Quote Originally Posted by drudy23 View Post
People keep talking about this "shocking upset" over Duke. If you watched Houston at all this year, you knew they were capable of this.

For all of the "prima donna" and "they don't play as hard with NIL" talk these days, you have to respect how these dudes just get after it and never let up. I'm pulling for them on Monday. They aren't always pretty to watch, but I respect the hell out of their motors and never say die attitude. They just get after it!
It was a shocking upset only in the sense that it was a frantic comeback. I was watching and told my son that I just hope we have a reason to still watch at the 5 minute mark. Duke had stretched the lead to nearly 20 (not sure exact) like midway through the 2nd. I didn’t want to see a snoozer.

Just going into the game I probably would have given Duke a slight edge but wouldn’t have thought it was an upset either way.

I think the upset term is really more about HOW they won as opposed to THAT they won.