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YouTube Gold: Duke-West Virginia 2010

A vastly under-appreciated game.

By JD King

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NCAA Final Four - West Virginia v Duke
INDIANAPOLIS - APRIL 03: Nolan Smith #2 of the Duke Blue Devils shoots over Devin Ebanks #3 of the West Virginia Mountaineers during the National Semifinal game of the 2010 NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Championship at Lucas Oil Stadium on April 3, 2010 in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images

One of the real gems of the Coach K era was the Duke-West Virginia Final Four game in 2010.

In 2007-08, Duke fell to West Virginia 73-67 in the second round of the tournament. It wasn’t losing as much as how Duke lost.

Guys like Joe Alexander and Joe Mazzulla basically mocked the Blue Devils and pushed them around, outrebounding Duke 47-27 and limiting Duke to just one offensive rebound.

Lance Thomas, Kyle Singler, Brian Zoubek, Jon Scheyer and Nolan Smith were all on that team and you can bet they remembered for the rematch.

Mazzulla finished with just four points and a head wound thanks to Zoubek.

Duke hit 13 threes to West Virginia’s five and doubled the Mountaineers from the free throw line 14-7.

Duke pretty much dominated West Virginia, winning the rematch 78-57. So sit back and enjoy a wonderful team near its peak.

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