Original sentence: After narrowly defeating #15 Belmont, Duke lost by seven points to the #7 West Virginia Mountaineers.Duke then lost in the semifinals in the ACC Tournament to the Clemson Tigers.Duke was given a #2 seed in the NCAA tournament.Earlier in the season, the squad reached as high as #2 rank on the Coaches' Poll with only one loss.Some late season losses caused them to finish the regular season ranked #9 in the country and #2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference (North Carolina was ranked number one in both those polls).The 2007-08 Duke Blue Devils finished the season 28-6 (13-3), placed second in the ACC regular season standings, and lost in the second round of the NCAA Tournament
Edited sentence: Duke then had a second round loss in the ACC Tournament to the Clemson Tigers.Duke was given a #2 seed in the NCAA tournament, but after narrowly beating out #15 Belmont, Duke lost by seven points to the #7 West Virginia Mountaineers.However, some late season troubles caused the to finish the regular season ranked #9 in the country and #2 in the Atlantic Coast Conference (North Carolina was ranked number one in both those polls).The Duke Blue Devils had come off somewhat of a disappointing season.The first half of their 2007-2008 season was very good, getting them up to the #2 rank on the Coaches' Poll, with only one loss