Final Nov 21
JMU 99 -3.0 o146.0
UIC 81 3.0 u146.0
Final Nov 21
MIA 69 -9.0 o143.0
DRKE 80 9.0 u143.0
Final OT Nov 21
OHIO 81 -2.0 o146.5
MTU 83 2.0 u146.5
Final Nov 21
LAS 67 -1.5 o144.0
UCSD 72 1.5 u144.0
Final Nov 21
OKST 78 2.0 o163.0
FAU 86 -2.0 u163.0
Final Nov 21
USF 74 -6.5 o145.5
PORT 68 6.5 u145.5
Final Nov 21
ECU 78 -4.0 o135.0
JVST 86 4.0 u135.0
Final Nov 21
MONM 62 4.5 o146.5
YSU 72 -4.5 u146.5
Final OT Nov 21
HALL 69 7.0 o126.0
VCU 66 -7.0 u126.0
Final Nov 21
BRAD 82 -7.0 o135.5
TXST 68 7.0 u135.5
Final Nov 21
TOL 103 -13.0 o154.5
STET 78 13.0 u154.5
Final Nov 21
RMU 86 9.5 o151.5
COR 76 -9.5 u151.5
Final Nov 21
UNCG 58 17.5 o146.5
IND 69 -17.5 u146.5
Final 0OT Nov 21
BAY 99 -2.5 o150.5
SJU 98 2.5 u150.5
Final Nov 21
SYR 66 11.0 o155.0
TEX 70 -11.0 u155.0
Final Nov 21
NIAG 73 14.0 o136.5
KENT 76 -14.0 u136.5
Final Nov 21
EMU 68 7.0 o134.5
OAK 64 -7.0 u134.5
Final Nov 21
RAD 51 22.0 o144.5
CLEM 79 -22.0 u144.5
Final Nov 21
EDW 59 -0.0 o0.0
UNF 108 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
JOHNSU 52 -0.0 o0.0
CHAT 72 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
BRY 66 -12.5 o153.0
STONE 67 12.5 u153.0
Final Nov 21
NJIT 64 12.5 o135.0
BUCK 81 -12.5 u135.0
Final Nov 21
MER 72 18.5 o150.0
SCAR 84 -18.5 u150.0
Final OT Nov 21
SEMO 77 1.5 o149.5
CARK 73 -1.5 u149.5
Final OT Nov 21
PRE 58 8.5 o135.0
SFA 55 -8.5 u135.0
Final Nov 21
VAN 73 2.5 o150.5
NEV 71 -2.5 u150.5
Final Nov 21
TRN 78 -0.0 o0.0
SHSU 105 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
46 -0.0 o0.0
WIU 73 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
TXWES 66 -0.0 o0.0
UNT 73 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
MINCR 60 -0.0 o0.0
NDSU 67 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
ORU 68 21.5 o149.5
MISS 100 -21.5 u149.5
Final Nov 21
LNDNWD 64 9.5 o145.0
VALP 77 -9.5 u145.0
Final Nov 21
CCSU 54 -2.0 o142.0
SH 67 2.0 u142.0
Final Nov 21
PRIN 62 -7.5 o152.5
WRST 80 7.5 u152.5
Final Nov 21
UTM 77 11.5 o155.5
AMCC 81 -11.5 u155.5
Final Nov 21
TAMCOM 56 24.5 o144.5
OKLA 84 -24.5 u144.5
Final Nov 21
TST 49 31.0 o147.0
MICH 72 -31.0 u147.0
Final Nov 21
TTU 77 -10.5 o149.5
STJOE 78 10.5 u149.5
Final Nov 21
GRAM 58 23.5 o152.5
UNM 80 -23.5 u152.5
Final Nov 21
TENN 64 -12.5 o126.5
UVA 42 12.5 u126.5
Final Nov 21
EWU 81 14.0 o158.5
WSU 96 -14.0 u158.5
Final Nov 21
AFA 69 16.0 o136.0
CAL 78 -16.0 u136.0
Final Nov 21
ORE 78 -6.5 o139.5
ORST 75 6.5 u139.5
Final Nov 21
MEM 68 2.0 o154.5
SF 64 -2.0 u154.5
Michigan St. 7th Big Ten20-11
Duke 1st Atlantic Coast26-5

Michigan St. @ Duke preview

Bon Secours Wellness Arena

Last Meeting ( Dec 1, 2020 ) Michigan St 75, Duke 69

A matchup involving second-seeded Duke and seventh-seeded Michigan State isn't out of the ordinary at this time of the year.

This one, which will come Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, comes with even heightened anticipation.

The teams will collide in the West Region at Greenville, S.C., with so much at stake and so much history.

Championship coaches Mike Krzyzewski -- in his final season at Duke (29-6) -- and Tom Izzo of Michigan State (23-12) bring more coaching power than any pair in the sport.

"I like the game," Izzo said. "I just don't like the record in that matchup over the years. ... I've got to be his favorite coach because he has beat us like a drum."

Krzyzewski-coached teams are 12-3 against Izzo's squads, although the Spartans have won two of the past three meetings.

This will be the sixth time they have squared off in the NCAA Tournament, with Duke's Coach K squads winning three of the first five. The last time they met in the tournament was in the 2019 Elite Eight, when Michigan State beat Duke 68-67.

And in the regular season last year during the pandemic, Izzo's team topped the Blue Devils in a nearly empty Cameron Indoor Stadium.

"Every time we've played, it's been a game I look forward to," Izzo said. "It's been a game I respect. I think Mike has done more for our profession than just Duke basketball.

Krzyzewski, 75, is the winningest coach in NCAA history and will go for another milestone Sunday. He carries a 1,199-367 career mark into the game. Among those, he's 98-30 in NCAA Tournament games.

"In order to win something big, you have to win NCAA games," Krzyzewski said.

Before Friday's opening round 78-61 victory over Cal State Fullerton, Duke last played an NCAA Tournament game in Greenville in 2017, when the second-seeded Blue Devils were stunned by South Carolina, 88-81.

"For all these guys, it's their first NCAA game," Krzyzewski said. "So there's a little bit of like -- I don't know if it's nerves. It's different. It's just different.

Yet in order to keep advancing, Krzyzewski said the Blue Devils must concentrate on defensive rebounding.

Duke won just two of its previous four games entering the tournament.

"It's really just a step in the right direction," Blue Devils forward Wendell Moore Jr. "We've had a great week of practice. We got better this week in practice as well. So we can keep building on what we've been learning, what we've been working on. I think soon we'll reach our full potential."

Michigan State struggled against 10th-seeded Davidson before prevailing 74-73 in Friday's nightcap.

That set up another work assignment for the Spartans.

"Now preparing, there is nothing, nothing that I enjoy more than trying not to sleep after a big game and go home and work all night," said the 67-year-old Izzo. "That's my team prayer. Give me the strength to work another night. That's kind of what I get to do."

--Field Level Media

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