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Game Day: vs. Gonzaga, 5:05 PM, CBS
3/29/2015 11:00:00 AM | Men's Basketball
Duke (32-4, 15-3 ACC) vs. Gonzaga (35-2, 17-1 WCC)
Sunday, March 29, 2015 • 5:05 p.m. (EST) • CBS
Houston, Texas • NRG Stadium
The Opening Tip
• Duke (32-4, 15-3) faces Gonzaga (35-2, 17-1 WCC) Sunday, March 29 at NRG Stadium in Houston. Tipoff is set for 5:05 p.m. (EST) with Jim Nantz, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill and Tracy Wolfson calling the action for CBS.
• The Blue Devils were tabbed the No. 1 seed in the South Region. Duke has received a No. 1 seed 13 times, second-most in NCAA Tournament history.
• Duke is 102-34 (.750) all-time in NCAA Tournament play, including an 85-26 (.766) mark under head coach Mike Krzyzewski.
• The Blue Devils enter Sunday's game ranked No. 4 in the AP Poll and No. 5 in the USA Today Coaches Poll. Duke is 78-15 (.839) overall when ranked No. 4 in the AP Poll.
• Duke is 8-2 on the year against ranked opponents, including a 4-1 mark against teams ranked in the top 10 of the AP Poll.
• The Blue Devils are 5-4 in NCAA Tournament play in the state of Texas, including a 4-1 mark in Houston. Duke moved to 3-0 at NRG Stadium after Friday's win over Utah.
• Mike Krzyzewski has led Duke to the Elite Eight 14 times, most among NCAA active coaches.
Last Time Out
• Duke posted a 63-57 win over Utah to advance to the Elite Eight for the 20th time in program history.
• Justise Winslow scored a game-high 21 points and added 10 rebounds for his seventh double-double of the year. The Houston native was 8-of-13 from the field, including 3-of-4 from three-point range, and added two blocks and a steal in the win.
• Tyus Jones (15) and Quinn Cook (11) also scored in double figures. The backcourt tandem combined to go 16-of-18 from the free throw line against Utah.
• Duke held the Runnin' Utes to 35.0 percent (21-of-60) shooting from the field, including 29.6 percent (8-of-27) in the opening half of play.
By the Numbers
• Mike Krzyzewski has guided Duke to 14 NCAA Tournament Elite Eight appearances, most among active coaches in the NCAA. The Blue Devils are 11-2 in the Elite Eight under Coach K.
• Justise Winslow is averaging 13.3 points, 11.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.0 blocks and 1.7 steals in NCAA Tournament play. He is shooting 59.3 percent (16-of-27) from the field, including 62.5 percent (5-of-8) from three-point range. Winslow has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in all three games to become the fifth freshman in NCAA history to reach double-figure rebounds in the first three games of the tournament.
• Jahlil Okafor is averaging a team-high 17.7 points on 72.7 percent (24-of-33) shooting through three NCAA Tournament games.
• Quinn Cook is averaging a career-high 15.7 points per game while also posting career bests in field goal percentage (.460), three-point percentage (.405), three-point field goals (2.78 3pg.) and free throw percentage (.890).
• Duke is the only team in the NCAA with three freshmen averaging double figures in scoring. Jahlil Okafor (17.7 ppg.), Justise Winslow (12.4 ppg.) and Tyus Jones (11.5 ppg.) combine for 41.6 points per game (52.1 percent of Duke scoring). The trio has combined for 40 or more points in a game 22 times this season.
• A freshman has led the Blue Devils in scoring in 26 of 36 games. Jahlil Okafor has paced the offensive attack 14 times, while Tyus Jones (7), Justise Winslow (4) and Grayson Allen (1) have also led Duke in scoring. The rookie class has also accounted for 25 of Duke's 32 20-point games on the year (Okafor 14, Jones 6, Winslow 4, Allen 1).
• Jahlil Okafor leads the ACC and ranks second nationally with a .674 field goal percentage (263-of-390). He has shot 70 percent or better from the field 20 times on the year. Okafor's field goal percentage is second-best in Duke history, trailing only Christian Laettner's .723 (115-of-159) field goal percentage as a freshman in 1989.
• Duke's starting backcourt of Quinn Cook and Tyus Jones has combined to shoot 88.7 percent (220-of-248) from the free throw line. The remaining six players in the Duke rotation are 305-of-509 (.599) from the charity stripe.
• Justise Winslow is averaging 14.5 points and 8.4 rebounds per game while shooting 55.7 percent (93-of-167) from the field, including 51.2 percent (21-of-41) from three-point range, over the past 17 games.
• Tyus Jones has scored 414 points and dished out 206 assists to become the fourth player in Duke history to top 400 points and 200 assists in the same season.
• Justise Winslow has grabbed 10 or more rebounds in each of the past four games (recording three double-doubles in that span) and is now averaging 6.4 rebounds per game. He is looking to become the second player 6-6 or under to average 6.0 rpg. under Coach K. Chris Carrawell averaged 6.1 rpg. in 1999-2000.
• Tyus Jones is averaging 16.3 points, 3.9 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game against ranked opponents. He has scored in double figures in all 10 games, including three 20+ point efforts.
• Duke is shooting 41.7 percent from three-point range against ranked opponents. Quinn Cook leads the way at 47.3 percent (26-of-55) from long range in those matchups.
• Duke is playing its 290th consecutive game as a ranked team in the AP Poll. The Blue Devils are 240-49 (.830) in that span.
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