The Latest on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):
7:40 p.m.
Malik Newman scored all 13 of Kansas’ points in overtime, and the top-seeded Jayhawks are back in the Final Four for the first time since 2012 after beating No. 2 seed Duke 85-81 in overtime in the Midwest Region final.
The Jayhawks had failed to get out of the Elite Eight as a No. 1 seed each of the last two years. This time the Jayhawks broke through thanks to a huge performance from Newman, who scored a career-high 32 points.
Kansas will play top-seeded East Region champion Villanova in the second national semifinal next Saturday in San Antonio. Duke was trying to get to the Final Four for the first time since it won the national championship in 2015.
Newman made two free throws to tie the game, then gave the Jayhawks the lead for good at with 1:49 left. Newman scored 10 points in the first five minutes of the second half as the Jayhawks quickly erased a 36-33 halftime deficit.
Trevon Duval scored 20 points to lead Duke. Marvin Bagley III scored 16 in what probably was his last college game.
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7:15 p.m.
Duke and Kansas are going to overtime tied 72-72 in their Midwest Region final.
The Jayhawks’ Svi Mykhailiuk hit a 3-pointer with 26 seconds left to tie the game. Grayson Allen, who had hit four key free throws late in regulation, saw his fadeaway shot from the lane swirl out of the basket just before the buzzer.
The Jayhawks are without big man Udoka Azubuike, who fouled out with 1:59 left.
Malik Newman leads Kansas with 19 points. Gary Trent Jr. has 17 for Duke.
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6:55 p.m.
Duke leads Kansas 64-62 after Gary Trent Jr. hits a 3-pointer with about six minutes left.
Both teams are trading blows in a tight game in their Midwest Region final on Sunday.
Marvin Bagley III muscled an inside shot over Silvio De Sousa to tie it at 57. But Devonte Graham’s 3-pointer put Kansas ahead again, and Svi Mykhailiuk scored on a pass from Graham to push the lead to five points.
Kansas big man Udoka Azubuike continues to sit with four fouls. Duke’s Wendell Carter Jr. just re-entered the game with four fouls and converted a three-point play.
Malik Newman leads Kansas with 16 points. Trevon Duval has 14 points for the Blue Devils.
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6:40 p.m.
Kansas leads Duke 57-55 in the Midwest Region final, and foul trouble is becoming a real issue.
Kansas big man Udoka Azubuike committed his fourth foul with 11:43 left and went to the bench. Duke forward Wendell Carter Jr. already is sitting with four fouls.
Lagerald Vick’s 3-pointer put the Jayhawks up 51-47. Javin DeLaurier scored on a putback after beating Azubuike for a rebound, and then Azubuike dunked on the other end before committing his fourth foul.
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6:30 p.m.
Kansas has made 3 of its first 4 3-pointers in the second half and took a 46-39 lead over Duke in the Midwest Region final.
Malik Newman made two 3s and Lagerald Vick another, prompting Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski to call a timeout with 16:25 left.
Kansas big man Udoka Azubuike went to the bench with his third foul 1 ½ minutes into the second half and was replaced by Silvio De Sousa.
Wendell Carter Jr. also picked up his fourth foul for the Blue Devils and was replaced by Marques Bolden.
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6 p.m.
Duke leads Kansas 36-33 at halftime of their Midwest Region final after Trevon Duval scored the last six points of the half for the Blue Devils.
Duval, who had just two points on 1-of-7 shooting against Syracuse on Friday, has a game-high 13 points on 6-of-10 shooting so far.
Malik Newman, the Jayhawks’ leading scorer in the postseason, missed his first five shots and didn’t get his first points until he hit a pair of free throws to tie it 25-all. His layup on KU’s next possession gave the Jayhawks their first lead since early in the half.
Gary Trent Jr.’s 3-pointer gave the Blue Devils the lead again.
Duke’s Wendell Carter Jr. committed his third foul with four minutes left in the half and went to the bench.
The winner of this game plays Villanova next Saturday in the national semifinals in San Antonio.
- Eric Olson reporting from Omaha, Nebraska.
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5:40 p.m.
Grayson Allen made a steal and drove the length of the court for a dunk and Duke leads Kansas 25-23 with 5:20 left in the first half of the Midwest Region final.
Neither team has shot well. Duke is making 37.5 percent from the floor, with Trevon Duval leading the Blue Devils with seven points. Duke’s Wendell Carter Jr. has picked up two fouls, and Marques Bolden has replaced him.
Kansas is shooting 33.3 percent. Udoka Azubuike, who shot an air ball on a free throw, also had the ball slip out of his hands on a dunk try and roll out of bounds. Azubuike just picked up his second foul and also is on the bench.
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5:35 p.m.
Duke’s Trevon Duval badly missed an early jumper but the freshman has come on with a strong start so far.
The freshman came in averaging 10 points but shooting just 42 percent from the floor and 28.7 percent from behind the arc.
But he’s 3 for 5 early with 7 points and even knocked down a 3, a welcome boost considering Duke’s best outside shooters (Grayson Allen and Gary Trent Jr.) had made just 1 of 5 to start the game.
Duke leads Kansas 22-19 with about seven minutes left in the first half.
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5:15 p.m.
Some nerves might be at play early in second-seeded Duke’s game with No. 1 seed Kansas in the Midwest Region final.
