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with 3.6 seconds left, hitting the first free throw and intentionally missing the second. Hayward’s last second half court shot bounced

off the back board and then the front of the rim be- fore harmlessly falling to the ground. “

All the guys on this team had to elevate their

game to another level to win this thing,” Zoubek said. “Somebody new stepped up every single night. I mean, that’s how great this team is, that we can have somebody win it for us that’s new every single night.”

Krzyzewski has shied away from talking about

past Duke teams all season, rather focusing on this moment than looking at the past, but it is Coach K’s fourth National Championships in eight title games as the Duke head coach. “Tonight is all about these guys,” Krzyzewski

said. “That’s what I’ve tried to do all season long, and especially in a tournament, because then you’re asked more, like, you know, this could be Duke’s fourth national championship and all that.”

• Kyle Singler was named the Final Four Most Outstanding Player. Jon Scheyer and Nolan Smith were each named to the All-Final Four team.

• Krzyzewski has a 4-4 record in NCAA Champi- onship games while his 12 victories in the Final Four are the second most to Wooden’s 21. The Blue Devils have played in the national champion- ship game in four of the last 12 seasons.

• The Blue Devils improved to 35-5 on the sea- son. The 35 victories are tied for the third most in a single season by a Duke team, equaling the total of the

• Senior Jon Scheyer has started in 47 consecu- tive games and is one of 23 players in school his- tory with 100 or more career starts.

• Kyle Singler scored 19 points to join Jon Schey- er over 700 points on the season. The two players become just the second duo in school history to each score over 700 points in one season. The only other two players to each go over 700 points in the same season were Jason Williams (841) and Shane Battier (778) on the 2001 national championship team.

• Climbed past Bob Verga into 18th on Duke’s ca- reer scoring list. His 1,748 career points rank as the third most by a junior in school history. Only

Jason Williams (2,079) and J.J. Redick (1,805)

scored more points in their first three seasons at Duke.

• Junior Nolan Smith tallied his 36th double-figure scoring game of the year with 11 points.

• Senior Brian Zoubek had six offensive rebounds to set Duke’s single season record for offensive rebounds with 143 this season. He broke Elton Brand’s previous record of 139 set in 1999.

Game Notes

Duke By The Numbers

• Duke won its fourth national championship and has now claimed titles in three straight decades with wins in the finals in 1991, 1992, 2001 and 2010. All four national championships have come under head coach Mike Krzyzewski, tying him with Adolph Rupp of Kentucky for second most NCAA titles by a Division I head coach. Only John Wooden of UCLA has more with 10.

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