Rob Pate

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@WallStreetMav Shelley? Say it ain’t so Shelley! I’ll take things we already knew for 100 Alex. 🤦‍♂️

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@ginamilan_ @LeaderJohnThune @johnthune Worthless

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@EricLDaugh Could’ve used you Tuesday to vote out RINO Capito. The others need to go, but so did Shelley.

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@TheSignalCaller That is typical ESPN…

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Duke’s radio call of their choke vs UConn is something everybody in the world deserves hear

https://t.co/gtV5hZlzJS

[Game 7 @game7__]

Carlos Boozer spent March Madness mocking other teams and other fans.

Tonight came the karma.

The basketball gods are undefeated.

Here's the real story of how the Boozer family went from waving goodbye to getting waved out of the tournament in 48 hours:

Carlos Boozer played three years at Duke from 1999 to 2002.

He won the 2001 NCAA Championship as a sophomore.

He left as Duke's all-time leader in field goal percentage.

First-team All-ACC.

ACC Tournament MVP.

Duke Athletics Hall of Fame.

After college, he played 13 years in the NBA.

Two-time All-Star.

Olympic gold medalist.

Averaged 16.2 points and 9.5 rebounds over 861 career games for the Cavaliers, the Jazz, the Bulls, and the Lakers.

Then his twin sons became two of the most recruited basketball players in the country.

Cameron Boozer was the second-ranked recruit in the entire class of 2025.

Five-star.

Gatorade National Player of the Year twice.

Projected number one pick in this year's NBA Draft.

His twin brother Cayden was also a five-star recruit.

One of the top point guards in the class.

Both committed to Duke.

Their dad's school.

The school where he won a title.

This season, Cameron was the National Player of the Year frontrunner.

He became the first Duke freshman to score 35 or more points in multiple games.

The whole year felt like it was building toward the Boozers finishing what their father started 25 years ago.

On Friday, Duke beat St. John's 80-75 in the Sweet 16.

Cameron had 22 and 10.

It was a physical, heated game.

And afterward, Carlos Boozer stood in the stands and waved goodbye to the St. John's fans.

The clip went viral.

The NCAA March Madness account posted it.

Hundreds of thousands of views.

People called it childish.

Others laughed it off.

Two days later, Duke was up 19 on UConn in the Elite Eight.

44-25 late in the first half.

It was a blowout.

The Boozers were going to the Final Four.

UConn had made 1 of their first 18 three-point attempts.

They were done.

Then they came back.

Tarris Reed Jr. scored 26 to keep UConn alive.

In the final seven minutes, the Huskies hit four of their last five threes after bricking almost everything for 33 straight minutes.

Alex Karaban drilled a three to make it 70-69.

Cameron Boozer answered with a bucket.

72-69 Duke with under 30 seconds left.

Demary Jr. got fouled and hit 1 of 2 free throws.

72-70.

Duke grabbed the rebound off the miss.

Ball in their hands.

10 seconds left.

All they had to do was inbound it and run out the clock.

Cayden Boozer handled the ball.

His pass was deflected at midcourt by Silas Demary Jr.

UConn freshman Braylon Mullins grabbed the loose ball, fired it ahead to Karaban, got it right back near the logo, and launched a three from 35 feet.

It went in with 0.4 seconds left.

UConn 73, Duke 72.

A 19-point comeback.

The third largest in Elite Eight or later in tournament history.

UConn to the Final Four for the third time in four years.

Cameron Boozer finished with 27 points, 8 rebounds, and 4 assists in what was almost certainly his last college game.

Cayden Boozer had been flawless all game.

15 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, zero turnovers.

Until the one that ended everything.

Afterward, Cayden told reporters: "I should've been stronger with the ball."

Then: "I ruined our team's season."

He said he felt like he let his brother down.

That it might be the last time they ever play together.

The full breakdown of the Boozer family's run at Duke, from Carlos winning a title in 2001 to his sons' heartbreak tonight, is here:

https://t.co/WZ2zqcsGd1

And there was one more layer that the older basketball fans caught right away.

In 1990, Duke played UConn in the Elite Eight.

Christian Laettner, a Duke sophomore, hit a buzzer-beater to beat UConn and send Duke to the Final Four.

Thirty-six years later, a UConn freshman hit a buzzer-beater to beat Duke in the Elite Eight and send UConn to the Final Four.

Thirty-six years of payback.

Delivered from 35 feet.

Carlos Boozer was waving goodbye to fans on Friday.

By Sunday night, the only people waving were the ones saying goodbye to Duke's season.

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@SenatorHassan Anytime a Dem says: “Let’s be clear…” the next words are going to be a lie. So there’s that…

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@cooneycongress

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@LangmanVince Yes

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@SenWarren Stfu Pocahontas!

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@MarkMeadows @SteveDeaceShow Shelley? Where you at?

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@TalbertSwan Can she define what a woman is?

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@lsferguson My thought exactly

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@Mjk032287 @MichaelWBratton Douche

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@cfishman

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@MikeNellis And you are??

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@RepMcGovern What. A. Douche.

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@broadwaybabyto Blah blah blah…

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@RepSwalwell Shut up Fang fang’s douche

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@RepAOC Pour me a drink. It’s all your good at…