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Jon Scheyer Won’t Let Elite Eight Collapse Define Duke’s Season<\/h1>\n
Jon Scheyer is taking the positives with the negatives.<\/div>\n
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It has been about a week since the 1-seed Duke Blue Devils suffered a catastrophic collapse to 2-seed UConn in the Elite Eight. After the Blue Devils held a lead as large as 19 points in the first half, they folded to ultimately lose 73-72.<\/p>\n

Throughout the second half, it felt like UConn was always going to make a push back, but no one could have predicted quite how the game would end.\u00a0Duke<\/u>\u00a0inbounded the ball up 72-70 with 10 seconds to go, and Cayden Boozer attempted to float the ball over half-court to Patrick Ngongba.<\/p>\n

The ball was tipped into UConn’s favor, eventually found Braylon Mullins, and the rest was history.<\/p>\n

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Duke Suffers Monumental Collapses in Back-to-Back Seasons<\/h2>\n

Against UConn,\u00a0Duke<\/u>\u00a0held a 15-point lead at halftime, a 17-point lead with just under 17 to go, an 11-point lead with under eight to play, and a five-point lead with under two minutes left. It still found a way to lose the game.<\/p>\n

Before the Blue Devils’ fold, 1-seeds in the NCAA Tournament that held a lead of 15 points or more at the halftime break were 134-0.<\/p>\n

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This defeat comes on the heels of another Duke collapse, where it blew a 66-59 lead in the final minute and a half in last season’s Final Four against Houston. The Blue Devils were outscored 11-1 across the final minute and change to fall to the Cougars.<\/p>\n

Previously, NCAA Tournament teams that had a higher field goal percentage, more assists, more free throw attempts, more steals, and fewer turnovers than their opponent were 335-0.<\/p>\n

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Jon Scheyer Won’t Let Collapse Define Season<\/h2>\n

The tragic loss will take time for the Duke program and its fans to heal from, but the reality is that it still had a vastly successful season. The Blue Devils won 35 games, took home the ACC regular-season and Tournament titles, and made the Elite Eight.<\/p>\n

Duke also went 11-2 against AP Top 25 opponets this year, more wins over ranked opponents than any team in the sport and tied for the most wins over ranked teams in a single season in the AP Poll era.<\/p>\n

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Ahead of the Final Four, Scheyer said he won’t let the collapse define the Blue Devils’ entire campaign.<\/p>\n

“Well, I’m not shying away from the fact that there’s some incredible heartbreak and disappointment when you lose the way we did on Sunday,”\u00a0Scheyer said.<\/u><\/p>\n

“I mean, we’ve lost in two unimaginable ways the last two seasons. At the same time, we’ve been in back-to-back-to-back Elite Eights for the first time in 30-something years. We’ve had really good success in the tournament. It just hasn’t ended with a win the way that we want.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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