Wisconsin Vs Duke

Monday night the college men's national championship took place.  The game took place in Indianapolis, at Lucas Oil Stadium.  The final game was between Wisconsin and Duke.  Wisconsin was coming off the huge win over the undefeated Kentucky Wildcats.  Duke coming off a huge win also beating Michigan State by an easy 20 points. The Wisconsin Badgers were the favorite heading into the game, because they had such a good tournament, and great season.  The Duke Blue Devils were also coming off a very good tournament and season. Frank Kaminsky and Jahlil Okafor started the with the tip.  Throughout the first half the game was back and fourth both teams having the spurts and runs.  Frank Kaminsky had a great first half getting Duke's best player Okafor in foul trouble.  With little playing time though, Tyus Jones, a freshman for Duke, stepped up big time.  The game was all tied up at halftime with a score of 31-31.  To start off the second half Wisconsin went up to as many as 8 at one point.  Getting Okafor in foul trouble was a huge part of why Wisconsin had such a successful time scoring inside with Kaminsky.  Like usual though Duke came back with their run to tie up the game once again.  Tyus Jones came up huge though with 19 points in the second half to take the lead.  Down the stretch though Duke's high powered offense was just too much for the Badgers of Wisconsin.  Tyus Jones named player of the game finishing with 23 points. Wisconsin's leading scorer for the game was Frank Kaminsky ending up with 21 points, and 12 rebounds.  The final score would end up being 68-63. Duke won it's fifth national championship.  Both teams had great seasons, and both are expected to have great seasons next year as well.