Butler, the underdog, came out on top, though, and now Duke will have to face a team Monday that promises to have a large fan base in attendance.
Joe Mazzulla didn’t hurt Duke Saturday night. Neither did Da’Sean Butler, and neither did John Flowers. In short, West Virginia’s trio of guards, a group the Mountaineers desperately needed to...
Ever since it pulled off an impressive run to beat Georgetown in the Big East Tournament final on a Da’Sean Butler jumper in the waning seconds of regulation, defensive-minded West Virginia been...
Turn the clock back 19 years. It’s March 30, 1991, the day Duke Basketball and the city of Indianapolis began a relationship that will be renewed Saturday night.
Last Sunday, facing a formidable Baylor frontcourt in the Elite 8, the Other Two made two of the biggest plays of the game with the clock ticking steadily toward zero.
The Blue Devils have made a habit of cutting down nets this season. But they aren’t satisfied yet. There’s one net they have left to cut down, and it is located in Indianapolis.
The only thing standing between Duke and the title game since 2001 is West Virginia and its renowned 1-3-1 zone defense.
I was convinced when I left campus last May after my junior year that Duke had missed its best opportunity to make a Final Four. Gerald Henderson had declared for the NBA and megastar recruit John...
Check out The Chronicle's 2010 Final Four Preview, where our columnists give you their takes on the tournament, sports writers scout the opposition and our podcasters riff on the past, present and...
Just before tip-off of the 2001 Final Four at the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis, I asked John Feinstein, the author of the two best-selling sports books in history and a former...
In the national media’s (grossly oversimplified) Final Four narrative, every team has a storyline. Butler is the homecoming Cinderella; Michigan State’s Tom Izzo is the greatest Tournament coach of...
If head coach Tom Izzo’s reign at Michigan State has been characterized by one maxim, it is this: Never count out the Spartans in March. Never has that been clearer than this season.
Duke is back in the Final Four—and as a villain in the season’s final weekend.
Mason Plumlee realizes that he can energize the Blue Devils off the bench in paramount ways.
Against Baylor, for the first time in his career, Kyle Singler did not make a field goal.
Instead of a war, the fans saw a rout. Buoyed by a combined 63 points from Jon Scheyer, Kyle Singler and Nolan Smith, Duke trounced West Virginia Saturday in the national semifinal game. It was a...
Called everything from a Cinderella team to a legitimate contender for the national championship, Butler is a team of many titles. But for head coach Brad Stevens, names don’t mean anything.
Since 1998, Duke has been awarded a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament nine times. That’s almost twice as many as Kansas and North Carolina (five apiece), and at least three times as many as any...
