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Zion Williamson helped carry Duke to its rousing 23-point comeback win over Louisville Tuesday. WDRB Photo/Eric Crawford.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — The tweet was not posted by a blogger in Krzyzewskiville or by Richie from Manchester, Ky.

The tweet was posted by David Worlock, the director of media coordination / statistics for the NCAA Tournament in response to Duke beating Louisville 71-69 on a night when the Cardinals bathed in the serenades from a KFC Yum! Center crowd as they led 59-36 with less than 10 minutes to play.

Read it. Consider it. Let the thought bounce around in your mind.

Then you’ll understand why it's time for a final By The Numbers look at Duke’s improbable comeback and Louisville's more improbable collapse:

72 — How old Mike Krzyzewski turned minutes after he faced the media without discussing his birthday late Tuesday evening.

9 — turnovers made by Louisville in the final 8:06.

0 — turnovers by Duke in the final 8:06.

50 — Louisville's turnover percentage in its final 18 possessions.

15 — The Cards' turnover percentage the first 53 times they had the ball.

3 — Cards who turned the ball over during that brutal stretch (Christen Cunningham 4, Darius Perry 3 and Dwayne Sutton 2).

7 — Steals by Duke in final 8:06.

3 — Blue Devils with steals during that stretch (3 by Zion Williamson; 2 each for Tre Jones and Jordan Goldwire).

1 — Number of tweets that nominated Chris Mack for national coach of the year when the Cardinals were rolling.

75 — percentage of two-point field goal attempts made by Duke (6 of 8) made in the final 6:22.

0 — percentage of two-point field goal attempts made by Louisville in the final 11:44 as the Cards missed their final five shots inside the arc.

More than 5 — Number of times Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski told his team, "You're playing like losers," in the second half, according to Duke basketball director of operations Nolan Smith.

99.2 — Louisville's win probability (as calculated by Ken Pomeroy) with less than 10 minutes to play when the Cards were ahead, 59-36.

Infinite --  Tweets that needed to be deleted at that moment.

98.9 — Louisville’s win probability (as calculated by Bart Torvik) with 6:43 remaining with the Cardinals ahead 62-43.

96 — Louisville's win probability (back to Pomeroy) with 5 minutes to go and Duke trailing, 64-52.

87.2 — Louisville's win probability (back to Torvik) after a Jordan Nwora three-pointer stretched the Cards' lead back to 69-64 with 2:28 left.

12.5 — Louisville's win probability after Cameron Reddish made two free throws to bump Duke ahead, 71-69 with 14.9 to play.

4 — Times Krzyzewski said that he felt badly for the Louisville players for losing on a night when the Cardinals outplayed Duke for more than 30 minutes.

28.2 — Duke's field goal percentage over the first 30 1/2 minutes.

58.8 — Duke's field goal percentage over the final 9 1/2 minutes.

46.9 — Louisville’s field goal percentage over the first 30 1/2 minutes.

18.1 — Louisville’s field goal percentage over the final 9 1/2 minutes.

8:33 — Time of Louisville’s final offensive rebound.

9:41 — Time of Duke's final turnover.

1.16 — Louisville's points per possession over the first 30 1/2 minutes.

0.50 — Louisville's points per possession over the final 9 1/2 minutes.

0.75 — Duke’s points per possession in the first 30 1/2 minutes.

1.52 — Duke's points per possession in the final 9 1/2 minutes.

48 — Duke's projected final point total after 30 minutes.

140 — Duke's projected final point total over the final 10 minutes.

0 — Three-point shots made by Duke's Cam Reddish in the first 30 minutes.

4 — Three-point shots by Reddish in the final 10 minutes.

3 — days Louisville has to tune out the noise about this loss and concentrate on defeating Clemson, which will chase its fifth consecutive victory at Miami Wednesday night.

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