March Madness bracket hot takes: Duke blows it, UConn wins it, Arizona shouldn't care

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Duke threw it away. Literally.

UConn’s Braylon Mullins hit one of the great shots in NCAA Tournament history.

Just before that, Cayden Boozer committed one of the most brutal turnovers in tournament history. Let us not mince words.

Add it up, and Duke blew it, UConn stole it, and the Huskies won 73-72 in the Elite Eight, a game Duke had no business losing, and UConn had little business winning after facing a 15-point halftime deficit, but nobody’s better in March these past few years than Dan Hurley’s Huskies.

Read more at: https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2026/03/30/final-four-predictions-uconn-beats-duke-arizona-michigan-picks/89176737007/