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Andy Nesbitt

Watch UCF coach Johnny Dawkins give an emotional speech inside teary locker room after Duke loss

UCF came so close to upsetting Duke in an absolute thriller Sunday in South Carolina.

The team had two really good looks at a game-winner in the final seconds, only to have each of those shots somehow not fall through the hoop.

Many players were understandably brought to tears on the court, and Mike Krzyzewski tried to help them in a special moment.

But once they all got back to the locker room, their head coach Johnny Dawkins, who once played for Coach K. at Duke, gave an emotional speech to his guys. You can hear players crying while he gives the speech and then after when goes around hugging them.

That last player he hugged was his son, Aubrey Dawkins, who had 32 points but missed one of the shots in the final seconds.

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