It all ended so suddenly.
Full disclosure. I did not watch yesterday’s Duke-Tennessee game. Mother’s funeral.
I did record it but can’t bring myself to watch it. Maybe someday, if only to discover how Dereck Lively II managed to play 36 minutes without taking a shot.
But if I can’t sing the words, I do know enough hum along. I was pretty optimistic going in to the game. Duke was a young team that seemed to be peaking at the right time. The Vols staggered into the NCAAs. Duke looked like a championship team in dismantling Oral Roberts, while Tennessee struggled to get past Louisiana. Bracket collapses and the Big Apple looming and it was pretty easy to see Duke playing a long time. maybe into April.
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