(7) Duke Overcomes 13-point Deficit, Wins at Miami

• reclegend22

  

  The Blue Devils trailed 37-25 at the break, in what looked to be yet another puzzling Duke road ACC loss in late February, something that has become sort of a tradition in recent seasons. Not this year.
  
  Behind 22 points and 12 rebounds from Kyle Singler, Duke outscored the Canes in Coral Gables 56-37 in the second half to take the 81-74 victory and moved one step closer to a potential one seed birth in the NCAA Tournament. This is a toughness that has been lacking the past few seasons, and great to see back in Durham.
  
  Nolan Smith added 21 and Jon Scheyer 15, 6 assists and 5 steals. Another excellent game from Duke's big three.
  
  Go Duke!
• wildcats20

  

  Duke dominated the second half on the glass from what I saw. I don't know if the numbers will show it, but just watching it you could tell Coach K LIT them up at half.
• reclegend22

  

  He definitely put a fire under them, something I really haven't seen from K in quite some time. He showed spurts during the Clemson game earlier this year, but that was more excitement and adrenaline. I haven't seen him this pissed in awhile. This is the Coach K I grew up loving, that nasty streak he learned from his mentor, the greatest coach in the history of basketball. I like it.
  
  I am shocked Duke won, and even more shocked with how convincingly they did it in half number two. I fully expected to see a second half comeback, but ultimately another fold in Coral Gables. I'm pleasantly surprised.
• wildcats20

  

  They were up 7, I think, and then Miami cut it to 2. I was thinking to myself that this might turn out to be a good night after all. lol
• swamisez

  

  Senior leadership from Scheyer and Zoubek tonight. VA Tech at Cameron on Sunday night. Delaney better bring an A+ game Duke will be rested for this matchup.
• georgemc80

  In the first half as was resigned to fact that this would not be a good night for Duke.
  
  Ref's blowing whistles too much
  Miami hitting shots
  Duke missing shots
  
  
  Amazing how a halftime can turn the game around. They made up that defecit by the first TV timeout of the second half.
• captvern

  great second half from the devils . Nice to see Zoubek with two big games back to back. Mason showing flashes is also nice to see .
• swamisez

  

  This is a defining game for the club. A halftime deficit, and coming out and erasing it early and getting a tough road victory.
  Gotta do wonders for their confidence. Hokies are coming to Cameron, no rest for the weary.
• slidepiece

  Good win for duke for sure. But the old duke ways crept back in this contest as they shot more 3 pt shots than 2 pt shots! Not usually a recipe for March success.