DURHAM, N.C. — Long and lanky, Dereck Lively stretched out in a chair in front of his locker inside Orlando's Amway Center Saturday night staring ahead, lost in thought.
Still wearing his Duke No. 1 jersey, the 7-1 center was still absorbing the abrupt end to his freshman — and likely only — season with the Blue Devils.
"This isn't what all came here for," Lively said after Tennessee ousted Duke, 65-52, in the NCAA Tournament East Region second round. "We came here to get farther than this. I'm just glad me and my brothers are together to this point. I'm sad we didn't get to where we wanted but it was a great year. We learned a lot. We all grew up."
