The Duke Blue Devils will play for all the marbles

The Duke Blue Devils will play for all the marbles

It was pretty exciting when MSU galloped off to a 14-6 lead, but Duke responded with a 29-9 run of their own to go up by 12, and that was all she wrote. The lead never got any smaller than 10 after that point, and the gap kept increasing steadily. Duke just had too much talent, dominating every aspect of the game while every Spartan seemed to get in foul trouble. Michigan State had 28 personals. The most fouls per game for any team in D1 was 23.5 (West Virginia). The Spartans fouled a lot all year, more than an average team, but 28 is a boatload. It's the equivalent of having all five starters foul out, then adding three more.