Duke basketball schedule officially set: Time, date for March Madness Sweet 16 game
Duke basketball schedule officially set: Time, date for March Madness Sweet 16 game
The Duke Blue Devils get three days off before their next men's NCAA Tournament game, a Sweet 16 showdown against the Arizona Wildcats, and freshman superstar Cooper Flagg and his teammates drew the nightcap on the Thursday broadcast schedule.
Duke and Arizona will play at approximately 9:40 p.m. Eastern time on CBS this Thursday night with Brian Anderson, Jim Jackson, and Allie LaForce on the broadcast crew.
The Blue Devils have beaten both of their March Madness opponents by more than 20 points, and Duke has now won eight of its last 13 games by at least that margin. However, Arizona has won five of its last seven battles, and former North Carolina Tar Heels star Caleb Love famously beat the Blue Devils in his only NCAA Tournament showdown with the program during the 2022 Final Four.
The Blue Devils did face the Wildcats earlier this year, beating them 69-55 in Tucson. Flagg scored 24 points in that game, making two of his five 3-pointers, with seven rebounds, three assists, and three blocks, and Kon Knueppel went three-for-six from beyond the arc.
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