Some Duke game, inevitably, are linked with others. Take for instance the 1990 and 1991 UNLV games. Consider also the three games against Michigan’s Fab Five, all three of which Duke won. Arguably you could take every game Duke played against Kentucky since the Laettner Game and tie them together.
So it is with the 2008 and 2010 West Virginia games.
In 2008, West Virginia was far more rugged than was Duke. The Blue Devils had a nice core but it was young and it took a beating. Worse, the Mountaineers, particularly Joe Mazzulla, clearly enjoyed taunting the Blue Devils.