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INDIANAPOLIS - A quick look at Duke's 71-61 victory Friday over Michigan State in the Sweet 16: Overview: The NCAA tournament, coaches like to say, is all about matchups. Duke versus Michigan State was supposed to be about Ryan Kelly and M...

INDIANAPOLIS -- Before the NCAA tournament started, Steven Izzo was working on his bracket. He had a game he just couldn't pick. He did what lots of kids do in that situation. He asked his dad for a tip. "I said, 'What game?' He said, 'I got yo...

PHILADELPHIA - The sixth- and 24th-best offensive teams in the country got together for a little round-of-32 game in the NCAA tournament on Sunday evening. Naturally it went exactly as was expected. That is, what is to be expected from a game in t...

PHILADELPHIA -- A quick look at Duke's 66-50 win over the Creighton Bluejays in the second round of the NCAA tournament: Overview: Mason Plumlee owned the Duke headlines early this season, getting attention as a national player of the year candid...

Just last week, NCAA tournament selection committee chair Mike Bobinski hosted the first of a handful of teleconferences heading toward Selection Sunday. It was just a day after Nerlens Noel tore his anterior cruciate ligament, so naturally Bobinski ...

ATLANTA -- Quick thoughts on No. 9 Duke's 75-68 win over No. 3 Kentucky in the Champions Classic ... Overview: Like death and taxes, Duke-Kentucky is something you can count on. It's always good -- even when Christian Laettner's lone involvement i...

PHILADELPHIA -- Temple took the subway to its basketball game on Wednesday night, hopping a ride on the Broad Street Line from North Philly to South, home of the Wells Fargo Center. The ride was more symbolic than playful to head coach Fran Dunphy...

HOUSTON -- Some quick thoughts from a high-energy game in front of a highly-energized crowd here at Reliant Stadium: The crowd advantage does matter. This place is green and it's LOUD. In the last five minutes of the half, Duke looked completely...

HOUSTON -- A quick look to the Elite Eight matchup in the South Region, where the last Final Four ticket will be awarded: Key to the game: The battle on the boards just might decide who goes to the Final Four. Between Brian Zoubek, Lance Thomas, ...