Duke Knocks off Number 1 Michigan 68-63 in a District Duel; What Did We Learn?

Coming into this game, Duke vs Michigan; The number 1 team vs. the number 3 team. Not a lot of people gave Duke much of a chance to win, and admittedly I had a few tiny doubts. Michigan has been a juggernaut this season; they’ve pummeled ranked team after ranked team, but I felt like if Duke could withstand the early runs and onslaught by Michigan and hit a few timely shots, they could be within a possession or 2 of winning this matchup.

I sat there, in Capital One Arena, a place I’ve been to many times to see bad basketball from the Wizards and the Georgetown Hoyas, I saw what were usually large swaths of empty seats fill up for this matchup. This was the loudest I’ve ever heard it, and we…