{"id":226282,"date":"2026-03-30T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T00:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/226282\/"},"modified":"2026-03-30T00:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T00:01:09","slug":"braylon-mullins-3-pointer-with-0-4-seconds-left-gives-uconn-73-72-win-over-duke-and-final-four-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/226282\/","title":{"rendered":"Braylon Mullins&#8217; 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left gives UConn 73-72 win over Duke and Final Four spot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Braylon Mullins <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarchMadnessMBB\/status\/2038396242200277362\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow\">sank a desperation 3-pointer<\/a> with 0.4 seconds left to give UConn an astonishing 73-72 victory over top-seeded Duke on Sunday, earning the Huskies a spot in the Final Four after they rallied from a 19-point first-half deficit.<\/p>\n<p>The Blue Devils led by three before UConn&#8217;s Silas Demary Jr. made one of two free throws with 10 seconds left. With Duke playing keep-away to prevent the Huskies from fouling, Cayden Boozer&#8217;s pass near midcourt was deflected, and after UConn came up with the ball, Demary made a shot from well behind the 3-point line.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s the second straight season to end in a huge collapse for Duke, which was the top overall seed in this year&#8217;s tournament. The Blue Devils led by six with 1:14 remaining before falling to Houston in last year&#8217;s national semifinals.<\/p>\n<p>UConn missed 18 of its first 19 attempts from 3-point range and finished 5 for 23. The fifth will be remembered in Connecticut for generations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Braylon Mullins sank a desperation 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left to give UConn an astonishing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":226283,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[44563,87664,23681,59373,202,87665,87204,87203,87666,86795,59371,196,42838,42094,87629,85770,87667,43369,87668,61262,82,84,83,55311],"class_list":["post-226282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-cayden-boozer","tag-march-madness-duke-uconn-score","tag-package-100024-ap-online","tag-package-100373-mc-complete-state-national","tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","tag-product-30035-ap-connecticut-state-news-no-weather","tag-product-30037-ap-delaware-maryland-state-news-no-weather","tag-product-30087-ap-north-carolina-state-news-no-weather","tag-product-30115-ap-virginia-state-news-no-weather","tag-product-30117-ap-washington-dc-state-news-no-weather","tag-product-30598-ap-national-news-report-a-wire","tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","tag-product-32556-ap-online-college-game-stories","tag-product-32562-ap-online-other-sports-news","tag-product-40778-ap-connecticut-sports-only","tag-product-40779-ap-delaware-maryland-sports-only","tag-product-40804-ap-north-carolina-sports-only","tag-product-40818-ap-virginia-sports-only","tag-product-40819-ap-washington-dc-sports-only","tag-product-46986-ap-online-top-stories","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-tsn-college"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226282\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}