Duke's loss to Houston in the Final Four puts the talented Blue Devils on a list of elite teams that fell short in a run for the national championship.

Duke’s offense melted under Houston’s relentless pressure in the game’s final 10 minutes, and what looked like a sure trip to the NCAA title game was instead as painful a loss as there is.

Cooper Flagg and his Duke teammates appeared to be cruising into a meeting with Florida in Monday’s NCAA championship game -- and then the unthinkable happened. Duke blew a 14-point lead with 8:04 remaining and scored just 9 points in the final 10 1/2 minutes and lost to Houston,

Cooper Flagg will likely finish his college hoops career without an NCAA championship. The Duke standout freshman stole the spotlight in Saturday's 70-67 loss to Houston in the national semifinal of the men's NCAA tournament,