Duke delivered one of the biggest upsets of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night by heating Houston
Houston came in as one of the No. 1 seeds but fell to Duke by three, 54-51. Duke will now play NC State in the Elite Eight and that has head coach Jon Scheyer pretty fired up.
“You don’t have to apologize for losing in the tournament,” Scheyer said. “Every team loses except one. And for these guys, we started four freshmen last year. This year, like these guys, Jeremy obviously has been through it. This is only their second time. I think for us, some of the criticism about toughness or whatever, like try being at Duke as a freshman and sophomore and battling your (expletive) off in the tournament and then talk to me about being tough.”
This Duke team has shown a lot of guts and hasn’t wavered all year. Even after falling behind by six to start Friday’s game, Duke stuck with it and eventually won.
The Blue Devils will now play the Wolfpack of NC State in the Elite Eight with a berth in the Final Four on the line.
That game will take place on Sunday at 5:05 p.m. ET.