2015 March Madness Bracket

[pgardn]

DUKE on the ball defense is too intense

Dukes guards are clearly better.

Its up to WIS big men.

[RD2191]

College basketball is so shitty.

[urunobili]

I think Winslow will be the best player from all the ones on the court right now...

[DMX7]

College basketball is so shitty.

It looks like playground ball right now. Spurs are clinical in their style of plan which makes this look even worse by comparison if it's the only team you've really followed regularly.

[UZER]

:lol was that Mike Krzyzewski or Scott Brooks. "we need fouls called" :cry

[Infinite_limit]

It looks like playground ball right now. Spurs are clinical in their style of plan which makes this look even worse by comparison if it's the only team you've really followed regularly.
Duke is a hybrid of Spurs/Heat.

[pgardn]

College basketball is so shitty.

Thanks Rob.

You can stop watching and GTFO.

[DMX7]

Duke is a hybrid of Spurs/Heat.

Maybe... they don't execute at Spurs level regardless though... they would get run off the floor if they played the Spurs.

[pgardn]

It looks like playground ball right now. Spurs are clinical in their style of plan which makes this look even worse by comparison if it's the only team you've really followed regularly.

If you are mostly used to watching the Spurs 2/3 of the NBA is shitty.

[Infinite_limit]

Not sure how anyone can complain. Great 1st Half of basketball. Duke is a fast break team

[Infinite_limit]

Okafor no show thus far

[pgardn]

Not sure how anyone can complain. Great 1st Half of basketball. Duke is a fast break team

Okafor is looking like a freshman.
If Duke wins this game with him really not contributing, impressive.

[MultiTroll]

:lol Dukeref to the rescue after Whisky had built up 9 point lead.

Now all Dukes crap falling in.

[Clipper Nation]

Okafor is overrated and soft. Dude plays absolutely no defense and can't rebound for shit.

:lol Anyone who drafts him over Towns

[pgardn]

Okafor is being completely outplayed but Dukes guards keep them in this.

[CitizenDwayne]

Kaminsky sure gets away with a lot of pushing around in the paint. Hard for Okafor to really exert himself as a result

[pgardn]

Okafor is overrated and soft.

:lol Anyone who drafts him over Towns

He has got fantastic post moves. But he is not long and his D is not very good.
He will get drafted top 3, he's a frickn freshman Clipper.

[MultiTroll]

:lol This talk about pros.
I think the best high school team could give either one of these a run for the money.

Another Dook flop rewarded. Great.

[Infinite_limit]

Whoa Wisconsin is getting so lucky with all these Duke close range misses

[pgardn]

:lol This talk about pros.
I think the best high school team could give either one of these a run for the money.

Another Dook flop rewarded. Great.

You are an idiot.
And I mean that in a nice way.

[Clipper Nation]

He has got fantastic post moves. But he is not long and his D is not very good.
He will get drafted top 3, he's a frickn freshman Clipper.

Towns is a freshman too, and the better player. I get that Okafor has some nice post moves, but what good are those when you're soft? Towns has shown some flashes of a good post game here and there as well, but he also actually plays defense.

[MultiTroll]

You are an idiot.
And I mean that in a nice way.
eh you don't now much about team basketball.

[pgardn]

Towns is a freshman too, and the better player. I get that Okafor has some nice post moves, but what good are those when you're soft? Towns has shown some flashes of a good post game here and there as well, but he also actually plays defense.

Yep.

Which is why he will go ahead of Okafor

Probably 1-2

[lefty]

:lol college hoops

Still better than beisbol

[pgardn]

eh you don't now much about team basketball.


You don't know much about any basketball if you have seen a HS team that could beat these teams.

[Clipper Nation]

:lol college hoops

Still better than beisbol

:lol Third-world kickball

[MultiTroll]

:lol college hoops

Still better than beisbol
dumbfs like pgardn impressed with the team ball.

[lefty]

:lol Third-world kickball

:lol Clippers
:lol Expos
:lol cucked by Dodgers, lockout and Loria

[pgardn]

dumbfs like pgardn impressed with the team ball.

Give me the name of a HS team that plays better BBall than these 2 teams chief?

[Clipper Nation]

:lmao Refs
:lmao Most rigged shit ever
:lmao This is why nobody watches this crap sport until March

[Cry Havoc]

:lmao Refs

:lmao Fucking worthless toolbags

[ploto]

Should have been Wisconsin ball.

