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Duke headed into the men's 2026 NCAA tournament as the No. 1 overall seed in the bracket but is leaving without a national championship.
The Blue Devils blew a 15-point halftime lead as the Huskies advanced to their third Final Four in four years, winning 73-72 on Braylon Mullins' deep 3-pointer
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Mullins Madness! Freshman's 35-footer gives UConn a 73-72 win over Duke and a Final Four spot
WASHINGTON (AP) — Braylon Mullins sank a desperation 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left to give UConn an astonishing 73-72 victory over top-seeded Duke on Sunday, earning the Huskies a spot in the Final Four after they rallied from a 19-point first-half deficit.
The UConn Huskies trailed by as many as 19 points, but came back to stun the Duke Blue Devils 73-72 in the Elite 8 on a last-second 3-pointer.
Bill Murray's son, Luke, is an assistant coach for the UConn Huskies, who upset No. 1 Duke in historic fashion.
Jon Scheyer and Duke have now ended the season in stunning fashion once again.
Back when he first came to town – back when some of his Big East peers derided his school as the Northwestern of the conference and questioned why Dave Gavitt even let them in – Jim Calhoun tried to solve UConn’s identity crisis one misinformed person at a time.