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Twitter reacts to crazy overtime win for Kansas over Duke

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The Elite Eight game between Duke and Kansas went about as well as anyone could possibly have hoped for. The top-two seeds in the Midwest bracket went toe-to-toe for 40 minutes, and the game still hadn’t been decided after Grayson Allen’s last-second attempt touched every part of the rim but just didn’t drop.

So, tied up at 72-72, we went into overtime.

In the overtime period, both teams continued their back-and-forth battle, with players from both sides dropping huge buckets.

Not surprisingly, there was a controversial charge called.

Surprisingly, for all you Duke haters out there, it was called on Duke’s Wendell Carter Jr., who fouled out on the play, much to Coach K’s chagrin.

With two minutes to go in overtime, all tied up at 78-78, Duke had a crucial turnover, which immediately turned into three points when Malik Newman converted from the corner, his ninth point of the overtime period (aka, all of Kansas’ points to that point).

Then, on Kansas’ next possession, Duke was awarded the ball on a controversial turnover that was reversed following a lengthy break in the action as the officials pored over the replay.

Judge for yourself.

https://twitter.com/_MarcusD2_/status/978049718587678720

In the end, Kansas hung on to win the game, 85-81.

With the win, Kansas joined Loyola-Chicago, Michigan and Villanova in the Final Four.

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