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MONDAY, APRIL 5,2004

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FORGET THE ALAMO Blue Devils befallen by late UConn comeback SAN ANTONIO, Texas Remember the Alamodome. That is an attitude I imagine the men’s basketball team will grasp in the coming months as the players take a few weeks off the from

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the from mental exhaustion of being bigtime Division I athletes. And in that time, the Blue Devils may prefer to get away from the game a bit—or they may take 500 shots a day. One thing is for certain, however: they’ll all remember their loss to Connecticut, and remember it well. “It’s a tough feeling and it hurts, it hurts so bad,” sophomore Sean Dockery said. “But we’re still living and life goes on. We’ve got to play with this pain through the whole season next year. Even though I hate talking about next year now, but we’ve just got to play with this pain next year and get over it.” And why will this hurt so badly? Because Duke was in control of the game with four minutes remaining, despite being strapped with foul problems virtually the entire night. This loss will sting more than most because the Blue Devils had been the predetermined underdogs by nearly all of the renowned media pundits, and Duke was right there at the end of the *

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SAN ANTONIO, Texas drove into the lane, trying to penetrate through a clutter of Connecticut defenders, but before he was able to hoist a shot, the ball was stripped from his hands. “You’re either trying to score or you’re trying to get fouled or both,” Blue Devils head coach Mike Krzyzewski said. “We didn’t You get any. know, to me that \ was the game FINAL FOUR right there.” As the ball caromed out of bounds with just seconds remaining, Duke’s run toward a national championship came to an abrupt end. A pair of Rashad Anderson free throws extended Connecticut’s lead. Redick attempted a three to level the score, but his closely guarded shot barely grazed the front of the rim. Denying Krzyzewski’s bid to tie Dean Smith’s record of 65 NCAA Tournament victories, the Huskies (32-6) topped the Blue Devils (31-6) 79-78 Saturday night in the Final Four. Connecticut will meet Georgia Tech, which slid past Oklahoma State 67-65 during Saturday’s earlier national semifinal, for the National Championship tonight. The Blue Devils held an eight-point lead after Chris Duhon hit a pair of free throws with 3:28 left on the clock. Duke would not score for the remainder of the game with die exception of a last-second three to end the contest During that stretch, the Huskies went on a 12-0 run that included the basPHOTOS BY BETSYMCDONALD AND ANTHONY CROSS/THE CHRONICLE kets by Wooden Award finalist Duke guard Daniel Ewing (above) cannot watch as the UConn Huskies celebrate their 79-78 victory over Emeka Okafor that pulled the the Blue Devils in the Final Four. Cameron Crazies (left) watching the game on a big screen in Cameron InHuskies within one and then door Stadium jeer UConn's Emeka Okafor, whosefive points in the final 1:18 crushed Duke. gave them the lead. The Blue Devils, who appeared to move into their stall offense, became stagnant during UConn’s run. The lack of a n® OHD B4H MD TO dE • post presence with both On a tip, Okafor After a Okafor A VillaA lay-up by Randolph First half Shelden Williams and Shavlik Randolph hits l-of-2 ends with ritor Z Deng grves brings Duke flurry. gives nueva Randolph fouling out with j a Duke an gives Duke free throws Duke UConn to UConn’s UConn lay-up three minutes left forced the extends within I on final 12-3 the lead its first lead to extend 22 11-point holding a } lead, its UConn’s and 9th Duke’s run 7-point a jumper, run begins for good Blue Devils to settle for outside lead at... ‘ . to 23-6 early lead O largest of capping an with a 3 by with a jumpers, shots that did not find the 8-0 run Anderson lay-up

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