Duke Loses To North Carolina in NCAA Tournament Final 4

Duke failed to advance to the NCAA Division I men's basketball championship game with an 81-77 loss to North Carolina on Tuesday despite being inferior in three-point shooting, overall shooting percentage and rebounding, ending the legendary career of "Coach K" Shershayski.

Today's Final Four of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, The focus was on the showdown between Duke University, led by legendary Coach Mike Krzyzewski, and the University of North Carolina, a longtime rival.

Coach K started coaching Duke in 1980 and led his team to 99 games against North Carolina, with a 50-49 loss. However, on March 5 this year, Coach K's last game at the home of Duke, also lost 81-94 North Carolina, leaving a regrettable end.

Since Coach K has announced his retirement at the end of the season, any Duke game could be his last. Duke trailed early and took its first lead of the game 21:18 after Trevor Keels hit a jumper. After that, Duke was tied, but Ty held the lead for half a time. With the teams tied at 34:34 near the end of the first half, Jeremy Roach cut for a layup and made a solid free throw to complete a 3-point play that gave Duke a 37:34 lead over North Carolina.

North Carolina, led by Caleb Love's 10 points, used a 13-0 run in the second half to take a 47-41 lead, but Duke answered with a 6-0 run to tie the game 47-47. After that, the two sides went back and forth and drew several times. With 2 1/2 minutes left and North Carolina up by 2, the two teams started shooting 3-pointers and Duke led 74-73.

At this point, Davis of North Carolina made two free throws, and Love hit a 3-pointer to lead 78-74. Although Kearse made one of two free throws, Duke narrowed the deficit to two points, but North Carolina won by four points and went to the championship game after Love made both free throws.

Coach K's Duke lost today, denying him the chance to cap his career with a sixth NCAA title.

North Carolina's Love scored a game-high 28 points, R.J. Davis added 18, Brady Manek had 14 and Armando Bacot had a double-10 with 21 rebounds in addition to his 11 points.

Duke freshman Paolo Banchero led the team with 20 points, while Kearse added 19 off the bench and Wendell Moore Jr. had 13 points in sacks.

Earlier in the other Final Four, the University of Kansas opened with a 10: They led by as many as 19 points in the first half of the game before scoring 25 points from David McCormick and 21 from Ochai Agbaji and adding 11 points and 12 rebounds from Jalen Wilson. 65 beat Villanova University to advance to the championship game.