In what may have been Coach Ok’s final sport as Duke’s head coach, the Blue Devils unsurprisingly topped Cal State Fullerton, 78-61, within the first spherical of the NCAA Event. The seventh-seeded Spartans had a more durable opening spherical battle as they defeated No. 10 Dayton 74-73. Mike Krzyzewski and Tom Izzo have loads of historical past as their squads face off within the second spherical.
Spherical of 32: No. 2 Duke vs. No. 7 Michigan State
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Duke (-6.5) over Michigan State
After all Mike Krzyzewski will get the possibility to torment Tom Izzo yet another time earlier than retiring. Enhancing to 13-3 lifetime towards his quasi-rival needs to be much less difficult than earlier encounters, given the bizarre expertise hole between the groups. Michigan State, along with inconsistency and underwhelming performances towards high-end packages (the Spartans misplaced to Kansas and Baylor by a complete of 30 factors), has turnover points (ranked 224th within the nation). The Spartans will give too many additional possessions to potential No. 1 total decide Paolo Banchero and Duke’s sixth-highest scoring offense within the nation. Whereas the Blue Devils’ dimension and expertise gained’t be sufficient to hold them to the Ultimate 4, it will likely be sufficient to ship Krzyzewski to a different Candy 16. And after failing to cowl 5 straight video games, the Blue Devils are due for a giant day.
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