The Duke Blue Devils appeared to be headed to victory after dominating Houston for 37 minutes Saturday night in the Final Four.
Duke was up 64-55 with just over two minutes to go in the game. From there, the Cougars went on an improbable 15-3 run to stun the Blue Devils 70-67 and advance to the national championship game.
Here’s a look at how things collapsed for Duke in the closing minutes:
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Many fans and college basketball analysts are pointing to a late foul call against Cooper Flagg as the reason Houston won, but Duke only managed to convert one field in the final 10:30 of game play.