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Before losing in overtime, Grayson Allen came THIS CLOSE to putting Duke in the Final Four

Kansas won in overtime. Here’s how close Duke came.

Ricky O'Donnell
Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.

Kansas and Duke gave us an Elite Eight game worthy of the hype. The game went to overtime after Kansas tied it on a three from Svi Mykhailiuk and Duke’s Grayson Allen missed a floater to win at the buzzer. The Jayhawks prevailed in OT, 85-81.

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Mykhailiuk’s shot came after he missed two wide open threes in the final five minutes.

This was cold-blooded:

Allen almost made it moot, but his shot just rolled off the rim. It turned out to be Duke’s last best chance to win the game.

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