Okay, wrong team won; however, that was one intense game.
Duke showed a lot of guts in this game even though they lost. They had significant foul trouble and still sent the game into over-time. In fact, Andre Dawkins was forced to guard a player that had 3 inches on him. Three Duke players fouled out of the game: Andre Dawkins, Jabari Parker and Amile Jefferson. The one that perhaps hurt the most was Amile Jefferson who was killing it during the game.
Interesting note was that during the first half, both Quinn Cook and Tyler Thornton were on the bench. So who was the point guard? Rasheed Sulaimon. It is nice to see how Sulaimon has bounced back from his early stumbles. And even though it didn't feel like it, he ended up leading the Duke team in scoring with 16.
I will admit from my perspective it felt like Syracuse was going to win the game -- even though the game was tight throughout. Other than this being perhaps a personal trait, I think that Duke's foul troubles just made this game look like it belonged to Syracuse. This made it seem like Duke always had the wrong match-ups: like Dawkins guarding a forward.
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