As is almost always the case lately, Duke and Virginia came down to the wire, with Duke winning 65-61.
And as always, nothing about this was easy.
Duke built a narrow lead at the half, and though it never rose to more than eight, and Virginia never went away, they never caught up either.
In the first half, Kihei Clark put on an absolute show, hitting six threes and keeping UVA in the game because, after the game in Durham, Duke was not going to let Virginia win inside.
That carried over to the second half as Jayden Gardner did end up with 16 but only two near the basket.