My wife is terrified of the first few minutes of the second half. She's sure it's coming: that signature Duke run. She is confident that the Blue Devils will come out firing, hit some 3s and maybe even take the lead.

She may be right. I've seen Duke play too many times to be comfortable with an 11-point lead. But if my wife knows it's coming, and I know it's coming, won't Roy Williams know it's coming, too? Of course he will. So he has to get his charges ready for it. They have to play the kind of lockdown D they were playing for that long first-half stretch when the Blue Devils went cold. A few 3s from Paulus (he has four now) gave Duke the confidence they needed and prevented the Heels from pulling away.

The run will probably come, but if the Heels can find whatever it was inside that powered that defense, they can withstand it.