Duke Edges Out Florida in Thrilling 67-66 Victory on Tuesday

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00:00These are some really good matchups, unfortunately, for my Florida Gators.

00:03This is not the best start defending the national championship for them,

00:07but I guess when you lose Walter Clayton, this is going to happen.

00:09The Gators' offense, not nearly as good.

00:1167-66, Duke comes up with a big shot late,

00:15thanks to, of course, a lot of great performances in this one,

00:19but very specifically, Cameron Boozer on pace to do with Cooper Flag did last year,

00:22which is when maybe player of the year.

00:25So Duke moves up.

00:26The Gators probably going to move down a little bit more,

00:28although they had a nice little run recently.

00:31What did you make of this game last night?

00:33Yeah, honestly, I give Florida a lot of credit for getting back into that game

00:37because they were down 15 points,

00:39and Duke had never lost like an 85 games or so when they were up by 15,

00:44and Florida had a legitimate chance to win that game.

00:47I thought the Gators did a nice defensive job, but the offense doesn't flow.

00:52They had four assists last night, the whole game.

00:54The offense does not flow.

00:56You had such a great performance by Thomas Houck for much of that game,

01:01and then when it was being decided, he was more or less as much of a spectator as I was,

01:06but he was in the building I was at home.

01:08So that was about the only difference.

01:10He should have had the ball more often down the stretch.

01:14That was a big key to why Florida was not able to close.

01:18But you've got to give a lot of credit to Duke.

01:20Duke, Cameron Boozer, is a fantastic player, so versatile, so physically powerful,

01:25so many different things he can do to succeed.

01:29And I think Duke won on a night where they did not play great offensively either.

01:34You had a reasonably ineffective performance by Isaiah Evans.

01:40He made a huge play at the end of the game that made a difference,

01:44but he was only 5 of 14 from the field, 1 of 8 from 3.

01:47It's not who he is.

01:48He's one of the better offensive players in the country.

01:51So big-time win for Duke on a night where maybe they weren't their best.