[King Kong]

I set my alarm for 10:30 pm last night, and boy am I tickled to death that I did!!!  I haven't been back to sleep!! 
It was so worth it too.

I can't let this thread die without mentioning Duke's player, Flagg.  What a fantastic player this kid is and he's only 17 years old!  I know he flubbed the last two possessions, but I think he's the real deal!

I'm wondering if there are any burning couches on State Street.


And it wasn't just the win!  I LOVED the spirit, the resilience and the fight in this team.  At the ending of the game, there wasn't "playing to not lose", they were still playing to win.  When they threw the homerun on that inbounds play, I nearly wet myself!!!!!

I definitely agree with you about Flagg.  He played a awesome game overall,  for the most part.  He had like what,  26 point's and 12 rebounds,  something like that.  Plus him being only 17 is amazing especially in a big game situation like that.  The last minute or two of the game he might have been trying to do to much.  Or the Duke staff was putting to much on him or both.  

This is just Flaggs third game to.  Duke plays a brutal schedule this year.  Scary to think about how much Flagg is going to grow and get better as a player.  Same can be said about Duke's entire team.  

So I too have to give Flagg credit,  he definitely deserves it.  Even as much as it pains me to give a Duke guy credit lol

Again, Awesome performance by the Cat's.  Every so called expert I seen on TV,  was picking Duke.  Honestly I'm glad they were.  Our bunch knew we were facing adversity before this game even started.  We rose to the occasion.  

LIke one or more said on here,  overall we didn't play the best that we could.  We're going to grow from what went wrong and we're going to continue to get better.  Our efforts were good enough to beat one of the country's top ranked teams.  In all honesty I would've been happy with a strong showing,  even if we lost.  Got a bonus here by getting the win!

You could tell Pope was pumped up before this game.  His energy he brings is amazing.  Plus he seemed to stay pretty laid back with that energy,  throughout the game.  He seemed confident,  I believe his attitude really carries over to his players.