Duke Basketball vs Virginia: 63 - 62

I don't know how far Duke will get in the March Madness Tournament. With 6 players and a 7th who plays 5-ish minutes, that just doesn't seem like a team that can go very far. With that said, victories against a top notch team like Virginia are sweet to watch. (At this point, I'm assuming Amile Jefferson redshirts. With 6 games left -- and there is no sense he's coming back against Carolina -- how can he possibly rotate back in with ease?)

This game was played with both teams attempting to pull away during different points in the game. In the middle of the first half, Virginia pulled away with an 11 point lead. Duke fought back and was down only 3 at the half.

Duke made a run of their own in the middle of the 2nd half, getting up as much as 7.

Then Virginia fought back. The game was tight for the last 8 minutes though Duke held the lead or was in a tie until the final seconds. With 11 seconds left, Virginia's Brogdon made a hope and a prayer reverse layup. I think Duke's defense was tight and he just tossed it up, hoping it would go in. It did. Ouch.

Duke brought the ball up to the floor and then called a time out. That's when Grayson Allen took the ball down the lane and got the ball in as time ran out.

Was it travelling? Well, yeah. There is a perfect photo of it out there. Of course, as was mentioned by one article I read, in full speed it is something that is hard to catch as it all went down in about 0.2 seconds.

So . .  .

Chase Jeter has to step it up. He needs to be the 7th man. Sure, Duke wasn't that deep last year either, but at least Marshall Plumlee and Grayson Allen played some minutes as a 7th and 8th member of the team.

Duke needs to hit their free throws. They helped Virginia get back into the game during the 2nd half by missing some key free throws.