Duke dominates Alabama with well-balanced effort to reach Final Four

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Duke dominates Alabama with well-balanced effort to reach Final Four
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Maybe someone will stop Duke before this college basketball season comes to a close at next week’s Final Four. That time was not Saturday night.

Maybe someone will stop Duke before this college basketball season comes to a close at next week’s Final Four.No. 1 seeded Duke advanced to yet another Final Four with its 85-65 win over No. 2 Alabama at the Prudential Center, sending the Blue Devils to yet another Final Four.

Much the way Duke’s win over Arizona in the Sweet 16 game went on Thursday night, Alabama delivered a game and gutsy performance, refusing to be put away by the Blue Devils until the very end.Two days after Alabama scored 113 points in its Sweet 16 win over BYU, it was held to 48 fewer by a longer, more talented and deeper Duke team.Mark Sears, who was held to six points, drives on Cooper Flagg during Alabama’s Elite Eight loss to Duke.

Fellow freshman star Cooper Flagg, who’s the certain No. 1 pick in the upcoming NBA Draft, scored 16 points.Kon Knueppel, who scored a game-high 21 points, shoots over Cliff Omoruyi during Duke’s Elite Eight win over Alabama.Joel ShermanMets X-factor is a long way from Port St. Lucie — and that's a good sign for the Amazin's

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