Jason Evans

Cameron Boozer made two tough, tough baskets in the paint, including like in the final minute and a half.

We got a major stop at one point.

They weren't just coming down and scoring at will on us every time.

We made some plays.

We just didn't quite make enough.

And then we fell victim to a ridiculous, to call it a miracle doesn't even do it justice.

I'm not even talking about the shot.

I'm talking about the pass.

I mean, like, it took an insane confluence of stuff for Duke to lose.

And I want to remind everyone, this Duke team just went 35-3 on the season.

We won the ACC regular and tournament championships for back-to-back seasons.

This Duke team did things.

We went back decades, decades to find comparisons for this Duke team.

It was the first time in Duke basketball history

that Duke teams won 35 games in consecutive seasons in back-to-back years.

Folks, how greedy are you?

Are you really going to lament a lost season or something like that in a year where we won 35 games and hung multiple banners?

If winning a national championship is the only thing that matters to you, if the final destination is all you care about,

then you're missing a hell of a ride along the way.

There are great, amazing, once-in-a-generation teams that fail to win it all.