[ploto]

3 point game!

[pgardn]

Oh yes.

Always the refs...

The go to cop out in every sport by every frustrated viewer.

[TheCultOfPersonality]

That was the best Wisconsin can do? A long 2.

[Silver&Black]

:tu Infinite_limit

Congrats....

[DMX7]

Wisconsin choked hard down the stretch.

[Silver&Black]

Dat out of bounds call doe.......

It's the National Fucking Championship....how do you not get that call right?

[TheCultOfPersonality]

Wisconsin choked hard down the stretch.
Yep.

[DMX7]

Coach K needs to go pro.

[CitizenDwayne]

Pathetic officiating and an embarrassing Wisconsin chokejob.

Congrats Duke on one of the least impressive title runs in recent history :bobo

[Clipper Nation]

Coach K needs to go pro.

He's too much of a pussy to coach in a league where he can't buy stacked teams and be handed titles by refs just because of the Dook brand.

[pgardn]

Duke really had much superior ball handlers.
Okafor was a no show most of the game.

Duke played better. Fair result.

I will be interested to see how high Kaminsky goes in the draft.

[DMX7]

Pathetic officiating and an embarrassing Wisconsin chokejob.

Congrats Duke on one of the least impressive title runs in recent history :bobo

UCONN's just last year was less impressive.

[JMarkJohns]

Dekker finally had an off night, Duke capitalizes.

[pgardn]

Dekker finally had an off night, Duke capitalizes.

Yeah he did.
That really hurt Wisky.

[DMX7]

Duke went from one-and-done last year to the National Championship. That's pretty impressive.

[RD2191]

It looks like playground ball right now. Spurs are clinical in their style of plan which makes this look even worse by comparison if it's the only team you've really followed regularly.
Yeah, as I was watching all I could think about the level of Spurs ball movement and execution.

[TampaDude]

Dook wins, as we expected. They would've beaten Kentucky, too.

Kaminsky will drown his sorrows in NBA million$ soon. No worries.

[RD2191]

Refs put in work tbh.

[Blizzardwizard]

Wisconsin :lol

Kaminsky :lol

[TampaDude]

Duke went from one-and-done last year to the National Championship. That's pretty impressive.

Yeah...I don't really care much for Duke, but damn, Coach K is the man.

[FkLA]

Coach K needs to go pro.

Nah he knows he has it good at Dook.

What he really needs to do is stop being an egotistical faggot and step down from Team USA so Pop can rightfully take over. Why does this faggot think he can stay on for multiple Olympics anyway?

[FkLA]

Duke went from one-and-done last year to the National Championship. That's pretty impressive.

They have like 8 McDonald's All-Americans on their roster. Kentucky has 9. Nobody else has more than 1.

Not really that impressive tbh.

[RD2191]

Pop will never be an Olympic coach. His character and demand for excellence is too much for faggots like Lebron to handle.

[FkLA]

Pop will never be an Olympic coach. His character and demand for excellence is too much for faggots like Lebron to handle.

He was Larry Brown's right hand man. Had a short stint as HC before Coach K jumped the line. Now this egotistical faggot refuses to step down after winning gold (like other coaches before him have done).

[Clipper Nation]

Duke went from one-and-done last year to the National Championship. That's pretty impressive.

Not that impressive when you get handed the easiest bracket and every call from the refs every year. Dook should win the national title every year with all the help they're given.

[Malik Hairston]

Didn't watch the game, all I'm hearing about is that the refs were heavily favoring Duke..accurate?

[RD2191]

He was Larry Brown's right hand man. Had a short stint as HC before Coach K jumped the line. Now this egotistical faggot refuses to step down after winning gold (like other coaches before him have done).
Well fuck coach k then.:lol

[Clipper Nation]

Pop will never be an Olympic coach. His character and demand for excellence is too much for faggots like Lebron to handle.

LeBron has publicly endorsed Pop as the Olympic coach, though :lol

[DMX7]

They have like 8 McDonald's All-Americans on their roster. Kentucky has 9. Nobody else has more than 1.

Not really that impressive tbh.

You still got to coach them and most are inexperienced, so you have to make-up for that against the teams that do have experience.

[Blizzardwizard]

Duke :hat

Great champions! :cry

[Clipper Nation]

Duke :hat

Great champions! :cry

:lol White Sux
:lol Royals putting up 10 runs on your asses
:lol Season already over, one game in
:lol Shitcago

[FkLA]

LeBron has publicly endorsed Pop as the Olympic coach, though :lol

Pop is nationally recognized as the best coach. It's his turn to run Team USA. Too bad this Polish faggot is so self absorbed he probably won't give up the HC position until he's in a coffin.

[Blizzardwizard]

:lol White Sux
:lol Royals putting up 10 runs on your asses
:lol Season already over, one game in
:lol Shitcago

Da fuck? Beisbol? :lol I'm a Jose Abreu fan, and if you paid attention, the scoreline was 10-1. Who scored that one run by jacking the ball into the crowd?

Abreu :cry

[FkLA]

You still got to coach them and most are inexperienced, so you have to make-up for that against the teams that do have experience.

Sure they coach but I wouldn't call it impressive. NBA talent usually wins out over experience in college bball. I wouldn't call anything Callipari does impressive either tbf.

[Clipper Nation]

Da fuck? Beisbol? :lol I'm a Jose Abreu fan, and if you paid attention, the scoreline was 10-1. Who scored that one run by jacking the ball into the crowd?

Abreu :cry

Abreu will be a great Montreal Expo in a few years.

[Blizzardwizard]

Abreu will be a great Montreal Expo in a few years.

Fuckin' Expos. :lol

0 rings :lol

Doing the right thing and trading star player Tim Raines to a superior baseball team in '95 :lol

Canadian baseball :lol

Beisbol :lol

[Clipper Nation]

Fuckin' Expos. :lol

0 rings :lol

Doing the right thing and trading star player Tim Raines to a superior baseball team in '95 :lol

Canadian baseball :lol

Beisbol :lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okXhAC78d4Q

^ Replace "Mets" with "White Sox" and that sums up your season :lol

[pgardn]

Didn't watch the game, all I'm hearing about is that the refs were heavily favoring Duke..accurate?

Fair result.

Duke was the better team tonight.
Coach K is turning into a rat face though.
Its quite frightening.

[Infinite_limit]

:tu Infinite_limit (http://www.spurstalk.com/forums/member.php?u=43624)

Congrats....
Thank you amigo. Masterpiece by Coach K.

[Clipper Nation]

Thank you amigo. Masterpiece by Coach K.

Bandwagon faggot.

[Infinite_limit]

Duke went from one-and-done last year to the National Championship. That's pretty impressive.
You could argue K failed twice with the one & dones: Rivers & Parker. This is a giant resurgence for the Program. Another 5 years

Cook = 0 ACC titles

[BatManu20]

Probably the worst officiated 2nd half I've ever seen in a college basketball game, tbh. Was pulling for Duke (even though I really just wanted to see a good game), mostly cause I was getting tired of Wisconsin getting all the hype throughout the tournament and seeing Kamisnky's mug everywhere. But, as the 2nd half went on, I almost started to pull for Wiscy after they were blatantly getting jobbed by the officials, tbh. It was almost like it was a completely different officiating crew the 2nd half. Countless blown calls in Duke's favor, especially in the last 10 minutes of the 2nd half. Blown charge call, Winslow's blatant step out of bounds no-call which resulted in 2 pts for Duke, the ball clearly going off of Winslow's fingers, etc. Multiple blown calls that kept Duke alive and then sealed it for them down the stretch. Wisconsin definitely shit the bed too in the last 3 minutes, and still glad Duke won overall, tbh, but damn that was hard to watch, imvho.

[Infinite_limit]

Probably the worst officiated 2nd half I've ever seen in a college basketball game, tbh. Was pulling for Duke (even though I really just wanted to see a good game), mostly cause I was getting tired of Wisconsin getting all the hype throughout the tournament and seeing Kamisnky's mug everywhere. But, as the 2nd half went on, I almost started to pull for Wiscy after they were blatantly getting jobbed by the officials, tbh. It was almost like it was a completely different officiating crew the 2nd half. Countless blown calls in Duke's favor, especially in the last 10 minutes of the 2nd half. Blown charge call, Winslow's blatant step out of bounds no-call which resulted in 2 pts for Duke, the ball clearly going off of Winslow's fingers, etc. Multiple blown calls that kept Duke alive and then sealed it for them down the stretch. Wisconsin definitely shit the bed too in the last 3 minutes, and still glad Duke won overall, tbh, but damn that was hard to watch, imvho.
College Basketball usually has the Jekyll & hyde Halves. Having 4 Quarters vs 2 Halfs would probably improve this but I love how quickly CBB games move.

I felt Wisconsin got a little more calls in the 1st Half and Duke many more in the 2nd Half

[Infinite_limit]

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[Mal]

Probably the worst officiated 2nd half I've ever seen in a college basketball game, tbh. Was pulling for Duke (even though I really just wanted to see a good game), mostly cause I was getting tired of Wisconsin getting all the hype throughout the tournament and seeing Kamisnky's mug everywhere. But, as the 2nd half went on, I almost started to pull for Wiscy after they were blatantly getting jobbed by the officials, tbh. It was almost like it was a completely different officiating crew the 2nd half. Countless blown calls in Duke's favor, especially in the last 10 minutes of the 2nd half. Blown charge call, Winslow's blatant step out of bounds no-call which resulted in 2 pts for Duke, the ball clearly going off of Winslow's fingers, etc. Multiple blown calls that kept Duke alive and then sealed it for them down the stretch. Wisconsin definitely shit the bed too in the last 3 minutes, and still glad Duke won overall, tbh, but damn that was hard to watch, imvho.

I didnt watch the game, but read some opinions about it and I heard there was also no call on Okafor step out of bound, resulted in and-1.

[Silver&Black]

I didnt watch the game, but read some opinions about it and I heard there was also no call on Okafor step out of bound, resulted in and-1.

Biggest call of the game was the out of bounds call.

Wisconsin down by i think 5....maybe 1:30 left in the game...and there is a ball that goes out of bounds. The refs call Duke basketball....but it's so close that they review it (so it had to be under 2:00 left). After several replays you can obviously tell that the ball was last touched by a Duke player. But the refs award the ball to Duke anyways...basically saying that there was not enough evidence. Bullshit call tbh....anybody with two good eyes could see it was Wisconsin's ball.

Duke then hits a three on the very next play to go up by 8....basically ending the game.

[Mal]

Biggest call of the game was the out of bounds call.

Wisconsin down by i think 5....maybe 1:30 left in the game...and there is a ball that goes out of bounds. The refs call Duke basketball....but it's so close that they review it (so it had to be under 2:00 left). After several replays you can obviously tell that the ball was last touched by a Duke player. But the refs award the ball to Duke anyways...basically saying that there was not enough evidence. Bullshit call tbh....anybody with two good eyes could see it was Wisconsin's ball.

Duke then hits a three on the very next play to go up by 8....basically ending the game.

I dont know why but Duke is always favoured by the refs. I cant remember situation when refs screw Duke. It`s fair or Duke favour

[Malik Hairston]

:lol Infinite cheering for the Blackest Duke team of all-time, tbh..

[Silver&Black]

I dont know why but Duke is always favoured by the refs. I cant remember situation when refs screw Duke. It`s fair or Duke favour

I won't go as far as to say that it "cost Wisconsin the championship"....but it sure as hell didn't help.

It's the National Championship game....and you're reviewing the play....gotta come up with the correct call.

[Silver&Black]

:lol Infinite cheering for the Blackest Duke team of all-time, tbh..

You obviously didn't get the memo from No Lyf3.

Duke is not seen as a "white" basketball program....

[pgardn]

The refs may have had a bad game.
But to think they do so purposely in Dukes favor is silly.
The best team won.

And that was pretty obvious imo.

[Clipper Nation]

It's amazing how often refs have "bad games" that conveniently happen to benefit Dook.

[unleashbaynes]

It's amazing how I didn't even watch that game because Kencucky wasn't in it :lol

[tlongII]

I think the refs were hampered by reviewing the out of bounds call on a small monitor. It was obvious on a big HDTV monitor.

[The Gemini Method]

I think the refs were hampered by reviewing the out of bounds call on a small monitor. It was obvious on a big HDTV monitor. Apparently, they also didn't have the zoom in function to hone in on the shot.

[Infinite_limit]

I dont know why but Duke is always favoured by the refs. I cant remember situation when refs screw Duke. It`s fair or Duke favour
Duke is usually playing the role of aggressor: punishing on ball pressure and attacking the rim. Refs reward this.

Duke was flying around the court, diving after every loose ball. Refs reward this on calls that can be a coin toss

[JMarkJohns]

I'm not sure why people say refs favored Duke. Okafor was in foul trouble entire game, Winslow for half of it, Kaminsky finished with 1 foul and Wisconsin had just 2 fouls entire first half. Wisconsin got some calls vs Kentucky to get there, and got the benefit of several flops vs Arizona to get there.

