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At the end of the first half, Duke led Kentucky 50–45. During the second half, after Aminu Timberlake was knocked down during a play, Laettner stepped on his chest. He was assessed a technical foul, but was not ejected. Kentucky tied the game at 93 with 33.6 seconds left in regulation on a Feldhaus putback of a John Pelphrey miss.
With 3 seconds left, Brian Zoubek made one of two free throws to give Duke a 61–59 lead. Gordon Hayward narrowly missed a buzzer-beating half-court shot which would have won the game for Butler and it resulted in a 61–59 win for Duke and the national championship. [13]
Sean Areon Dockery (born January 5, 1983) is a retired American professional basketball player. He has played professionally in Canada, France, Romania and Germany, as well as in the U.S. [1] Dockery was regarded as one of the nation's top high school point guards when he came to Duke University.
The No. 6 Duke Blue Devils suffered their worst loss to an unranked opponent in Mike Krzyzewski's tenure against the NC State Wolfpack.
Officials initially waved off the basket, calling basket interference. But after review, they ruled it a legal shot, giving Duke a 76-74 lead while adjusting the game clock to 0.4 seconds.
Rhys York accepted the challenge at the season opener basketball game on Wednesday to win a year of free tuition if he made the shot from half court.
Zoubek came down with the rebound, forcing Butler to foul with 3.6 seconds remaining. Zoubek made the first foul shot and then intentionally missed the second, knowing Butler had no timeouts remaining. Hayward was forced to throw up a desperation shot from half court. The ball bounced off the backboard and then the rim. [66]
Butler lost to Duke in the championship game of the 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. In the final seconds, Hayward attempted a game-winning, buzzer-beating, half-court shot, which hit the backboard and rim, and bounced away. [25] The shot is considered one of the most well-known plays in NCAA tournament history. [26]