Florida State 79, at Duke 80

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Interstat) — In a heart-stopping finish that defied all pregame projections, the Duke Blue Devils escaped with a one-point victory over the Florida State Seminoles, 80-79, in an Atlantic Coast Conference tournament thriller Thursday night at Spectrum Center. The game, a stark contrast to the teams’ regular-season meeting in January that Duke won by four, was decided in the final seconds as Florida State’s last-gasp attempt to win rimmed out. The result advanced top-seeded Duke, now 30-2, while the Seminoles’ season ended at 18-15. The contest’s defining sequence, and its most important part, unfolded over the final 37… Read more...