They were up 9, went cold, got rattled, and let Duke methodically get back into the game, and when a call or two late happened, they were of no mindset to overcome. They have been ref-fortunate winners all year, and now when the call isn't for them, they are ref-screwed whiners.

STFU already!

[Infinite_limit]

Bo Ryan complained about hand checking. After a tied 1st Half, Duke attacked the Rim while Wisconsin dribbled more and more at the perimeter. Ryan wanted Duke's shut down on ball pressure to be forced to change

IMO it just made his team sound soft. You knew going in Duke played such Defense

The
- Step out of bounds. Meh I was calling for a foul as Winslow was being humped on the baseline. Instead Winslow threw a loose ball into the paint that Okafor (Duke was faster to loose balls) grabbed

- Tipped ball outta bounds. I thought It was coin toss. It was obvious Wisky hit the ball and then Winslow 'might have' touched it. It was not obvious as some of you are making it seem.

[Infinite_limit]

I'm not sure why people say refs favored Duke. Okafor was in foul trouble entire game, Winslow for half of it, Kaminsky finished with 1 foul and Wisconsin had just 2 fouls entire first half. Wisconsin got some calls vs Kentucky to get there, and got the benefit of several flops vs Arizona to get there.

They were up 9, went cold, got rattled, and let Duke methodically get back into the game, and when a call or two late happened, they were of no mindset to overcome. They have been ref-fortunate winners all year, and now when the call isn't for them, they are ref-screwed whiners.

STFU already!
Well said

Refs go into Half Time and make changes accordingly. Wisky having only 2 fouls was an obvious head scratcher and you knew this would change. Duke rolled the dice and attacked the Rim expecting more foul calls

[JMarkJohns]

Duke certainly gets its share of calls, many coin flip, many blatant, but Wisconsin has been that team for most of this year. Talk to most Big10 fans, they'll tell you. "Wisconsin never fouls" precedes them every game, to where if they are called for fouls, the refs sucked! "Wisconsin never turns the ball over" so if they do, then refs weren't calling a properly right game, allowing too much Liberty on defense.

[Infinite_limit]

Duke certainly gets its share of calls, many coin flip, many blatant, but Wisconsin has been that team for most of this year. Talk to most Big10 fans, they'll tell you. "Wisconsin never fouls" precedes them every game, to where if they are called for fouls, the refs sucked! "Wisconsin never turns the ball over" so if they do, then refs weren't calling a properly right game, allowing too much Liberty on defense.
Ya this surprised me because Wisky is a very likeable team with good storyline going into Final Four. Bo does seem to be a bitter guy. His "you don't know our programs history" approach to reporters leading up to the UK game was little guy mentality.

Wisky hadn't been to the Title Game in 70 years. Ofcourse they weren't going to get the same respect as the other 3 teams. Then his post game comments were heat of the moment but it's not like they lost on a last second call: Seton Hall vs Michigan. You blew a 9 point lead......

[The Gemini Method]

People can blame the refs all they want but that doesn't take into account that Sam Smith...er Dekker had a bad game and the team did not go often enough to Frank the Tank or that he shriveled much of the time to the pressures of not fucking things up. They played scared when they got the 9-pt lead w/Winslow and Okafor on the bench. Wisconsin deserved to lose and Duke took advantage of the Badgers' inability to defend the ball handler off the pick. Congrats to the Blue Devils.

[JMarkJohns]

Ryan has never been likeable. He's not a good natured sage like Lute Olson. He's an asshole who used the carefree nature of this club to camouflage himself as someone who's become likeable. It's easy to be someone likeable when you're catching all the breaks. When down, your true character is revealed.

For as much grief as Cal gets, he was completely complimentary and dignified in response after losing to Wisconsin. Sean Miller has been public ally targeted by media and refs for his on court demeanor, but was nothing but praising of Wisconsin. Both coaches had as much on the table in loss as Ryan last night. Neither went full self-righteous prick, like Ryan did.

I don't recruit rental players!

He recruited one-n-done Kevin Looney, and is recruiting likely one-n-done Diamond Stone.

He's a bitter asshole and I'm glad for the loss for no other reason that the shine is off his Apple. Everyone knows or remembers his act.

[Silver&Black]

:lmao

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[pgardn]

It's amazing how often refs have "bad games" that conveniently happen to benefit Dook.

Shitty baby excuse.
Howd they lose 1st round last year?

