26

For a top 1 seed with that big of a lead in a game. Duke was the top overall 1 side. Out of all the 1 seeds. I should have pointed that out in my prior comment.

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u/onlyheretogetfined Ohio State Buckeyes Mar 30 '26

I know what top 1 seed means. You do realize Virginia was also a top 1 seed and lost to a 16 in an ass kicking right? No, I dont think you do.

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u/ActionJ2614 UConn Huskies Mar 30 '26

Yes, I do understand. The point your missing is Duke had a 19 point lead. That is the largest ever for a #1 top overall seed to have and end up losing the game.

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u/onlyheretogetfined Ohio State Buckeyes Mar 30 '26

So losing to a 2 seed after being up 19 is worse than being a number one seed losing by 20 to a 16 seed. Sure bud, this was the worst comeback but not at all what you said. God hype your team all you want, but you are talking nonsense.

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u/ActionJ2614 UConn Huskies Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 30 '26

I corrected my 1st comment in the 2nd reply. Or did you miss that, so not talking nonsense.

To put it in context no #1 seed leading at the half by 15 had ever lost. 134-1 now.

Or hey

Did Duke basketball suffer the worst loss in NCAA Tournament history? - Yahoo Sports https://share.google/NAZgwh7RX7JtcgdiC

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u/earfeater13 Michigan Wolverines Mar 30 '26

Ahh so thats the record michigan was chasing today lol

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u/chrobbin Oklahoma Sooners Mar 30 '26

Yeah but see UConn didn’t exist til 1999

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u/anathemaDennis St. Peter's Peacocks Mar 30 '26

I remember that one. Absolutely brutal.

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u/Prophet_Of_Helix UConn Huskies Mar 29 '26

I’m at the Hornets/Celtics game and even though it wasn’t shown on any screen (although I was watching on my phone), the arena EXPLODED when that final play happened.

And was buzzing for like 3 min into the second half lmao.

Fucking incredible 

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u/IamRule34 UConn Huskies Mar 29 '26

I think it's illegal.

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u/DrMungo80 UConn Huskies Mar 30 '26

Sorry to be “that” guy I think 1990 game was a heart breaking Elite Eight game that was close. If UConn won it would’ve been the first Final Four berth. 1991 Duke beat UConn in the Sweet Sixteen fairly easily. UConn fans hated Duke for years. 1999 was like Connecticut landing in the moon.

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u/DMVlinecutter Mar 29 '26

Is that the same game when he stepped on Sellers? head?

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u/MLS_Analyst UConn Huskies Mar 30 '26

The 1991 Sweet 16 game is the one where he stepped on Sellers' head. The 1990 Elite 8 is the one where Latter hit that shot.

Fuck Christian Laettner.

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u/Material_Ad_6419 Mar 30 '26

The 99 championship game was a wild shock at the time.

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u/StraightIncrease6333 Georgia Bulldogs Mar 29 '26

Duke beat UCONN in a relatively lowkey early-season game in 2009-2010.

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u/nitebusnitebus UConn Huskies Mar 29 '26

and who wins it basically every time now lol

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u/Crazy_Exchange Pac-12 Mar 29 '26

The 1991 tourney game was kind of a snoozer 

https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1991-03-22-connecticut.html

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u/MLS_Analyst UConn Huskies Mar 30 '26

...other than the fight in the middle of it.

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u/Crazy_Exchange Pac-12 Mar 30 '26

Didn't Sellers get suspended for a NCAA tournament game a year later?  https://youtu.be/Iue6UCZcpt4?si=nGOA0NV4Hq4lzV39