Twenty minutes after his first and, in all likelihood, last season at Duke ended with an Elite Eight exit, Zion Williamson trudged through an arena hallway, his head down.
Following closely behind was teammate RJ Barrett of Mississauga, Ont., another fabulous freshman for the NCAA Tournament's No. 1 overall seed. Two other members of their class were sitting in Duke's locker room after a 68-67 loss to Michigan State in the East Region final Sunday: Tre Jones covered his face with a white towel and sobbed; Cam Reddish put his right hand on the nape of Jones' neck to console him.
After squeaking by in their previous two games by a combined total of three points when their opponents missed last-second chances from close range, Williamson and the Blue Devils could not quite come through this time. Now the question becomes how many of the key freshmen -- that quartet accounted for all but eight of Duke's points on Sunday -- will return.
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