Syracuse vs Duke: Round 2

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Syracuse Orange made the trip to Cameron Indoor Stadium Saturday night to play Duke Blue Devils. The first time these two teams played on February 1, it was a great game. Syracuse beat Duke in overtime 91-89.

This game was just exciting as that game and the outcome was different. Duke Blue Devils defeated Syracuse Orange  66-60. If a deciding call wasn't made in the final seconds of the game, the outcome could have been very different.

With Duke up 60-58, Duke's Rodney Hood drew a charge from Syracuse's C.J. Fair. After the charge was called, Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim ran unto the court to argue with the officials. It was then Boeheim was called with a technical foul and then ejected from the game. Duke's Quinn Cook made three of the foul free throws to make the score 63-58 with 10.4 seconds left.

If Boeheim would have stayed off the court and out of the official's face, who knows if Duke would have kept their lead once they got the ball back. With Boeheim storming the court, that gave Duke four free throws to seal the victory.

I thought the rematch was a great game, until the charge was called. I'm hoping for another Syracuse vs Duke rematch in the ACC tournament.