[Infinite_limit]

Are you guys seeing all this hate towards Grayson Allen? This reeks of racism.


Rolling Stones magazine:

"Here are a couple of things I learned about Grayson Allen by perusing his bio on the Duke basketball website: He graduated cum laude (of course he did) from something called the Providence School, a place that defines itself on its own website as not just Christian, but "boldly Christian," in case you enjoy your Bible study with a side of audaciousness.


Watching a white player excel in a predominately black sport and throw in the religious factor. Players of Grayson's skin color are not supposed to be flying thru the sky. How dare he steal the position from an inner city kid who doesn't know his parents and battled gang influence. Well, Grayson must have had it easy.

[CitizenDwayne]

College Basketball usually has the Jekyll & hyde Halves. Having 4 Quarters vs 2 Halfs would probably improve this but I love how quickly CBB games move.

I felt Wisconsin got a little more calls in the 1st Half and Duke many more in the 2nd Half

Agreed, and I thought it was fairly balanced when you take both halves into account.

But why is it so hard for them to just call it evenly the whole game? People are constantly questioning the officiating of college ball because of blown calls where it seems like the refs get to dictate the flow of the game.

[Infinite_limit]

Agreed, and I thought it was fairly balanced when you take both halves into account.

But why is it so hard for them to just call it evenly the whole game? People are constantly questioning the officiating of college ball because of blown calls where it seems like the refs get to dictate the flow of the game.
I've always felt they are victims of quotas. Certain amount of fouls must be called etc. Ton of makeup calls in the final 2 minutes in a blowout is typical.

[pgardn]

Are you guys seeing all this hate towards Grayson Allen? This reeks of racism.


Rolling Stones magazine:



Watching a white player excel in a predominately black sport and throw in the religious factor. Players of Grayson's skin color are not supposed to be flying thru the sky. How dare he steal the position from an inner city kid who doesn't know his parents and battled gang influence. Well, Grayson must have had it easy.

i don't care what he is, that kid was fun to watch play

[MultiTroll]

- Tipped ball outta bounds. I thought It was coin toss. It was obvious Wisky hit the ball and then Winslow 'might have' touched it. It was not obvious as some of you are making it seem.
:lol 2/10 troll attempt.
It was very obvious. That is what replay is for.
:lol Dook Ref

NCAA supervisor of officials John Adams on Tuesday acknowledged refs ruled incorrectly (http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/12640009/ncaa-official-refs-see-tv-broadcast-view-bounds-video-replay) on a play not mentioned by Ryan. Late in the game, Duke wrongly retained possession after Winslow was the last to touch a ball that went out of bounds. CBS replays clearly showed Winslow touching the ball. Officials reviewed the play, but Adams told Sirius XM satellite radio they didn't have access to the same video angle as CBS.
However, CBS play-by-play television announcer Jim Nantz said on the Dan Patrick Show that the refs did have access to all the replays that CBS showed of the out-of-bounds play. Nantz added that he believes that they made their call before they had the chance to see the last replay clip that clearly shows that Winslow touched the ball last.

[MultiTroll]

Probably the worst officiated 2nd half I've ever seen in a college basketball game, tbh. Was pulling for Duke (even though I really just wanted to see a good game), mostly cause I was getting tired of Wisconsin getting all the hype throughout the tournament and seeing Kamisnky's mug everywhere. But, as the 2nd half went on, I almost started to pull for Wiscy after they were blatantly getting jobbed by the officials, tbh. It was almost like it was a completely different officiating crew the 2nd half. Countless blown calls in Duke's favor, especially in the last 10 minutes of the 2nd half. Blown charge call, Winslow's blatant step out of bounds no-call which resulted in 2 pts for Duke, the ball clearly going off of Winslow's fingers, etc. Multiple blown calls that kept Duke alive and then sealed it for them down the stretch. Wisconsin definitely shit the bed too in the last 3 minutes, and still glad Duke won overall, tbh, but damn that was hard to watch, imvho.
Besides what we saw with our own eyes:

The Badgers were called for 13 fouls in the second half after getting whistled for two in the first, the biggest disparity between halves in a title game since at least 2004, according to Stats LLC.

[noob cake]

Duke is usually playing the role of aggressor: punishing on ball pressure and attacking the rim. Refs reward this.

Duke was flying around the court, diving after every loose ball. Refs reward this on calls that can be a coin toss

Damn son, an oranje and Blue Devils fan. Are you me?