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With the Final Four tipping off in Tampa on Friday, let’s take a look at some of the lessons we picked up from their Elite Eight games over the weekend.
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Duke is a 4.5-point favorite over Houston in the game in March Madness Final Four odds provided by BetMGM Sportsbook.
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Following Duke’s latest win over Alabama, an old video resurfaced, showing Flagg interacting with NBA legend and Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James.
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There are no real edges for any of these teams as the matchups fit their playing styles. Duke and Houston have the two best defenses in the country and play slower, so fitting they meet, while Auburn and Florida both play at quicker tempos and rank as the second and third-best offenses behind Duke.
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.
The four No. 1 seeds in the NCAA Tournament escaped the second weekend of the Big Dance and are heading to the Final Four to cap one of the chalkiest NCAA Tournaments ever. It's the first time since 2008 and just the second time since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985 that all four No. 1 seeds are still standing at this juncture.
The Duke Blue Devils dominated the ACC and have looked dominant throughout the NCAA Tournament. Duke through four games in the tournament have won by an average
And in the late game, No. 1 USC is as an underdog against No. 2 UConn, led by star guard Paige Bueckers. The Trojans, despite losing star JuJu Watkins to a season-ending injury earlier in the tournament, managed to survive their Sweet 16 matchup against Kansas State. But UConn will provide a much stiffer test.
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WFRV Green Bay on MSNChari Nordgaard Knueppel’s personal March Madness: ‘Just keep winning…the boys keep doing it’March was literally madness for Chari Nordgaard Knueppel. The UW-Green Bay women’s basketball team’s all-time leading scorer is now a mother of five sons, including Duke freshman phenom Kon II Knueppel.
With Sunday's Women's NCAA Tournament games now complete, half the Final Four field is set with No. 1 seeds South Carolina and UCLA moving onto the next round. South Carolina open
Duke is in the Final Four in Jon Scheyer's third season in charge, and his team has shown it's much more than Cooper Flagg. The Blue Devils have a collection of NBA prospects, and Scheyer has them peaking at the right time.