NEW YORK — Aiming to deliver coach Mike Krzyzewski one final ACC championship before retirement, No. 7 Duke was instead tripped up in the ACC tournament final by a Virginia Tech team destined to make history of its own.
Hunter Cattoor poured in a career-high 31 points as the No. 7-seeded Hokies defeated top-seeded Duke, 82-67, Saturday night at the Barclays Center to win the school’s first ACC men’s basketball championship.
While Cattoor made seven of the nine 3-pointers he attempted, the Blue Devils (28-6) faltered there, hitting only 4 of 20 shots from beyond the arc. As a result, the Hokies (23-12) led 42-39 at halftime and never trailed again.
