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.
Well you’re right about the difference in the games on Saturday - and that had an impact ,as I predicted it would.
But over the years, Duke has had the bad luck end of that stick many times - almost always having the toughest road to the title. I’ve no guilt in enjoying the fact that it was Wisconsin that had that this year. Been there, done that.
Duke has won the title as the best team, won the title as not the best team, and lost the title as the best team. That’s how single elimination works. But winning more than one in every 5 titles over the past 24 years is amazing.