And his former player, assistant coach and handpicked successor, Jon Scheyer, got the country's top recruit Cooper Flagg to come to Duke — then retooled the Blue Devils around him and got them back to the Final Four in just his third year in charge.

Khaman Maluach has saved his best basketball for the postseason. How has his game grown from the early season, and how has his elevated production impacted Duke as a whole?

Alabama basketball’s Nate Oats reveals the main reason for Elite Eight loss against Duke, and it wasn’t Cooper Flagg.

Alabama has chipped into Duke's lead over the first four minutes of the second half. Grant Nelson blocked a Cooper Flagg dunk and Mark Sears hit a 3-pointer. Duke leads 52-45 at the under-16 timeout with Alabama's Chris Youngblood looking to cap an and-one after the TV timeout.

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A star in Alabama’s Elite Eight win over Clemson a year ago, Chapel Hill native and Seaforth High graduate Jarin Stevenson has the abilities to help the Crimson Tide match up with Duke’s immense talent.

Mark Sears was held to six points and Alabama followed an NCAA Tournament-record 25 3-pointers with only eight, dooming its shot at a second straight Final Four in an 85-65 loss to Duke in the East Region final.

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.