Video of Xavier vs Duke - 2004 Regional Finals
- Final Score: Xavier: 63, Duke: 66
- NCAA Tournament Game: 2004 Regional Finals
- Georgia Dome - Atlanta, Georgia
No. 1 seed Duke edged out Xavier in a 66-63 game that allowed the Blue Devils to reach the next round. Duke's Luol Deng led the night with 19 points while an injured Chris Duhon kept the Musketeers defense in check. The close win advanced Duke into the Final Four where they met the UConn Huskies in a down-to-the-wire thriller.
NCAA Tournament Video Highlights
- After a 4 minute slow start both teams explode for buckets. Chris Duhon gets the first field goal of the game. (Chris Duhon, Duke)
- Daniel Ewing hits a Three Point Shot. (Daniel Ewing, Duke)
- Lionel Chalmers hits an off balance jumper, then after a steal and a nice dish from Dedrick Finn, hits another jumper to put Xavier up 116. (Lionel Chalmers, Xavier)
- Loul Deng hits an off balance turnaround shot to put Duke up two. (Luol Deng, Duke)
- Anthony Myles has a nice upand under move to put the Musketeers up. (Anthony Myles, Xavier)
- J.J. Reddick makes a midair adjustment to sink a tough shot and pull Duke within one. (J.J. Reddick, Duke)
- Sheldon Williams converts an old fashioned three point play with a tough hook shot (Sheldon Williams, Duke)
- Dedrick Finn hits a buzzer beating three to put Xavier up 2 going into halftime (Dedrick Finn, Xavier)
- Anthony Myles gets his own rebound twice and finally puts it in to put Xavier up 4 (Anthony Myles, Xaxier)
- After a Shavlik Randolph block, Luol Deng slams the ball home to give Duke a lead. (Luol Deng, Duke)
- J.J. Reddick knocks down a three off a curl to give Duke the lead 5754. (J.J. Reddick, Duke)
- Brandon Cole gets a block on one end and his own offensive rebound and a put back on the other, to put Xavier back up. (Brandon Cole, Xavier)
- A steal by J.J. Reddick leads to a three pointer off an inbound play from Luol Deng to tie the game up for Duke (Luol Deng, Duke)
- Luol Deng grabs an offensive rebound and feeds the ball to J.J. Reddick who drains a three and gives Duke the lead for good. (J.J. Reddick, Duke)
- Luol Deng ices the game for Duke with an amazing tip in shot (Luol Deng, Duke)