It isn’t how the ball bounces. It’s how you play. There comes a time in high-stakes basketball games when a team melts. That’s what happened to Duke. You could see it in the players’ body language, all through the closing half. They were playing not to lose. Houston was playing to win, with wicked, committed defense. Duke got so lame that players were dribbling off their legs and failing to inbound the ball. As a fan, it was hard to watch. I hate to say I had no faith that Cooper Flagg’s heroic final shot would go in. Then it didn’t. Through the whole 4th quarter I kept saying to my wife, “Shit, they’re going to lose.”
More the next three days at IIW. VRM Day was good. Very packed with good info about who’s working on what, especially around MyTerms.
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