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Duke vs. Kansas live results: Scores and highlights from Elite Eight 2018 game

Kansas is going to the Final Four.

NCAA Basketball: NCAA Tournament-Midwest Regional-Kansas vs Duke
NCAA Basketball: NCAA Tournament-Midwest Regional-Kansas vs Duke
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Kansas 85, Duke 81 (OT), FINAL: Malik Newman took over in extra time, scoring all 13 points for Kansas in overtime, sending the Jayhawks to their 15th Final Four. Newman scored 32 points in the win for Kansas, who will face Villanova in the Final Four.

Duke was leading by a point when Wendell Carter fouled out with 2:49 remaining. Kansas ended the game on a 10-5 run to close out the win.

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Overtime

Kansas 81, Duke 78, 0:56.5: It looked like Duke was getting the ball back after this emphatic referee call, but it was overturned upon replay review:

Kansas 81, Duke 78, 1:39: Malik Newman has all nine points so far in overtime for Kansas, including a pair of three-pointers. The sophomore has a game-high 28 points to go along with seven rebounds.

Start of OT: Azubuike has fouled out for Kansas, while Wendell Carter opens the extra period with four fouls for Duke. Carter had seven points and two rebounds all with those four fouls in the final 7:30 of regulation.

Second half

Duke 72, Kansas 72, end of regulation: Grayson Allen came sooooo close to sending Duke to the Final Four with his shot at the end of regulation.

Duke 72, Kansas 72, 0:25.7: There have been six lead changes in the final six minutes of the game. Udoka Azubuike fouled out with 1:59 left, but not before giving us this back end of a nifty alley oop:

One shining moment, 1:59:

Duke 68, Kansas 67, 3:20:Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk was involved in a pair of possession changes thanks to his feet on the line, one a turnover on the baseline and the other trying to corral a tipped rebounds near midcourt. Duke responded to the first with a three-pointer.

“Mykhailiuk’s gotta get smaller sneakers,” joked Bill Raftery on CBS.

Duke 64, Kansas 62, 5:50: Wendell Carter returned with those four fouls with 7:30 remaining and paid immediate dividends with a three-point play that brought Duke back into the lead.

Kansas 53, Duke 50, 11:43: Wendell Carter picked up his fourth foul and exited with 16:06 and the Blue Devils down seven. Duke cut the deficit to one with a pair of threes but Lagerald Vick responded with a three of his own. Vick has 12 points, including eight in the first eight minutes of the second half. The Jayhawks got into some foul trouble of their own with Udoka Azubuike picking up his fourth foul as well, at the 11:43 mark.

Kansas 44, Duke 39, 16:25: The Jayhawks came out firing on an 11-3 run to start the second half, grabbing the lead. Kansas made 4-of-5 from the field to open the half, including 3-for-4 on threes.

Halftime

Duke 36, Kansas 33:

Duke guard Trevon Duval was the best player on the floor in the first half. Duval leads all scorers with 13 points and is the only player on either side in double figures. Both teams are tossing up bricks from three (Duke at 3/15, Kansas at 4/14), but they’re having some success around the basket. That Kansas is going pretty much stride-for-stride with Duke is a positive, because the Jayhawks had center Udoka Azubuike, a key rim-protector, on the bench for nine of the opening 20 minutes in foul trouble. We’re likely to have a dramatic finish.

First half

Duke 30, Kansas 29, 2:39: We’ve got a slugfest. Duke’s been just slightly ahead for most of the game. The Blue Devils have led for 11:16 to the Jayhawks’ 1:30 so far, but we’ve already seen seven lead changes. You get the impression that this game will go to the wire.

Duke 22, Kansas 19, 7:04: This is a really fun basketball game, even though the shooting’s been bad. Duke point guard Trevon Duval has emerged with seven early points.

Duke 15, Kansas 14, 10:48: So far, both teams have scored with balance. Just one player in the entire game, Kansas’ Svi Mykhailiuk, has more than four points. (He has six.)

Duke 7, Kansas 6, 15:38: There’s been some good action in the opening minutes. Neither team’s shooting all that well, which is a surprise given the brilliant offenses both of these teams have. Both are hovering around 30 percent from the field early. Those numbers will go up considerably by the time this game’s over, in all likelihood.


Preview by Matt Ellentuck

The Kansas Jayhawks may be the weakest No. 1 seed of the tournament, but they’re also just one of two that remain in the Elite Eight. The wins might not have been pretty, but Kansas beat No. 16 seed Penn by 16 points, then edged out close four-point wins over No. 8 Seton Hall and No. 5 Clemson. Wins are wins, but now they’ll face their toughest opponent of the tournament, the Duke Blue Devils.

Coach K’s team rolled past No. 15 Iona and No. 7 Rhode Island by a combined 47 points. Syracuse hung around in the Sweet 16, only losing by four points, but the game always felt like it was in the Blue Devils’ hands.

Duke and Kansas didn’t play each other during the season, but both have stacked impressive wins over the course of the year. Both also have seniors who want top go out on top.

Grayson Allen won a championship two years ago as a reserve, but in his final year he’ll try to win as the face of the program. Big 12 Player of the Year Devonte’ Graham hasn’t won a title yet with the Jayhawks, and this is his last chance to achieve what he’s been working towards.

No. 1 Kansas vs. No. 2 Duke

Date: March 25

Time: 5:05 p.m.

TV: CBS

Live Stream: March Madness Live

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