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 BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) - Duke was blazing through the NCAA tournament, winning by an average of 43 points. Finally faced with an equal opponent, the Blue Devils showed they have what every Final Four team needs — the guts to grind out a close one.
"That was the most beautiful ugly win we've ever had," Duke coach Gail Goestenkors said after the Blue Devils' 63-61 overtime win over Connecticut on Tuesday night. "We're just elated to be going back to the Final Four."
The top-seeded Blue Devils shot 29 percent, let the smaller Huskies push them around for long stretches, scored fewer points than they had all season and still fought through it all to win the first NCAA tournament meeting of the two national powers.
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