MBB: Michigan St 68, Duke 67 Post-Game Thread (Elite 8)

[JBDuke]

Put your post-game thoughts here. Remember, no venting or bashing.

[WHOneedsSOX]

Ugly game for Duke. Should've been a solid win.

[J4Kop99]

Turnovers all night... and then a missed free throw. Absolutely brutal way to go down.

[uh_no]

Ugly game for Duke. Should've been a solid win.

too many turnovers. game.

Best of luck guys. it was a fun year.

[Wander]

The sport of college basketball isn't worthy of Zion.

I'm just going to assume Duke knew that, and that's why we didn't let Zion take any of the last three shots. Only sensible explanation.

[duke96]

Ugly game for Duke. Should've been a solid win.

Yeah we actually matched up with them pretty well I thought. Turnovers and inconsistent play generally didn’t help us. That last 3 was a killer.

[CoachJ10]

We had this game won. Da@n.

[WHOneedsSOX]

It was fun watching Zion all year. Really thought he'd carry them all the way.

[flyingdutchdevil]

Veteran team. Extremely well coached. Winston is just an absolute player.

Reminds me of 2010 Duke.

[J4Kop99]

We need to be careful to not give RJ too hard of a time... but duke HAS to get the ball to Zion at some point during those last 3 possessions. Inexcusable.

[godins]

I've cherished every minute these guys have given with the Duke jersey on their backs.

Ultimately, I think there was an element of complacency that didn't jibe with their "killers kill" slogan. If killers really killed, we would have put Michigan State away today in the first half instead of letting them go on a 13-0 run to end the half. I couldn't tell you the last time this Duke team put a game away before halftime. With a margin of error that small, days like today happen.

[Potato]

Tatum, Zion, Bagley
0 Final 4’s

[Dub]

I’m more sad than usual for this team. Our top 3 (maybe 4) will go on to be pros and we’ll start all over from scratch next season. Feel bad for Zion and crew but such is life. Look forward to next years group. Lets go Duke!

[pamtelp]

Ugly game for Duke. Should've been a solid win.

Have to say that offense we ran for this game and the second half of last game - pass to Barrett on the wing and screen for him - was not very fun to watch. No ball movement. We played an NBA offense. Wish we could have mixed it up.

[WakeDevil]

The most disappointing season of my lifetime.

This is not the Matrix. You cannot dodge that many bullets.

Two players should not be going to the NBA. We all know who the are.

[kako]

5 thoughts:

1. Hard to really talk about the game right now.

2. Proud of DeLaurier stepping up.

3. Duke had two Achilles' heels. 3 point shooting was ok this game, good enough. FT shooting was not.

4. Hard to say goodbye to Zion and RJ. I wish them well.

5. Izzo really coached his team well. Congrats to Sparty.

9F

[chrishoke]

Ahhhhhhh see ya!

[dukefanSD]

It was a really tough end to one of the most memorable years. I wish nothing but the best for our guys. I hate losing to Michigan State because so many pundits had them winning and I love proving them wrong.

[House G]

I’m curious why we didn’t use our fouls when we had the 4 point lead.

[Dukehk]

The three at the end killed us. We were slow on the switch and I'm surprised the defense lost it.

Can't blame RJ for the missed free throws. We made some freshmen errors right at the end.

Proud of this team, and it felt like we should have got the win. They were allowed to absolutely assault Zion and RJ all game long.

Also, I thought we ran the same play over and over and over again too many times. Why not get some of the other guys involved in the offense? Cam didn't even see the ball for 3-4 minutes..

Sometimes, its necessary to run a play or two for a different look rather than Iso Zion and RJ on that left wing.