Duke bounced

The Blue Devils became the highest seed (a 2) to be eliminated when West Virginia knocked them off (73-67) earlier today in Washington, D.C.

Although they held a five-point advantage at intermission, they struggled all day to score against the Mountaineers and, with about 13 or 14 minutes to go, I realized West Virginia was too solid, at both ends of the floor, to give up the eight to 10 point advantage it held most of the second half.

In a nutshell: Duke had no real low-post offense, and its jump shooters weren't good athletes and its athletes couldn't shoot jumpers.