The Blue Devils led 7-6 at the first media timeout, but it hasn’t been pretty. Duke’s Gary Trent Jr. shot an air ball 3-pointer and Trevon Duval badly missed a jumper, and Kansas big man Udoka Azubuike missed everything on his first free-throw attempt.
The Jayhawks, as they did against Clemson on Friday, are benefiting from a huge home-court advantage. They drew a roar three times as loud as that of the Blue Devils during pregame introductions. KU’s campus in Lawrence is a three-hour’s drive from the CenturyLink Center.
The Duke-Kansas winner plays top-seeded East Region champion Villanova in the national semifinals Saturday.
- Eric Olson reporting from Omaha, Nebraska.
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4:45 p.m.
Villanova is headed back to the Final Four.
The Wildcats will have a chance at their second national championship in three seasons, courtesy of a 71-59 win over Texas Tech in Sunday’s East regional final.
They will play the winner of Kansas and Duke in the Final Four in San Antonio.
Jalen Brunson led the Wildcats (34-4) with 15 points. Eric Paschall finished with 12 points and a career-high 14 rebounds.
Donte DiVincenzo and Mikal Bridges each added 12 points.
Villanova came into the game with 44 3-pointers for the tournament. It had four 3s in Sunday’s win, but it was their defense that stood out in this one.
The Wildcats outrebounded the Red Raiders 51-33, including grabbing 31 defensive rebounds. They also had six steals.
Keenan Evans led Texas Tech with 12 points.
Villanova led 36-23 at the half, holding the Red Raiders to a season-low for first half points. The
The Wildcats’ lead grew as high as 15 in the opening minutes of the second half and took advantage of a bevy of Texas Tech fouls, racking up 29 points at the free-throw line.
The Red Raiders (27-10) were playing in their first Elite Eight and came out on fire, notching and early 9-1 lead. They got as close as 56-51 with less than five minutes to play, but Villanova closed the game on a 15-8 run.
- Kyle Hightower, reporting from Boston
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3:20 p.m.
Villanova is 20 minutes away from its second trip to the Final Four in three seasons.
The East top-seeded Wildcats lead third-seeded Texas Tech 36-23 at the half, holding the Red Raiders to a season-low for first half points. The previous low was 24 in a loss to Texas in January.
Eric Paschall leads Villanova with nine points and six rebounds. Jarrett Culver has six points for the Red Raiders. The Wildcats closed the half on a 35-14 run.
Villanova came into the game needing just 11 3-pointers to set a Division I single-season record. The Wildcats, who came in with 44 3s in the tournament, had two in the opening 20 minutes.
The Red Raiders hit just 6 of their last 23 shots after taking an early lead. They also had two starters in early foul trouble, with both Zhaire Smith and Justin Gray picking up two fouls apiece. Both had brief stints on the bench before returning to the game. Texas Tech helped Villanova reach the bonus early and the Wildcats made the most of it, going 14 of 19 from the free-throw line.
- Kyle Hightower, reporting from Boston
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2:35 p.m.
Texas Tech jumped out to a 9-1 lead on top-seeded Villanova, the biggest deficit the Wildcats have faced this tournament. ’Nova promptly responded with a 6-0 run.
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2:15 p.m.
Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski can make history on Sunday if he and the second-seeded Blue Devils advance to their 13th Final Four under the Hall of Fame coach’s leadership.
A win over Kansas would break the record that Krzyzewski, 71, shares with UCLA legend John Wooden for national semifinal appearances.
It won’t be easy though. The Blue Devils will play the top-seeded Jayhawks in Omaha, Nebraska - in what could feel like another home game for Kansas.
KU beat Clemson 80-76 on Friday in front of a pro-Jayhawks crowd that helped carry their team through some late-game miscues.
It’ll be the first meeting of these bluebloods in the NCAA Tournament since 2003, when Kansas knocked off Coach K and the Blue Devils in the Sweet 16.
- Luke Meredith reporting from Omaha, Nebraska
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1:30 p.m.
The last half of the Elite Eight will go a long way toward determining the winners of March Madness pools across the country.
Unlike the South and West regions, plenty of brackets have Villanova and Kansas or Duke reaching the Final Four. The biggest long shot for casual fans on Sunday is Texas Tech, a Final Four pick on less than 5 percent of brackets in Yahoo and ESPN contests.
Contrast that with Villanova, which was picked to go to San Antonio on nearly 60 percent of ESPN brackets and 70 percent of Yahoo brackets.
Kansas and Duke each have about 30 percent support to the Final Four, and only one will make it in.
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1 p.m.
The upstarts had their fun on the left side of the bracket. Now the final two of the Final Four will be determined by the high seeds on the right.
No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 2 Duke in a blueblood showdown in Omaha for the Midwest Region title. No. 1 Villanova and No. 3 Texas Tech in Boston to take the East.
Should make for a fun Sunday.
The Jayhawks and Blue Devils are among the premier programs in college basketball, combining for eight national championships.
The East final is for you if you like defensive basketball.
Villanova is known for its 3-point shooting and rightly so, but the Wildcats have dominated defensively as they’ve made their way through the bracket. Texas Tech (27-9) has used its depth and length to wear opponents down, allowed 66 points or less through three games of the NCAA Tournament.
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