And his former player, assistant coach and handpicked successor, Jon Scheyer, got the country's top recruit Cooper Flagg to come to Duke — then retooled the Blue Devils around him and got them back to the Final Four in just his third year in charge.

Follow along below for the score, updates and highlights from Duke's win. Duke outscores Alabama 39-28 in the second half to pull away for an 85-65 victory Saturday in the Elite Eight at the ...

Duke ended the 2024-25 season for Alabama basketball in the Elite Eight with a 20-point victory. Here's how the Blue Devils did it.

Duke’s stream of NBA-ready standouts used smothering defense and other options on offense to paper over Cooper Flagg’s rough shooting night and lift the Blue Devils to the program’s 18th Final Four with an 85-65 victory over Alabama.

Alabama has chipped into Duke's lead over the first four minutes of the second half. Grant Nelson blocked a Cooper Flagg dunk and Mark Sears hit a 3-pointer. Duke leads 52-45 at the under-16 timeout with Alabama's Chris Youngblood looking to cap an and-one after the TV timeout.

Alabama basketball had a chance to make the Final Four for the second straight season. All the Crimson Tide has to do is beat the No. 1 seed in the region. Duke had other plans. The Blue Devils stifled the Tide offense, the same one that put up a record-breaking performance against BYU in the Elite Eight, and beat Alabama 85-65.

Duke basketball and Alabama play Saturday (8:49 p.m., TBS/truTV) in the Elite Eight of the 2025 men's NCAA Tournament. Cooper Flagg and the top-seeded Blue Devils (34-3) will battle Mark Sears and the second-seeded Crimson Tide (28-8) at Prudential Center ...

Saturday's second national semifinal showdown in San Antonio at the Final Four will see No. 1 seed Duke face No. 1 seed Houston in a rematch of last year's Sweet 16 clash won by the Blue Devils. Duke advanced to the Elite Eight last spring with a dramatic 54-51 win over the Cougars.