NEWARK, N.J. — With 6:39 separating Duke from the Final Four berth it’s been chasing all season, Jon Scheyer huddled his team and took a deep breath.
Whatever he said during the penultimate media timeout of No. 1 Duke’s Elite Eight bout against No. 2-seeded Alabama would help decide the game: either the message that sent the Blue Devils to San Antonio … or the most misread moment of Scheyer’s three-year tenure.
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“It’s our time, right f—ing now. Right f—ing now!” Scheyer barked Saturday at the five sets of eyes sitting in front of him. “This is our game.”
And soon enough, it was.
Because from that timeout on, Alabama scored only seven
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