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.

Duke is in the Final Four in Jon Scheyer's third season in charge, and his team has shown it's much more than Cooper Flagg. The Blue Devils have a collection of NBA prospects, and Scheyer has them peaking at the right time.

SAN FRANCISCO -- The first ticket to the Final Four in San Antonio will be punched on Saturday evening when No. 1 seed Florida meets No. 3 seed Texas Tech at Chase Center. The Gators are coming off a blowout win over No. 4 seed Maryland in the Sweet 16, while Texas Tech overcame a 16-point deficit en route to a dramatic overtime win over Arkansas.

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Paige Bueckers scored a career-high 40 points, rescuing UConn from its first-half doldrums and single-handedly turning a tight game against Oklahoma into an 82-59 rout on Saturday that sent the Huskies to the Elite Eight of the women's NCAA Tournament.

Beers was a five-star recruit and the No. 10 overall player and the No. 3 center in the 2022 recruiting class by ESPN HoopGurlz Recruiting Rankings. She attended Valor Christian in Highlands Ranch, Colorado, where she was a McDonald's All-American and Gatorade Player of the Year in 2022.

As the NCAA Tournament gets underway, several top prospects will be in the spotlight. And scouts have varying opinions on many of them.

After the Sweet 16 games on Thursday, March 27 and Friday, March 28, there will only be eight teams remaining for the Elite Eight round games on Saturday, March 29 and Sunday, March 30.Start the day smarter.

The stage is set for a potentially epic Elite Eight showdown as No. 1 seed Duke and No. 2 seed Alabama will face off Saturday with a spot in the Final Four on the line. Both teams reached 100 points in their Sweet 16 victories and are brimming with the high-end talent necessary to create a compelling March Madness showdown.