Let’s be honest: for more than 30 minutes, and intensely for about 20 Tuesday night, Duke got its ass kicked by Louisville.
When Alex O’ Connell bobbled the ball out of bounds on the baseline with 9:41, Duke was down 59-36.
Cam Reddish hit a long three and then pressured the ball and Jordan Goldwire picked it up and took off for a layup which he missed badly. It began to look as if Duke woke up but things were still going Louisville’s way.
Louisville missed a three and then Reddish hit another very long one with 7:07 left to cut the lead to 59-40.