Jason Evans

Like, I'm not sure how these guys really, really knew that kind of stuff.

I mean, I think they probably knew it because a couple of these guys have a father who understood what the floor slap means because Duke doesn't do it as much as they did in the 80s and 90s.

I love, by the way, that when we did the floor slap, what's his name, Odom, the Virginia coach is like, timeout.

He's like, we're not.

toughness toughness toughness toughness came through again and again from this team and you know what else clutch it it is it is really easy to have this absurd narrative that oh you know duke folds when when winning time is here and all that other kind of stuff we've heard it before it's

I hate that we even have to address it because it's so absurd.

Donald, here's how clutch this game was.

Here's how tense this game was.

The game was tied 12 different times.

The lead changed 16 different times.

My heart was racing.

The entire second half, I could feel my heart beating, especially like the final 10 minutes.

From the 14.08 mark of the second half until 1.59 when Isaiah hit a couple free throws to give Duke a four-point lead.

Again, from 14.08 to 1.59, it was a one-possession game.

Every single possession was a one-possession game.

No team led by more than three points.

14.08 mark until the two-minute mark in the game.

And you know what?

I mean, yeah, Duke got up four with Tunis left, but for the final entire 1840 of this game, it was never more than a four-point game.

This is the definition of clutch.