In the ACC tournament when Cooper Flagg was sidelined for two games with a sprained left ankle injury, it was Knueppel who stepped up to lead Duke to its 28th conference tournament title.

Duke reached the Final Four this season and seemed poised to qualify for Monday's national title game when it built a 67-61 lead over Houston heading into the final minute of Saturday's showdown.

The mirage reached peak effect when Flagg dropped a dunk in with 10:31 to go to give Duke a 58-45 lead. Then and there, though no one in the Alamodome could have known it, was the beginning of the ...

Tyrese Proctor makes a free throw to give Duke a 59-45 lead with 8:17 left in the game. At this point, ESPN’s win probability index gives Duke a 98.5% chance to win. “Houston is a team that ...

Duke appeared to be in control with a 67-61 lead and possession of the ball with 1:14 remaining. But a missed Kon Knueppel layup led to an Emanuel Sharp 3-pointer on the other end that cut Duke's ...

It was as much a blown lead for Duke as it was a miraculous comeback from Houston — and it's not the first time Duke has dissipated on the big stage. In the 2004 national semifinals, Duke lost ...

“It’s a lot easier to finish the game when you have a 20 [point lead].” L.J Cryer, who scored 24 points shoots over Kon Knueppel during Houston’s 70-67 Final Four win over Duke on April ...

Duke has a 59-51 lead. Cooper Flagg has 10 points in second half vs Houston Cooper Flagg, who scored eight points in the first half, has 10 points in the first eight minutes of the second half.

Then the game slipped away from the favorites to win the title. After Duke took a 14-point lead – its largest of the game – on a Tyrese Proctor free throw that made it 59-45 with 8:17 to play ...

Duke blew a 14-point lead with 8:04 remaining and scored just 9 points in the final 10 1/2 minutes and lost to Houston, 70-67, in the national semifinals. Houston closed the game on a 9-0 run in ...

The Duke Blue Devils suffered an epic NCAA Tournament collapse with a blown 14-point lead in the final eight minutes against Houston in the Final Four. Fewer results have been more shocking in the ...