Defend the Block 364 - Duke Recap
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🗓️ 22 February 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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In a high-level matchup between two title contenders, Michigan fell to Duke on Saturday night in Washington, D.C. Brian and Terry share their thoughts on the Blue Devils' 68-63 win. Then, Brian heads into the locker room around the 11-minute to visit with Head Coach Dusty May and leading scorer Yaxel Lendeborg.
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| 0:00.0 | It was always going to take a multi-faceted approach for a team to beat Michigan. |
| 0:05.0 | And Duke most certainly displayed that on Saturday night. |
| 0:08.9 | From the facet that Michigan had really been coming on lately with, rebounding. |
| 0:12.9 | Think back to the Indiana game way back in mid-January. |
| 0:16.4 | Michigan outboarded the Hoosiers by 16. |
| 0:18.7 | Then Ohio State by 9. |
| 0:23.1 | Nebraska by 12 in that narrow win. |
| 0:27.5 | Michigan State came in as the best team in the country at rebounding. Michigan went to Breslin and played them even. Then Michigan rolled Penn State and Ohio State in rebounds, |
| 0:32.6 | plus 23 on the Nittany Lions, plus 12 on the Buckeyes, took care of Northwestern plus 17. |
| 0:39.0 | The UCLA game, a little relapse. |
| 0:41.1 | They were down by 10 at halftime on the glass. |
| 0:44.6 | Michigan ended up winning that by one. |
| 0:46.5 | And then at Mackey, Michigan was plus eight. |
| 0:48.9 | That did not carry over against a Duke team that possesses a ton of length, |
| 0:52.9 | the second tallest team in the country, according to Ken Palm. |
| 0:56.0 | 41 to 28. Duke won the rebounding battle, 13 to 8 on the offensive glass, 18 to 11 on second |
| 1:04.1 | chance points. |
| 1:05.2 | That's facet one. |
| 1:06.7 | Facet two, the aspect that can ignite Dusty May's offensive goals, getting out and running, |
| 1:12.7 | guard rebounding. Michigan did not get much going in that category. The quartet of |
| 1:19.9 | Elliot Kedot, Namari Burnett, Trey McKinney, and L.J. Kaysen only corralled four total |
| 1:25.6 | rebounds in this game. And it's why Duke, part of one of many reasons, |
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