Coach K’s final tournament started with perhaps the bad beat of the tournament.
No. 2 Duke, favored by 18.5, allowed an uncontested dunk with roughly four seconds left in its 78-61 win over No. 15 Cal State Fullerton to blow a potential cover.
That’s one bad beat.
Making it worse for Duke backers, it seemed like they had fortune on their side when Duke grabbed a 19-point lead with just 10 seconds remaining in the game.
Cal State Fullerton had scored on its previous possession following a questionable foul to cut the deficit to 17, but Duke scored on an offensive rebound to push ahead by 19.