Jayson Tatum Saves Duke Teammate’s Shot with Amazing Slam vs. Notre Dame

Notre Dame is headed to their second ACC Tournament Championship in the three years after last night’s surprisingly easy win over Florida State at the Barclays Center.

“We found our rhythm offensively”, Farrell said.

The Blue Devils led by as many as nine points over halfway through the first half, holding a 27-18 advantage with less than eight minutes remaining in the frame. Duke won the 1992 and 2001 national championships out of the East Region. “I think the most-disciplined, the best-coached team, the most-focused team is the one that won the game tonight”.

Duke capitalized on foul trouble for Tar Heels point guard Joel Berry II and beat its fierce rival, 93-83. on Friday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference semifinals, setting up a tournament final against Notre Dame.

The Irish led by eight with 11:35 to go following another Beachem dunk.

“I was just trying to keep being aggressive to help keep us in the game”, he said about his performance. We know that when we’re down in games, we have to stay ourselves.

-Duke’s Grayson Allen has been a hobbled with an ankle injury and played just 12 minutes in the team’s win over Clemson.

“It was not like anything I’ve been through, these last few days”, Krzyzewski said. “‘Yes! You did it. I’m lucky to have a coach who allows me to be myself, and players that I’m surrounded by that give me all the confidence in the world”.

Tatum’s layup moved the Duke lead to 68-65 before Farrell nailed two free throws to pull the Irish to within 68-67 with 1:15 left. But it was Jones, heretofore scoreless, who made the game’s biggest shot.

Still, Brey got the final where he wanted it – down to “game situations”, as he likes to say.

Tatum then all but sealed it, getting behind the defense on an inbounds pass from Jones for a slam while being fouled. Duke F Amile Jefferson is the 11th player in school history to score 1,000 points and grab at least 900 rebounds.

Duke was in the South Region for its last two championships. USA TODAY has the Blue Devils as a No. 3 seed in Greenville. “We’ve got another chance, let’s put it that way”.

There was Allen’s suspension for tripping an opponent.

So was Krzyzewski’s seven-game absence due to back surgery. Duke is also playing in their fourth game in four days. This game was not close for the vast majority of it.

“Through everything this season, we’ve come together”, Allen said. As Notre Dame fights for their second title in three years, Duke is looking to win their tenth conference trophy since 2000. This secured Duke’s 20th ACC Tournament championship, the most all time, and officially announced to the rest of the college basketball world that the Blue Devils are a force to be reckoned with.

Following a missed three-pointer from teammate Luke Kennard, Notre Dame forgot to box out arguably the best player on the floor and he made them pay dearly.

This wasn’t that. Duke already was guaranteed a slot in the Dance, with a comfortable seed, even if they had gone one-and-done.

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It was the 21st straight victory for Vermont (29-5) – the longest streak in the nation – and the Catamounts will make their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 2012.

“We learn from here”.

“It’s a tough one to swallow”, Colson said. “But we have a whole new season to go and we still have an opportunity to cut down some nets”.