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And it was a team effort, Jeremy Roach, Mark Williams, Paolo Banchero, Wendell Moore, Jr. and Trevor Keels all making big plays in that closing run, big shots, ...

But Williams scored the last four points of the half and Duke took a tenuous 39-35 lead into intermission. There was still so much time on the clock, I knew we had a chance. The win checked a lot of statistical boxes. Gabe Brown hit three 3-pointers in a span of 2:29 and the game was tied at 33-33 and 35-35. A tough match to be sure. ` Then Duke threatened to knock out Michigan State. Duke led by nine points at 44-35 and 46-37.

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Mike Krzyzewski looked down the dais at the five players who'd refused to let his last dance come to an end, who engineered a frenetic ...

It's a refrain he has echoed often this season, and he wondered if the bill had come due for packing a roster with potential lottery picks who hadn't quite found their sea legs. It allowed a legion of Duke fans to exhale for the first time in what felt like an eternity. In a game sold as a matchup of legendary coaches, Duke's players scripted their own mythology. And then Roach delivered the dagger -- a 3-pointer that Krzyzewski insists found the basket not through accuracy but sheer force of will. "They lost at home to North Carolina. They lost to Virginia Tech. Same kind of games. The NCAA tournament was supposed to be a fresh start, and yet the basketball gods conspired to provide one more compelling moment all about their coach. Tom Izzo was no doubt the NCAA's dream matchup when it placed Duke and Michigan State in the same region. That's what had Krzyzewski's eyes watering after the game. The finality of Krzyzewski's run has hung like a cloud over everything Duke has done this season, each game, junior Wendell Moore Jr. said, another "last something" for Krzyzewski, but always with the knowledge that more "lasts" awaited. Jeremy Roach was the forgotten member of Duke's band of lottery picks, but he drove to the basket again and again in those final minutes, attacking the basket with such determination that even Krzyzewski was stunned. All season, the Blue Devils have worked to carve out their own space amid the overwhelming narrative of Krzyzewski's last dance. For nearly a year, he has known the finish line was in sight.

Mar 20, 2022; Greenville, SC, USA; Duke Blue Devils forward Paolo. GREENVILLE, S.C. – Duke basketball is Sweet 16 bound after an 85-76 win over Michigan ...

Outside of some outstanding finishes at the rim, he also matched Keels with a clutch 3 of his own that put Duke ahead 78-74 with 1:14 remaining. Banchero’s layup gave Duke a 75-74 lead at the 2:05 mark, and that fueled a 13-2 run to end the game. The No. 2-rankeBlue Devils won 69-58 behind Zion Williamson's 17 points and 13 rebounds. From there, Duke took over – and it started with Keels, who tied the score at 72 with a clutch top-of-the-key 3-pointer. After trailing 70-65 with 5:10 left in the second half, Duke ended the game on a 20-6 run. Michigan State led by three points at the 3:43 mark of the second half after two Sam Hauser free throws.

Michigan State hadn't come to play -- it came to bust Duke open. Tom Izzo's team looked hungry, opportunistic and alert. Deep into the second half, the Spartans ...

The potential was there for it all to end for Duke and K, for Michigan State to spoil. I don't want to sit down and say, 'You guys enjoy it.' I want to be in the party a little bit. It all had to do with heart and togetherness. Duke was 5 for 5 from the field in the final five minutes; its only misses came at the foul line. It put Duke up four and seemed to spook Michigan State. Roach was the guy once Griffin couldn't play. And Jeremy Roach hit the 3-pointer that gave Duke a four-point lead with 1:16 to go. It had to be consistent. It had to be pushed. "My guys were so tough in those last six minutes of the game," Krzyzewski said. 3-seed Texas Tech. It could be in the ultimate game in New Orleans with a national championship on the line. A South Carolina Sunday was where and when Duke had to prove itself. It could be on Thursday in the Sweet 16, in San Francisco vs.

The Blue Devils survived quite a scare yesterday when they rallied late to beat Michigan State, 85-76. After leading for most of the game, Duke found itself ...

You know how crazy the internet is going to get when he loses and his career comes to an end? We all need a team that is universally disliked to bring us together and bring some more intensity out of a game that we normally wouldn’t care all that much about. It’s like rooting against the Patriots if you don’t have a team in the fight. They just kind of blend into the whole picture and don’t make you feel any sort of way about them. If you didn’t go to Duke chances are you hate Duke. You love to see Duke lose and love to boo them any chance you get. Mike Krzyzewski’s legendary career was so close to coming to an end and everyone on the internet was ready to dance on his coaching grave.

With just over six minutes left in the game, Duke gave up the lead it had been holding for so long, and the pressure was on.

