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The Blue Devils beat the Tide 85-65 in the NCAA Tournament to earn the program’s 18th trip to the Final Four.
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“It’s our time, right f—ing now. Right f—ing now!” Scheyer barked out. “This is our game.”
The New York Times |
No. 1 Florida erased a double-digit deficit in the second half against No. 3 Texas Tech to beat the Red Raiders 84-79 and win the West Region inside Chase Center in San Francisco.
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The top-seeded Duke Blue Devils took the next step in their seasonlong quest Saturday night, defeating the East's No. 2 seed, the Alabama Crimson Tide, 85-65, at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J.,
Mark Sears shot a free throw late in the second half that could have cut Alabama's deficit to 10 — a last-gasp effort at a comeback still within reach — and watched the ball clang off the back rim. Even the supposed gimmes weren’t automatic for Sears on this night.
The men's Elite Eight game between Duke and Alabama will air on both TBS and truTV. It will also stream on Max and on the March Madness Live app. The men's Elite Eight game between Duke and Alabama is scheduled to tip off at 8:49 p.m. ET, which is 5:49 p.m. PT.
Alabama basketball and Duke faced off in the Elite Eight of March Madness on Saturday. Here are three takeaways from the game that ended the Crimson Tide's season and sent the Blue Devils to the Final Four.
Duke’s stream of NBA-ready standouts used smothering defense and other options on offense to paper over Cooper Flagg’s rough shooting night and lift the Blue Devils to the program’s 18th Final Four with an 85-65 victory over Alabama.
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For the first time since the 2008 NCAA Tournament, all four No. 1 seeds have qualified for the Final Four, in 2025.
Maybe someone will stop Duke before this college basketball season comes to a close at next week’s Final Four. That time was not Saturday night.