By numbers: Breaking Duke’s amazing Final Four collapse

Duke looked like the 12th time was moving towards the game of the national championship in the history of the program. With 1:26 stayed in the game, Freshman phenomenon Cooper flagg Quietly drained two free throws to give blue devils of seven points over Houston.

The Cougar then directed the nickname “Clutch City” of their hometown and embarked on an incredible 11-1 ride.

Flagg even had the opportunity to make a basket for progress when he drove to a lane with eight seconds on an hour but The ball hit the charge and older guard Lj Cryer closed Houston’s 70-67 wins on the free throw line.

It was a wild ending, and the numbers supported it. Here are 10 of them I can know from the last thriller.

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1: Duke entered an average of 83.7 points per game on Saturday night and ranked first in Kenpom’s offensive efficiency. But blue devils had only one (one!) Field goal during the last 10:31 games. It should also be noted that Houston boasts a top defensive rank of Kenpom this season.

3: Houston made only three of his first 17 attempts naked in the night. The Cougars ended by making three attempts at the last 2:05 ADVANCEMENT Final Four Field.

6-OD-9: Teammate flagg -ai grinder Kon Knueppel led the way for blue devils. The teenagers were the only two Duke players who achieved double figures and combined 6-o 9 from 3. The rest of the Duke was only 1 of 8 behind the port. On the other hand, Cryer left the 6th-9-9 from a deep one when Houston merged to almost half (10th-in-22) of his three-point attempts.

10: Starters for both teams have made most of the heavy liftings. There were only 10 points in the game. Houston got six points from his non-ststter, while all four of the Duke came from the bench Maliq Brown.

13: Flagg may have missed the potential winner of the game but he was also the only Duke to make a shot in the last 13 minutes. The winner of the wooden award ended with high 27 points in what is probably his last collegial game.

14: With 11:54 in the game, Houston laged 56-42 before he set his return. Cougars then became Third team of 2022 gather from a 14-point deficit in Final Four. Kansas 2022 and the State of San Diego 2023 were the other two.

21: If the loss felt like Deja Vu for Duke fans, it was 21 years ago when the blue devils lost similarly in the Final Four. 2004Duke led UCONN with seven points with just over three minutes before he lost close. That game, like Saturday night, was also held in San Antony.

33: Cryer was the first player in the 33 years to have 25 points and six 3 points in the national semifinals. The last did that do that? Bobby Hurley in Final Four in 1992, by chance, Duke.

58.9: Houston fell 67-66 with the remaining 19.6 seconds when J’wan RobertsHis career 58.9 percent of free throw shots, he went to the line. The older striker has made both attempts free throwing to give Cougar their first lead since they left 6-5 in the first half with 15:25.

97.1: At 2:30, Duke Win the likelihood It was 97.1%, which is the most all night. Blue devils led 64-55 and Houston’s Milos Uzan He missed a shot at 3 points. Thanks to offensive rejection, Cougars previously owned a couple more chances Emanuel Sharp They laid it. They missed only another field goal the rest of the way.

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