Duke needed performances from a large group of guys to maintain a lead throughout most of the period. As a team, Duke shot a clean 57% from the field, which was exactly what it needed to pull off this win. He shot 4-of-4 from deep in the first 20 minutes and nearly single-handedly brought the Spartans within striking distance of Duke. Michigan State shot an incredible 7-of-10 from 3-point range in the first frame and the Blue Devils’ perimeter defense that half was indicative of what was displayed in the remainder of the game. A Michigan State 3-pointer and pair of free throws began to bury the Blue Devils as they found themselves down 70-65 deep in the second half. Banchero had yet another spectacular game, leading the team in scoring with 19 points on 8-of-14 shooting (2-of-5 from deep) and playing another game of tough, in-your-face defense. The Spartans shot just 6-of-20 from inside the arc. And although this game was played four hours from Durham in Bon Secours Wellness Arena, it really played like a home game for second-seeded Duke with blue shirts taking up well more than half of the crowd. Sophomore guard Jeremy Roach splashed perhaps the biggest 3-pointer of his career on Duke’s next possession and the four-point lead was restored with 1:07 to play. The first half was consistently close. This was a hard-fought battle through and through, but in the end the Blue Devils came out on top 85-76. It all had to do with heart and togetherness." "I've had 47 years, today was one of the really good days."

The Spartans fought the Blue Devils until the end, holding a lead of five point with five minutes to go in the game. However, Duke made more plays down the ...

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Duke is often seen as a powerhouse in college basketball, but one of its players believed his team was underrated heading into the NCAA tournament and ...

Banchero didn’t mention anyone specifically, but it’s unclear who the big man is referring to. “see ya’ll on the best coast.” “they said we weren’t making it out of the first weekend,” Duke forward Paolo Banchero said in the tweet.

SportsLine's model revealed its college basketball picks for Michigan State vs. Duke in the second round of March Madness 2022.

Michigan State? And which side of the spread hits 60 percent of the time? Visit SportsLine now to find out which side of the spread you need to jump on, all from the model that has crushed its college basketball picks, and find out. SportsLine's model is leaning over on the point total, projecting the teams to combine for 147 points. Brown also spaces the floor for Michigan State, shooting 37 percent from deep. Michigan State and revealed its coveted picks and predictions for the NCAA Tournament 2022. In Duke's first round win, Williams stuffed the stat sheet with 15 points, seven rebounds, five assists and five blocks. In the March 10 victory over Syracuse, he finished with 14 points, three rebounds and three assists. Mike Krzyzewski and the Duke Blue Devils (29-6) battle Tom Izzo and the Michigan State Spartans (23-12) in the second round of the 2022 NCAA Tournament on Sunday afternoon. The model also says one side of the spread hits 60 percent of the time. Michigan State picks, be sure to check out the college basketball predictions and betting advice from SportsLine's proven computer model. Here are several college basketball odds and trends for Michigan State vs. The SportsLine Projection Model simulates every Division I college basketball game 10,000 times.

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But as Michael Jordan once said, when the game is on the line, a lot of guys will look away. A lot of praise to pass around but he gets some special acknowledgement, not least of all for that amazingly ballsy last three. The only way beating Michigan State is ever going to be easy is if they beat themselves or maybe play you in November, but that’s by design. Jeremy Roach followed with a layup of his own to cut it to 70-69. Then Wendell Moore hit his free throws before Walker hit a layup for Michigan State’s final points. Then Michigan State pushed the lead to five when Marcus Bingham hit a pair of free throws, things were not looking good.

This matchup between the No. 2 seed Duke and the No. 7 seed Michigan State instead offered a classic Goliath versus Goliath: One college basketball juggernaut ...

Instead, the Badgers fell, 54-49, to Iowa State, a No. 11 seed that has made it out of the first weekend after back-to-back upset victories over other Power 5 programs. As a result, Texas Tech advanced to the round of 16 on Thursday against Duke in San Francisco. “The ball’s going to go in some nights, and some nights it’s not,” Kevin McCullar, the Texas Tech guard, said. After a double-overtime classic against Rutgers in a play-in game and a spirited first-round win over Alabama on Friday, the Fighting Irish simply could not overcome the nation’s leader in defensive efficiency. They bumped, they grinded, they switched and they dared Notre Dame to bring its offense into the middle of the floor. Ohio State’s E.J. Liddell had 17 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in what was likely his final college game before he heads to the N.B.A. draft. Under the Hall of Fame coach Jay Wright, Villanova won N.C.A.A. titles in 2016 and 2018, the latter when Gillespie was a freshman. The Wildcats (28-7) will next face No. 11 Michigan (19-14) in a South regional game on Thursday in San Antonio. He hit two free throws in the final seconds to secure the victory. It lost again to Virginia Tech in the A.C.C. tournament final in Brooklyn before dominating Cal State Fullerton in the first round and holding off Izzo and Michigan State on Sunday night. Illinois (23-10) lost in the second round for the second straight year after being among the top seeds. And in a game befitting the careers of two coaches who have been among the faces of their sport for decades, Duke outlasted Michigan State, 85-76, in the round of 32, extending its season and the career of the man nicknamed Coach K for at least one more game.

Coach K's Blue Devils are treating every game like it's for the title. On Sunday, that helped it survive MSU.

“We were so good in the last part of the game, I can’t tell you how proud I am of them,” he said. “Ever since then we called ourselves the ‘Road Crew,’” Moore said. “It’s about having heart and just trusting each other.” “Obviously, it’s a lot of wins against quality competition,” Krzyzewski said. It set up a critical Jeremy Roach three-pointer to extend the lead. “Today was a good example of that.

Duke's Paolo Banchero (5) greets head coach Mike Krzyzewski after a win against Michigan State following a college basketball game in the second round of ...