By The Numbers: Breaking down Duke’s stunning Final Four collapse

Duke looked like he was heading to the national championship game for the twelfth time in the history of the program. With 1:26 left in the game, a student phenomenon Cooper Flage She quietly drained two free throws to give the blue demons seven points over Houston.

Then the Koger directed the title “Clutch City” to their hometown and went on an unlikely round 11-1.

Flagg even had the opportunity to make a green light basket when he headed to the corridor with eight seconds around the clock, but Edge ball hit And a big guard LJ Cryer Close Houston 70-67 wins In the free throw line.

The finish of the wilderness, and the numbers again. Here are 10 of them know from the Four Final Film.

1: Duke entered Saturday night with an average of 83.7 points for each game and first classified in the category of offensive guarantees. But the blue demons had only one goal (one!) Over 10:31 of the game. It should also be noted that Houston is proud to classify the defensive Kinbum this season.

3Houston only three of the first 17 field attempts at night. The chopped ended by making three of the last four field goals at the final 2:05.

6 of 9: Flagg and Freshman Kon Knuepet He led the road to the blue demons. The two teenagers were the only players in Duke the two players in double numbers and merged to go to 6 out of 9. The rest of the Duke squad was only 1 out of 8 from behind the bow. On the other margin, Cryer 6 of 9 went from Deep, where Houston was connected to half (10 out of 22) of her three attempts.

10: Beginners for both teams made most of the heavy lifting. There were only 10 points of the bench in the game. Houston got six points of non -levels, while Duke’s four seat points came Malik Brown.

13Maybe Flagg has lost the possible winner of the game, but he was also the only Duke player To make a shot in the last 13 minutes. The Wooden Prize winner with 27 points in the match most likely ended his final team game.

14: With 11:54 in the game, Houston exceeded 56-42 before returning to his return. Then it became the chop The third team since 2022 To gather from the deficit of 14 points in the fourth final. Kansas in 2022 and San Diego State in 2023 are the other two.

21: If you feel the loss like Deja Vu for Duke fans, then it was 21 years ago when the Blue Devils lost in a similar way in the four finals. In 2004Duke was leading Uconn with seven points with slightly more than three minutes to go before losing one close. That game, like Saturday night, was also held in San Antonio.

33Cryer was the first player in 33 years to have 25 points and six three -shores in the national semi -finals. The last thing is that? Bobby Hurley in the 1992 final with, by chance, Duke.

58.9Houston decreased 67-66 with 19.6 seconds staying when Joys RobertsThe profession of 58.9 percent of the free throwing, went to the line. The great striker built free throwing attempts to give the chop the first progress since they advanced 6-5 with 15:25 in the first half.

97.1: At 2:30, Duke The possibility of winning It was 97.1 %, and up every evening. Blue demons led 64-55 and Houston Milos Ozan He missed a 3 -point snapshot. Thanks to the offensive bounce, the chopped had two other chances of possession before Emmanuel Sharp Put it in. Only one goal was missed the rest of the road.

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