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Duke clinches ACC Tournament Championship title after defeating Virginia :: WRALSportsFan.com
Boozer made two free throws in the final seconds, and the top-seeded Blue Devils followed up their outright regular-season title with an ACC Tournament title for the second consecutive season, outlasting No. 2 seed Virginia 74-70 in a tight, tense championship game on Saturday night.
>> CHEVY TRUCKS OR IS CAPABLE? >> WRAL SPORTS STARTS NOW. IT SPONSORED BY HEART. >> WELL, WELL, WELL, WELCOME INTO SPORTS. I’M CHRIS LEE HAS THAT WILL TO REAL LIVE FROM THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP. HERE IS CHARLOTTE. WE HAVE A NEW CHAMPION WHICH IS A REPEAT CHAMPION. DUKE BLUE DEVILS WINNING 74 TO 70 AS JOHN SHIRE’S 3RD ACC TITLE IN 4 YEARS. AND HE’S ABSOLUTELY DOMINATING HERE IN THE ACC. JOSH ARE SAID IT CAME HERE TO WIN, BUT THEY ALSO CAME HERE TO LEARN SOMETHING. AND CHRIS DAVIS TEAM HAS FACED INJURY ADVERSITY. THEY FACED ADVERSITY IN THIS GAME. THE KING, THEY PERSEVERED AND THEY WON THE TITLE AGAIN. IT WAS AMAZING TO SEE. LET’S SEE THOSE HIGHLIGHTS THE SHOW YOU HOW IT HAPPENED TO GINNY ABROAD. THEIR VERY, VERY BEST. BUT JOSH ARE WITH THE STRANGLEHOLD ON ITS CONFERENCE GOING FOR HIS 3RD ACC TITLE IN 4 YEARS. ONE NEWCOMER RYAN ODOM IN THE CAVALIERS ABSOLUTELY CAME TO PLAY SAM MEWIS WITH THE IMPOSSIBLE MISSION TRAFFIC, VIRGINIA WITH THE EARLY LEAD. BUT FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT GAME, IT’S PEYTON BULLS ARE STEPPING UP THEIR HIGH VERSUS GOES. AND HOW ABOUT 14 IN THE 1ST HALF? >> THEN GOING A LITTLE BIT OF A RUN, CAYDEN PUT THE DOG IN TRANSITION. LOOK LIKE IT COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING. BUT THAT HE ALWAYS RESPONDED AND CRASHING THE PARTY TO END. THE HALF COURT CAME DOWN. ALL 38. 36 TO GET THE BREAK. ALL RIGHT. SO LET’S GET TO THE 2ND HALF JUST TRYING TO BUILD ON THAT LEAD. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IF YOU NEED A BUCKET? >> GIVE IT TO ISAIAH EVANS. HE WAS COLD IN THE 1ST HALF. BUT A SHOOTER ALWAYS SHOOTS GREAT BALL MOVEMENT HERE. THEY GET IT TO SLAM. 3 IS GOOD TO GO AHEAD BY 5 LITTLE BLUE DEVILS COULD GET TO THE BASKET. WHAT YOU’RE GONNA ON RITZ, WHO BROUGHT THE FLIES WATER THAT NICE CAMERON WHOSE ARE CHALLENGED UNDERNEATH. LOOK, I HAVEN’T SEEN ALL SEASON GOT HIS BROTHER AS WELL AGAINST TO SET A NEW ACC TOURNAMENT RECORD FOR BLOCKS. 21, HE HAD 9 IN THE GAME, BUT CAMERA CREWS ARE ON THE 3RD JUST 13 POINTS IN THE GAME. BUT THEY WERE BIG FINALLY GETS ONE TO GO BASKET AND THE FOUL HE’S A LOT EASIER TOURNAMENT MVP IS TO SURVIVE. STILL WIN THEIR SECOND STRAIGHT ACC CHAMPIONSHIP, 74 TO 7. WELL, HE’S GOT THAT FOR SOUTH FLORIDA BAY HERE. >> AMAZING TO GET THEIR Z DO DOWN. >> WHEN OPEN UP AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT WAS. THAT WAS LIKE STUFF. IS THERE A LOT OF MONEY? BUT IT WAS LIKE WE HAD >> WHATEVER I CAN TO MY TEAM, I’M GOING TO DO IT. IT’S EXCITED. I THREW ABOUT EVERYBODY PERSONA. WHAT’S THE BIG DIFFERENT MOMENTS WHERE OUT OF OUR STATE? >> A TOURNAMENT MVP IS CAMERON. BUT THIS WAS HIS LOWEST POINT OUTPUT OF THE SEASON. ONLY 13 POINTS IN EVERY GAME THIS SEASON. HE’S AT LEAST 14 POINTS AND 5 REBOUNDS. BUT DO STILL IS ABLE TO DO THIS. ALSO WITH INJURIES AND BEING TUNED OUT, GETTING HIS BIG TIME WIN AND THE SIZE. BUT DEFINITELY A FACTOR IN THIS GAME. OBVIOUSLY, THERE’S NO ABOUT THEIR SONG CELEBRATING OUT THERE WITH THIS BALL SAID MONDAY. HE’LL WAIT TO SEE YOU IN THE NCAA TOURNAMENT HERE IN THE ACC TOURNAMENT. I THINK WE LEARNED A LOT ABOUT THIS TEAM BECAUSE I MEAN, THE LEADERSHIP, ALL OF THE PLAYERS THAT THE TALKING THE TIME OUT, THE COLLABORATION, IT IS TRULY A SIGHT TO BEHOLD. THE BLUE DEVILS ARE 32 INTO RIGHT NOW. THEY WERE WAS 6 MORE TO GET TO 38 TO. IF THEY DO, THEY WANT A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN THE BACK IS THAT YOU GUYS? >> I MEAN, A HECK OF A FINISH