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Since 2009 - Duke results in the NCAA Tournament

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Alaskan_Assassin_21

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2010 & 2015 - Championship
2012 [Lehigh] & 2014 [Mercer] - Historic upset

The rest were "blowouts" resulting from massive runs by our opponents in the 2nd Half


2009 vs #3 Villanova [Sweet 16] - "Duke trailed 26-23 and hit the first basket of the second half, but Villanova scored 12 of the next 13."

2011 vs #5 Arizona [Sweet 16] - "Arizona used a 28-9 run early in the second half"

2013 vs #1 Louisville [Elite 8] - "Cardinals used a 20-4 run in the initial part of the second half"

2016 vs #1 Oregon [Sweet 16] - "Ducks took a double-digit lead early in the second half"


This has surprised me over the past nearly decade of Duke in the NCAA Tourney. Coincidence? Teams that overachieved by keeping it close until Halftime? Or simply basketball is a game of runs and our opponent had more of them/larger one?

Maybe we can take pride in not having lost a close game to a high seeded opponent in quite some time.
 
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Quavarius

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Interesting stuff. We know it's all about matchups. If the ACCT is any indication, we've finally figured out how to go on second half runs ourselves. Hopefully it carries over to the NCAAT (or I hope we never get down where we need to go on a huge run to overcome a huge deficit).
 
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timo0402

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HeLooks2MuchLikeDave said:
We need to stomp on both teams throats and give them no hope this weekend.
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We neee to do that yes. We haven't done that in two and a half months. I hope we take the momentum and confidence we have built and take it to them.

And i cannot emphasize enough USC having home court advantage here. Some of you are already dismissing them for Marquette and I have zero clue why. This will be a home weekend for them and if they advance as I'd think they would the combination of their fans and unc fans in the same building is a huge hurdle.
 
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timo0402 said:
We neee to do that yes. We haven't done that in two and a half months. I hope we take the momentum and confidence we have built and take it to them.

And i cannot emphasize enough USC having home court advantage here. Some of you are already dismissing them for Marquette and I have zero clue why. This will be a home weekend for them and if they advance as I'd think they would the combination of their fans and unc fans in the same building is a huge hurdle.
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Because Marquette is the better and south Carolina cannot score. I don't think south Carolina will be able to take advantage of Marquette defense. But it should be a good game. I think home court advantage is more a factor when you are playing against a really good team. I just don't think usc is that good especially on offense.
 
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Neue Regel

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Oregon and Louisville were better teams so that's how it goes. Villanova was as well in 2009. I thought in 2013 Duke was the best 2 and got the strongest 1 but it is what it is.

As disgusting as 2012 and 2014 were, they are still sandwiched between 2 National Championships in 2010 and 2015. Having won it twice in that span the OP references is a big deal when you consider nobody else but UCONN has been able to win more than one.
 
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We just gloss over titles and discuss losses, other programs would die to be where we are. Kansas has suffered catastrophic tourney losses and Heels as well. Just goes with the territory.

Zona, Nova, Oregon & Lville have two combined titles since 2009, we have two ourselves.
 
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Neue Regel

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We just gloss over titles and discuss losses, other programs would die to be where we are. Kansas has suffered catastrophic tourney losses and Heels as well. Just goes with the territory.

Zona, Nova, Oregon & Lville have two combined titles since 2009, we have two ourselves.
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Exactly, you can highlight everyone's warts. Last year was UNC's first Final Four since Tyler Hansbrough was in town. Nobody has had as many high seeds/ juggernaut/bloated record type teams as Kansas has had go down prematurely.
 
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Quavarius

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Neue Regel said:
Oregon and Louisville were better teams so that's how it goes. Villanova was as well in 2009. I thought in 2013 Duke was the best 2 and got the strongest 1 but it is what it is.

As disgusting as 2012 and 2014 were, they are still sandwiched between 2 National Championships in 2010 and 2015. Having won it twice in that span the OP references is a big deal when you consider nobody else but UCONN has been able to win more than one.
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And since 2010, I wouldn't trade Duke's post season with anyone else. I mean, Kentucky has been to the FF 4 times with only one title to show for it. IF Duke wins it all this season, we will have tripled them in titles since 2010 with all of their Tournament wins, FF's and lottery picks.

Of course, they will then want to talk about their all-time history instead of A.C. (Afta Cal).
 
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That Louisville squad wasn't better. We were about to take control and would of won the game if not for a broke leg that made them play out of their minds. Pitino used that to win a ship.
 
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Quavarius

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pisgah101 said:
That Louisville squad wasn't better. We were about to take control and would of won the game if not for a broke leg that made them play out of their minds. Pitino used that to win a ship.
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That '13 UL outscored their tournament opponents more than the '12 UK team. They were rolling by the time the tournament came around.
 
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timo0402

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Quavarius said:
That '13 UL outscored their tournament opponents more than the '12 UK team. They were rolling by the time the tournament came around.
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That Louisville team was fantastic and deserving. I was pissed we were the two in their region. I felt that they and Duke were the two best teams that year heading into the tourney and it was Bs to slot us in their region.
 
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timo0402 said:
That Louisville team was fantastic and deserving. I was pissed we were the two in their region. I felt that they and Duke were the two best teams that year heading into the tourney and it was Bs to slot us in their region.
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This I thought we were the two best and that team was good don't get me wrong but we were better and I'll always believe that. Just like we were better than that U.K. Team
 
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Quavarius

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timo0402 said:
That Louisville team was fantastic and deserving. I was pissed we were the two in their region. I felt that they and Duke were the two best teams that year heading into the tourney and it was Bs to slot us in their region.
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If we wouldn't have lost our first game in the ACC Tournament, we may have been a 1-seed
 
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pisgah101 said:
That Louisville squad wasn't better. We were about to take control and would of won the game if not for a broke leg that made them play out of their minds. Pitino used that to win a ship.
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if im not mistaken we beat them in the battle for atlantis tournament.
 
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