Duke, Alabama awaits March Madness was online with the last four

Newark, NJ-and Duke No. 1 goes to the East Region East Region’s elite matchup against No. 2 Alabama “one centimeter from the promised country and led to Final Four,” said coach Jon Scheyer on Friday, almost a year until the day of an impressive defeat of 76-64 in the regional final in the state of North Carolina.

These Blue Devils have little resemblance to the team, which was dropped by their rival in the state and conference by the NCAA-Herren tournament. A squad that is defined by phenomenal beginners and several effective transfers has only two overflows from the rotation of the last year – Guards Tyrese Proctor and Caleb Foster.

But the pain of the tournament output last season is part of the inheritance of this team.

“You do not take it for granted how difficult it is to primarily get an elite night,” said Scheyer. “So if you are in this place, you have another opportunity to be back, you want to use the moment. To be honest, every decision that we have made since March 31 of last year was to put us in the same position and to have the opportunity to achieve capital.”

So Duke is preparing for “a war”, for “a fight” and for “a physical game,” said Freshman Center Khaman Maluach. “It will be a fight,” said Senior Guard Sion James. Alabama is “battle tested, so we will be ready to go,” said newcomer Guard Kon Knueppel. “It will be a war. It will only be a war,” said Proctor.

“Every game could be our last,” said the Freshman striker Cooper Flagg, who scored 30 points at Dukes Sweet 16-win against No. 4 in Arizona.

The Blue Devils are also preparing for a shootout. Both teams darkened the mark in The Sweet 16, with Duke defeated the Wildcats 100-93 and made the Crimson Tide No. 6 Brigham Young 113-88 behind a tournament record 25. Two teams had not scored at least 100 points in Sweet 16 on the same day since Kentucky and Jacksonville did it in 1970 in 1970, according to the NCAA.

In a game, the opponents combined 200 or more points in a game 42 times in a game. While there were only five such games from 2000 to 23, the 200-point brand was broken three times in the last two seasons, twice from the Crimson Tide: against BYU and in the 109: 96 victory against Charleston in the opening round of last year.

“I don’t think many teams like Alabama play,” said Knueppel.

But there are also not many teams like Duke, which could explain why the Blue Devils in Alabama coach Nate Oats’ spirit were before the opening tip against Arizona.

“We have to be better against Duke,” he said immediately after Alabama’s victory to CBS and then referred to Maluach 9-foot 8 range in his following press conference, even when the Blue Devils still had a global warming through.

“We know that they have many types of size,” said Alabama striker Grant Nelson. “We know that we have to be patient when we get into the color and obviously keep an eye on for everything.”

Tempo, pace, scope and central defense as well as the unique brilliance of players such as Flagg and Alabama Guard Mark Sears: These are the factors that determine whether the Blue Devils can reach the last four for the first time or whether the flood can reach the national semi -finals for the second time in a row.

According to Kenpom.com, the Blue Devils have the most effective offensive in the nation, while Alabama, which leads the country with 94.3 points per game, occupies fourth place. According to the Kenpom.com analysis, however, the two criminal offenses are different, with Duke classified the 264th nationwide at an adapted pace – a measurement of possessions per 40 minutes for the opponent.

“Look, your pace jumps from the table with you,” said Scheyer.

The Blue Devils are “sometimes a little more conscious,” said Oats. “You want to make sure you get the same actions. We are a bit free to flow.”

Duke is simply more methodological, but no less fatal. And the greatest capital of the Blue Devil is flag, an uninhibited, unstoppable and incredibly talented view in the middle of one of the best new students in history. Against the wildcats he was the first player with at least 25 points, five rebounds, five assists and three blocks in a tournament game, the former Marquette Guard Dwyane Wade in 2003.

“He doesn’t miss much,” said Oats about Flagg. “It has a good size, can be downhill and it is a super high IQ type. It is very good. There is a reason why he will be a lottery choice this year.”

Flag’s balanced game helped Dukes Combat Arizonas Comeplack efforts on Thursday evening. After Flagg inserted a short break for seven minutes at half-time, he returned and delivered several key games in the route, including three important free throws in the last 93 seconds to secure the seven points victory.

If you push back against Alabama’s inevitable evaluation disc, more of the same is required. BYU hung around for part of the first half before he quickly lost the plot and was buried by the record of the flood behind the bow.

“As soon as they have come out of the game we had, the dynamics will be transferred to the next game,” said Sears.

Even for one of the most successful programs in college basketball, Saturday evening is a unique opportunity in an important respect: a roster with more star power than solar radiation is defined by the make-or break matchup with the crimson tide.

“I think that at the game there is really high -ranking basketball, despair and level of competition,” said Scheyer. “I was on both sides and it is heartbreaking when you lose, and it is the best feeling if you win. You work for that. Therefore, you recruit. Therefore you build a team. The whole time, the energy and everything that goes into these moments.”

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Duke, Alabama awaits March Madness was online with the last four

ByAmelia Journalton

By Amelia Journalton

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