Every Duke player but Miles Plumlee experienced something new on Saturday. None had lost a game in Cameron Indoor Stadium as an active player.
But Florida State, with its 76-73 win on Michael Snaer's buzzer-beating 3-pointer, changed that by halting Duke's 45-game home winning streak.
Here are links to my game story from the Herald-Sun as well as a story written by my colleague, Harold Gutmann, with reaction from the happy Seminoles.
The big question now, of course, is where Duke heads from here. The Blue Devils played tough basketball on Saturday. They built leads of nine and eight points only to see FSU claw its way back.
While the final shot has already and will continue to be dissected, Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski refused to find fault with his developing team.
"You execute and they execute," Krzyzewski said. "Sometimes there's not a lot of explanation. That's the way the game is played. I don't find any fault in our guys for trying to stop them and for what we did."
Duke displayed toughness throughout the game. Austin Rivers' drive to score with 4.9 seconds left and tie the game at 73 was a big-time play. But Florida State found a way to score 50 points in the second half by shooting 67 percent.
Duke has been among the ACC's worst teams in both those categories this season. Obviously, work remains to be done to fix the issues.
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