Grant Hill is so so so eager to prove he’s not a Duke homer, that he goes the other way quite often. It’s irritating as hell. I hate it when he does a Duke game. He’s like the GOP estabs...so afraid of what people think, in a way.
Wisconsin had nothing to complain about in the first half....numerous things went their way. Duke was determined to drive the ball on them in the second half, and they did. Duke was just quick enough to beat them.
Maybe the finger touching out of bounds call was wrong, but I doubt Wisconsin would have made the come back anyway.
The one thing that was unfortunate (and slightly unfair) was the game before for each team; those games gave Duke a big edge in the championship game.
If that game had been played with multiple days of rest in between, I think Wisconsin would have survived the intensity of the Duke comeback. It was too much to beat the two best teams in the tournament back to back in two days. Had Duke played someone like Arizona in the final four, that too would have made it tougher for them.
Stuff happens. You have to admire the Duke freshmen guards that won that thing, amazing talent and poise.