By Devesh Tyagi

Duke Blue Devils beat Texas Tech Red Raiders 73-78. beat by score

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Sweet Sixteen Round game of the 2022 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament

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at the Chase Center on March 24, 2022, in San Francisco, California

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Texas Tech is a team that has really moved on, and made its way to championship form.

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What we see against the state of Michigan

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There's a Duke team with an incredible heart and, in the case of Jeremy Roach, the heart of a lion

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That team is something else. They are an amazing group and Mark Adams did a great job

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We heard they hired a 64-year-old assistant to replace Chris Beard after taking a Texas job.

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The man is a great coach and his players are completely bought. We can't express how much we admire Adams and his team.

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They didn't have Roach, Mark Williams and Paolo Banchero in their team and they were incredible.

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The Red Raiders opened the game as if they wanted to rip off Duke's head.

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Roach missed his last two free throws, he left the door open, and Adonis Arms cut it in two after hitting a huge three

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They really like Virginia and you have to think that UVA has prepared Duke for this kind of game.

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We take back all our snarky comments about how Virginia plays out.

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