Sure enough, Coach K made his halftime adjustments and Duke did some different things.
Temple coach Fran Dunphy isn't in the Naismith Hall of Fame, at least not yet, but when it comes to the X's and O's of basketball, he doesn't take a back seat to anyone.
Coach K made his moves, and then Dunph countered.
When all was tallied up, the Owls had come up with a huge 78-73 victory over the fifth-ranked Blue Devils.
"I think there was only one way we could win and that was to manage the game with [Fernandez, Moore and Wyatt]," said Dunphy, who saw Temple snap a nine-game losing streak to Duke dating back to 1996. "They're pretty good basketball players and they are going to make good decisions with the ball.
"Overall, those three guys did exactly what we needed them to do."
It was a masterful display of control and discipline by three upperclassmen that allowed Temple to beat a top-10 team for the fourth straight season.
Still, while wins over No. 8 Tennessee in 2008, No. 3 Villanova in 2009 and No. 10 Georgetown in 2010 were big, this was Duke.
This was Duke with Coach K, the winningest coach in Division I history with his four national championships and gazillion trips to the Final Four.
This was the standard-bearer program of the past 3 decades.
Before the game, Temple presented Krzyzewski with a plaque honoring his contributions to college basketball.
"The quality and success of that program and what Mike has done has been outstanding," said Dunphy, who became friends with Krzyzewski in the early 1970s when they both were serving in the Army. "It's an incredible basketball program and for us to come out on top tonight is very nice for a lot of people, Temple folk, Philadelphians, and certainly our team and our program."
This was about Temple imposing its will over a team that was on paper more talented and certainly much bigger than the Owls.
