Ep 6-17 North Carolina Triumphs Over Duke In Most Intense Final Four Game Ever, Coach K Loses For Last Time

Big Z College Hoops Central

WOW! Is your heart still beating after this ultimate thrill ride? If you did, consider yourselves lucky.

Go ahead and breathe out a slow exhale, ladies and gentlemen.

If you read in my blog, the second semifinal game was going to be 10,000 times bigger than any Duke/North Carolina game, or pick your favorite sports rivalry--the two trump cards UNC will have forever in Chapel Hill will beating Coach K in his final game on the bench at Cameron Indoor Stadium and this all-time thriller by a final score of 81-77.

Still, proper context is needed here:

What Mike Krzyzewski did for 42 years in guiding Duke since 1980 will never be duplicated or surpassed again.

1,202 wins will stand forever, F-O-R-E-V-E-R!!!! 13 Final Four appearances, where some including myself thought John Wooden's record of 12 between 1964 to 1975 would never be broken--but that's what they say, right?

For 2 hours and 22 minutes on Saturday night, the second of April, in the year Two Thousand and Twenty Two at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana--it will be the day nobody will NEVER forget. For the Tar Heels to do what they did required every ounce of strength, durability (even when double-double machine Armando Bacot injuring himself late in the game before ultimately fouling out), and all out determination and guts to pull this off.

I will have the blog in my show notes as soon as I can. Breathe slowly, people and come back down to Earth.

Seeing all of those lead changes and ties definitely felt like the first time when Muhammad Ali met Joe Frazier...that type of electric atmosphere. Above all, this night will be remembered like I said earlier in the week:

Wasn't that fun, ladies and gentlemen? It sure was.

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