The ball was halfway down before it popped back out. You could watch it 100 times, and its still crazy that UCF’s final tip-in attempt to beat Duke and pull off the upset of the year didn’t go through the net.

With Duke trailing 76-73, Zion Williamson drove to the basket and was able to score at the rim and draw contact on Tacko Fall, fouling out UCF’s 7-foot-6 center and bringing the Blue Devils within one points. Williamson missed the free throw, RJ Barrett grabbed the offensive rebound and scored on a layup, putting Duke ahead 77-76  with under 11 seconds to play.

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UCF had one final chance to pull off the upset. Here’s the final play:

Unbelievable. It still doesn’t seem possible that the ball popped out of the hoop. But it just wasn’t meant to be for UCF.

Still, the Knights put up one heck of a fight against the best team in college basketball and the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament.