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Takeaways from Duke's heart-stopping near-miss versus UCF

Duke advanced to the Sweet 16 after a thrilling 77-76 win over UCF on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA tournament -- the wildest finish of the Big Dance thus far.

If you're like us, we're still trying to breathe easy after that insane ending, but here are out five takeaways from Duke's win over UCF to help steady the conversation.

1. We're not sure how Aubrey Dawkins missed that tip-in

First, B.J. Taylor's layup rimmed out in the final seconds. Then Aubrey Dawkins seemed to have the perfect angle and touch on a putback that would have won the game at the buzzer -- but it too didn't fall.