The number one overall seed Duke Blue Devils will take on the 9th seeded TCU Horned Frogs on Saturday at 5:15pm in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournament.
Ian Eagle, Grant Hill, Bill Raftery 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
- An 11-0 run within the final eight minutes of the contest brought back No. 1-seed Duke for a 71-65 victory against No. 16-seed Siena on Thursday.
- Duke trailed by 11 points at halftime, 43-32. Siena built a lead as large as 13 points, the largest deficit that Duke has faced all season.
- The Blue Devils became the fourth ACC team to come back from a double-digit halftime deficit in the NCAA Tournament Round of 64.
- Duke is one of only two teams ranked in the top-six nationally in both offensive efficiency (127.4, 6th) and defensive efficiency (89.8, 1st) ratings. (KenPom).
- Cameron Boozer is the nation’s ninth-leading scorer with 22.5 points per game and is tied for third in the nation with 20 double-doubles, while topping the ACC in rebounding (10.3 rpg), is 12th in assists (4.2 apg), 15th in steals (1.4 spg) and fifth in field goal percentage (.560).
- Center Pat Ngongba will likely make his return to the court Saturday after nursing a foot injury since the Blue Devils’ regular season finale against UNC.
About TCU
- This is TCU’s fourth NCAA Tournament appearance in five seasons and the fifth appearance under head coach Jamie Dixon, who is in his 10th season with the Horned Frogs.
- The Horned Frogs have won 10 of their last 12 games and finished sixth in the Big 12.
- TCU will be the only team in the country that has faced all four of the No. 1 seeds in Arizona, Florida, Michigan and Duke. The win over No. 10 Florida was one of three top-10 ranked wins throughout the season.
- The Horned Frogs are led by the All-Big 12 Conference frontcourt of Xavier Edmonds (third team) and David Punch (honorable mention). Punch leads the team in scoring with 14.4 points per game and in rebounding at 6.9 per game. Edmonds contributes 12.7 points and 6.7 boards per game.
- TCU ranks 38th nationally in turnover margin (+2.8).
Duke vs TCU
- This is the first meeting between Duke and TCU.
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