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Duke Edged Virginia 74-70 To Win ACC Tournament Championship Saturday In Charlotte Because Cameron Boozer, Cayden Boozer , Isaiah Evans, Darren Harris, Nikolas Khamenia Contributed Offensively

Duke won the regular season outright in 2025-2026 season then Duke edged Virginia 74-70 to win ACC Tournament Championship for 2025-2026 season Saturday in Charlotte because Cameron Boozer , Cayden Boozer who are fraternal twins Cameron Boozer who is a freshman forward Cayden Boozer who is a freshman guard. Isaiah Darren Harris who are sophomore guards Nikolas Khamenia who is a freshman guard contributed offensively.

Where?

Spectrum Center that is home to Charlotte Hornets of NBA!

How?

Cameron Boozer didn’t have a night offensively he is used to having because he was just 3-17 on field goals , 1-5 on 3 pointers, 6-9 on free throws to go along 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 13 points. Cameron Boozer brother Cayden Boozer was 6-12 on field goals , 1-1 on 3 pointers , 3-4 on free throws to go along with 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 16 points. Isaiah Evans was 6-14 on field goals , 4-8 on 3 pointers , 4-4 on free throws to go along with 2 rebounds, 1 assists , 20 points. Darren Harris was 1-4 on field goals , 0-3 on 3 pointers , 1-1 on free throws to go along 3 rebounds, 3 points. Nikolas Khamenia was 3-7 on field goals , 1-2 on 3 pointers , 2-2 on free throws to go along 6 rebounds, 9 points.

According to ESPN App

Following Duke edging Virginia 74-70 to win ACC Tournament Championship Saturday in Charlotte Cayden Boozer who was was 6-12 on field goals , 1-1 on 3 pointers , 3-4 on free throws to go along with 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 16 points shared his thoughts by saying “I think we’re really confident,”We know what the stakes are now. “

Though,

Cayden Boozer wasn’t the only Boozer to share his thoughts as his twin brother Cameron Boozer who was didn’t have a night offensively he is used to having because he was just 3-17 on field goals , 1-5 on 3 pointers, 6-9 on free throws to go along 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 13 points shared his thoughts by saying I would just say I’m super proud of him,”“I see all the hard work he puts in and how great of a player he is. For him to come here, two guys down, really step up for us — it should give him tremendous confidence going into the tournament. We’re going to need that from him the rest of the year. So yeah, good job, bro.”

Following Duke edging Virginia 74-70 to win ACC Tournament Championship Saturday in Charlotte Duke Associate Head Coach Chris Carrawell shared his thoughts on freshman guard Cayden Boozer who was 6-12 on field goals , 1-1 on 3 pointers , 3-4 on free throws to go along with 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 16 points who played 40 minutes who is the twin brother of Duke freshman forward Cayden Boozer by saying We couldn’t take him off,First of all, who you gonna put in for him? And then, he played so well, you don’t want to take him out.” So they didn’t.

Following Duke edging Virginia 74-70 to win ACC Tournament Championship Saturday in Charlotte Nikolas Khamenia who is a freshman who is a guard who was 3-7 on field goals , 1-2 on 3 pointers , 2-2 on free throws to go along 6 rebounds, 9 points shared his thoughts by saying We’ve worked on end-of-game situations since we got to campus in the summer,”We’ll put two minutes on the clock and we’re down three., down two, up one. We practiced those situations so much so that we can execute when we have them.”

We heard a lot of talk of ‘This is the time to get Duke’ because we were down two starters,

referring to junior guard Caleb Foster who had surgery on broken foot. Patrick Ngongba II who injured the same foot he did in high school

“I mean, you turn on any NCAA (college) game and the commentary is that we’re down two starters and you hear ‘Duke isn’t the same without them.’ “But ‘The Brotherhood’ is still so strong that when two of our brothers are out we have to step up. That’s what we did. It wasn’t a matter of proving anybody wrong as it was proving ourselves right.”

Following Duke edging Virginia 74-70 to win ACC Tournament Championship Saturday in Charlotte Duke Head Coach Jon Scheyer shared his thoughts on his team winning ACC Tournament Championship by saying We’re not done yet.”

According to Chip Alexander, Shelby Swanson’s News & Observer articles https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article314976727.html

https://www.newsobserver.com/sports/college/acc/duke/article315057749.html

Duke now awaits to see what bracket, region they ‘re going to be in the NCAA Tournament when the bracket field of 68 teams is released unveiled on Sunday at 6:00pm on CBS!