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NCAA Tournament – Wisconsin vs Duke Final Predictions
After a rather easy road to the final game, Duke are slight favorites to win a fifth NCAA Tournament under Mike Krzyzewski. Wisconsin and Bo Ryan have been consistent, but rarely great over the last 15 years. Their achievement this season and their performance in the first game of the Final Four suggests it’s different this time.
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Duke Over Michigan State: Anti-Climatic as it Gets
The “evil empire” final isn’t going to happen, but Duke do kick off the Final Four with an impressive 81-61 win over Michigan State, showing the full range of offensive and defensive abilities players like Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow have to offer.
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Wisconsin Beat Kentucky – Final Four Revenge is Sweet
The quest for a national title on top of an undefeated season for Kentucky ends, losing 71-64 to Wisconsin in the Final Four semifinal that was a repeat of last year’s encounter, only with very different consequences.
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NCAA Tournament – Duke vs Kentucky is the Final Everyone Wants (and Doesn’t)
The most hated college basketball team in the nation? Duke, who are in the Final Four. The most hated college basketball coaches? John Calipari of Kentucky and Mike Krzyzewski, Duke again. So with all this hate, why is this the final everyone wants to see?
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NCAA Tournament – Teams of the Final Four
In the Final Four of the 2015 tournament, we have three number one seeds: Kentucky of the SEC, Duke of the ACC, Wisconsin of the Big Ten. The fourth team, Michigan State, also of the Big Ten, are a surprising number seven seed.
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Duke Over Gonzaga – Freshmen Keep Paving the Way
Everyone is against one-and-done’s at least on the outside, but no one minds when they take you into the Final Four, and Duke are riding the wave of freshman success, beating Gonzaga 66-52, led by Justise Winslow, Jahlil Okafor and Tyus Jones.
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Michigan State Over Louisville – Seeding Doesn’t Mean Anything
In possibly the best game of the 2015 NCAA Tournament Michigan State beat Louisville 76-70 in overtime, carrying too much momentum into the final five minutes to be denied another trip into the Final Four, a 7th for head coach Tom Izzo.
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NCAA Tournament – Teams of the Elite Eight
The ACC, with three teams (Duke, Louisville, Notre Dame) leads the conferences in Elite Eight representation, followed by the Big Ten (Michigan State, Wisconsin) with two. The SEC (with Kentucky), Pac-12 (Arizona) and WCC (Gonzaga) have just one team each left in the 2015 NCAA Tournament.
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NCAA Tournament – Sweet Sixteen Ends Without Upsets
The second and final day of Sweet Sixteen basketball ended up without any upsets as Duke, Gonzaga, Louisville and Michigan State advanced to the Elite Eight. The Spartans were the only lower seed to win, but them winning isn’t really a surprise.
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NCAA Tournament – Kentucky & Wisconsin Play Like Number Ones Should
The first night of Sweet Sixteen basketball belonged to the higher seeds, as Kentucky crushed West Virginia, Wisconsin escaped a tough North Carolina team, Notre Dame ran over Wichita State and Arizona pulled ahead late against Xavier.