Originally Posted by
HereBeforeCoachK
Ouch, I feel for ya...that would make it painful, but you took a chance and it almost paid off big time. I gotta respect that!
I think what makes it tough for me is that with the end of the K era coming in the not too distant future, and the OAD era probably coming to an end soon too (which over all is a good thing) - Duke is likely facing a really rough transition, the end of an era. I hope it's not that rough, but I think we have to understand that possibility it might be.
So I think I was really hoping that this team and next, with all those recruits, could form another back to back chapter for K and Duke...so that he could leave Duke as the consensus GOAT, and with Duke having more total titles than the cheats, and with a trumping of their title last year.
It would also have been neat for Grayson to end up with bookend titles for his career too. Losing those 3 possibilities last night is a tough one to swallow.
that's the regret I have, well said. but maybe it was the basketball gods giving a little reprieve to the haters...they would have had sudden deaths had Grayson and K been allowed that
"I wanted it to be in my hands," Roach said of his game-sealing drive. "I wanted to take—I wanted that moment."
"Definitely was a bit personal for me," Roach added. "I mean, what happened last year, obviously, but just wanted to come out here and do anything I can to get this win, and we did that." Duke-Carolina, Cameron Indoor, Feb. 4th 2023