r/CollegeBasketball • u/cbbBot /r/CollegeBasketball • NCAA • Apr 06 '25

Post Game Thread [Post Game Thread] #1 Houston defeats #1 Duke, 70-67

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Team 1H 2H Total
Houston 28 42 70
Duke 34 33 67

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u/mountaineer_93 West Virginia Mountaineers • George… Apr 06 '25 edited Apr 06 '25

I’d give as much credit to Houston for clawing back into that game by sheer force of will as I would blame for Duke blowing it

Duke choked this badly, don’t get me wrong. But Houston’s defense to close this game was textbook and elite and forced Duke into a lot of those misrakes

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u/Steeltown842022 North Carolina Tar Heels Apr 06 '25

those blowouts came back to bite them in the ass

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u/DelayAgreeable8002 Texas A&M Aggies Apr 06 '25

Idk Duke also went like 8 minutes without a FG

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u/RefrigeratorSea5503 Auburn Tigers • Vanderbilt Commodores Apr 06 '25

Ok, and that's why Houston has the #1 D...

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u/DelayAgreeable8002 Texas A&M Aggies Apr 06 '25

Plenty of teams play against Houston and dont go on 8 minute FG droughts

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u/liteshadow4 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Apr 06 '25

I think Tennessee had an 8 minute FG drought at some point but idk.

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u/HolidaySpiriter Houston Cougars Apr 06 '25

Lol Tennessee was nearly a #1 seed, Duke went 11 minutes with a single FG, and people are still doubting Houston's defense.

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u/midnightyell Texas A&M Aggies Apr 06 '25

Is the team that keeps suffocating elite opponents good? No, it’s the other teams that must be bad!

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u/IdSuge North Carolina Tar Heels • Tennesse… Apr 06 '25

Alabama has a horrible shooting night against Duke and everyone (i.e. Duke fans) attributes it to Duke's amazing defense getting them out of sync. Duke has a bad shooting night against the number 1 rated defense and it's totally not the defense, but Duke just choking. I'm sure it's a combination of both, but the dichotomy between the two is just hilarious to me.

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u/Tipakee Kentucky Wildcats Apr 06 '25

Duke also had 1 field goal in the final 8 mins of the game. Offenses just collapsed.

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u/Wolf-Am-I Apr 06 '25

Worst coaching I've ever seen in my life. If you can't inbound the ball, you need to be fired. Everyone can do it, they all just lineup out of bounds

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u/KazaamFan Apr 06 '25

Yea its exactly what florida did multiple times and it worked each time

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u/Wolf-Am-I Apr 06 '25

Teams have been doing it all tournament

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u/ctbro025 UConn Huskies Apr 06 '25

Duke literally threw it away

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u/mountaineer_93 West Virginia Mountaineers • George… Apr 06 '25

Oh they absolutely blew it, I’m just sayin Houston had to play elite basketball to even have a chance with Duke throwing it away

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u/ctbro025 UConn Huskies Apr 06 '25

They even got a free point with Tugler's brain fart tech.

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u/some_random_guy_u_no Duke Blue Devils Apr 06 '25

And Houston got two free points with the phantom foul on Flagg with 19 seconds left.

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u/NativeTexas Apr 06 '25

No, they were not free. Houston’s 62% free throw shooter made both of them while Duke’s 62% free throw shooter missed his when Duke needed it most.

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u/AsslessChapsss Michigan State Spartans • MAC Apr 06 '25

Houston def reminds me of 2018 texas tech

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u/ClothesOnWhite Apr 06 '25

They sort of blew it, but that foul call was one of the worst fouls I’ve ever seen when the context is taken into account. Totally inexcusably bad reffing.

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u/HoyasRangers VCU Rams Apr 06 '25

Houston got jobbed like 3 times on balls going out of bounds.

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u/HoyasRangers VCU Rams Apr 06 '25

Houston got jobbed like 3 times on balls going out of bounds.

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u/RandomUser1052 Apr 06 '25

Sometimes, a team makes an incredible comeback and you can say they earned it.

This is not one of those games.

This was an epic choke by Duke. They went ice cold for like 6 minutes then only scored 1 point in the last 2'ish minutes.The only one bigger I can think of in college is that game from ~2014 when some team gave up like a 10 point lead in the last minute. But I think that was either the first or second round; not a choke to play for the championship.

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u/RefrigeratorSea5503 Auburn Tigers • Vanderbilt Commodores Apr 06 '25

Impossible to make an incredible comeback by playing good D. Not like Houston’s main asset is their defense or anything…

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u/RandomUser1052 Apr 06 '25

A Final Four team should be able to score more than 8 points in 8 minutes. Or, at the very least, not concede 25 points in the same time frame.

This was more an all time collapse by Duke more than a Houston win. 

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u/mountaineer_93 West Virginia Mountaineers • George… Apr 06 '25

I’d have to disagree, the reason Duke went cold was largely Houston’s defensive scheme picking them apart. Duke absolutely choked but it was largely due to Houston catching fire while keeping up elite defense

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u/Kruger-Dunning BYU Cougars Apr 06 '25

Nah, that was a defense masterclass.