No. 1-seed Duke will meet nine-seed Baylor in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday, March 23. The Blue Devils (31-3) and Bears (20-14), tip off at 2:40 p.m., on CBS.
Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill and Tracy Wolfson will call the action on CBS. David Shumate and John Roth team up for the broadcast on the Blue Devil Sports Network.
About Duke
- No. 1-seed Duke began the 2025 NCAA Tournament with a 93-49 victory over Mount St. Mary’s on Friday, March 21, at the Lenovo Center. Tyrese ProctorĀ led the Blue Devils (32-3) with 19 points, while three others finished in double-figures – Cooper FlaggĀ (14),Ā Caleb FosterĀ (12) andĀ Khaman MaluachĀ (11).
- Duke’s 44-point victory on Friday is the Blue Devils’ seventh win by 40+ points in the NCAA Tournament, the most by any school in the history of the event. On Friday Duke distributed 21 assists with just two turnovers – a 10.5 assist-turnover ratio – which is the best ratio in program history.
- Duke is the only team in the country ranked among the top-three in both offensive (1st) and defensive (3rd) raw efficiency, according to KenPom.
- Duke is the only Division I team to score 80 points or more per game (83.0) and hold its opponents to fewer than 62 points per game (61.5).
- Based on EvanMiya’sĀ Defensive Bayesian Performance Rating, Duke has six of the top 16 defenders in the ACC:Ā Cooper FlaggĀ (1st),Ā Maliq BrownĀ (3rd),Ā Kon KnueppelĀ (6th),Ā SionĀ JamesĀ (8th),Ā Khaman MaluachĀ (9th) andĀ Tyrese ProctorĀ (16th). Flagg ranks as the second-best defender in the nation with a rating of 4.64.
About Baylor
- Norchad Omier (6-7, forward) ranks third in the nation and leads the Big 12 with 22 double-doubles this season, averaging team highs of 15.8 points and 10.9 rebounds per game.
- Standout freshman VJ Edgecombe earned three honors in the yearly Big 12 end of season awards, winning Big 12 Freshman of the Year, All-Big 12 Second Team and All-Big 12 Freshman Team.
- Baylor freshmen stars VJ Edgecombe and Robert Wright are among the top players in college basketball. The duo rank among the top freshmen in the nation in both points per game and assists.
- Over the last six seasons, Baylor is 113-14 when leading at the half and 138-22 when taking a 2nd-half lead.
- BU is 110-6 since 2019 when shooting a higher percentage than its opponent (Were 96-1 entering this year). Baylor has won 66 of itās last 68 games when shooting 50% or higher (only losses 1/25/25 @ BYU and 2/10/25 @
Houston).
Duke vs Baylor
- The Blue Devils last played Baylor on Dec. 20, 2023, defeating the No. 10 Bears, 78-70, inside Madison Square Garden.
- Jeremy Roach, who transferred from Duke to Baylor following the 2023-24 season, tallied 18 points, three rebounds, three assists and two steals for the Blue Devils in the 2023 victory.
- In the first series meeting, Duke defeated the Bears, 78-71, in the NCAA regional finals on March 28, 2010, in Houston, as the Blue Devils advanced to their 15th Final Four to eventually claim their fourth national championship title.
- In that contest, then senior guard and current Duke head coachĀ Jon ScheyerĀ drained five 3-pointers and made all five free throws for 20 points, to go along with five rebounds, four assists and a steal, playing all 40 minutes of the regional final.
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