What was the final score as Duke Wins 2010 NCAA NATIONAL?”
The NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship is a single elimination tournament held each spring in the United States, featuring 65 college basketball teams, both conference champions and at-large selections. The tournament, organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), was created in 1939 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches and was the brainchild of Kansas coach Phog Allen[1][2] Held mostly in March, it is informally known as March Madness or the Big Dance; the tournament, and especially the national semi-finals and final (the Final Four), has become one of the nation’s most prominent sporting events. Since its inception, the tournament bracket has included conference tournament champions from each Division I conference, which receive automatic bids. The remaining slots are at-large berths, with teams chosen by an NCAA selection committee. The selection process and tournament seedings are based on several factors, including team rankings, win-los
Even winding down to the last seconds, the National Championship game between Duke and Butler felt eerily like the plot to Hoosiers. In Hoosiers, the small time school (Butler) goes up against a much larger and heavily favored school (Duke) and wins. In what may have been the most exciting game of the 2010 NCAA Tournament, Butler saw a desperation three point shot at the buzzer come within inches of winning the game. In the end, however, Duke beat Butler 61-59 and won the 2010 National Championship. (In an interesting side note, although I once again did not correctly predict the winner of this game, I did predict the final score correctly. I guess that’s a start in the right direction.) How Duke Beat Butler Duke managed to pull out a squeaker in the National Championship against Butler by shooting much better than the Bulldogs (44% to 34%) while also winning the rebound battle, 36-32. Although the Blue Devils led for almost the entire game, they never had a lead greater than six point
The too-perfect basketball story with the too-perfect ending is still available on DVD. The real celebration for the new national champion – that’s taking place on Tobacco Road. Kyle Singler scored 19 points and Brian Zoubek rebounded Gordon Hayward’s miss with 3.6 seconds left Monday night to help Duke beat Butler 61-59, ending the tiny underdog’s try for a “Hoosiers” sequel one win short of the Hollywood ending. The Bulldogs had a chance to win it at the end in an amazing sequence that defined this tournament. When Gordon Hayward’s half-court shot at the buzzer went flying, thudded off the backboard and rim, and out and most of the crowd of 70,390 gasped, “Ohhhh.” So close.
