Riding the play of Christian Laettner, Bobby Hurley, and Brian Davis, the Blue Devils matched UNLV basket for basket in one of the most exciting, back and forth semifinal games in NCAA history. In the end Duke had pulled off the upset, beating UNLV 79-77 to earn a spot in the final game. That following Monday evening, Laettner, Hurley, and the rest of the Blue Devil team outlasted Kansas, and delivered Duke University its first NCAA Men's Basketball Championship.
