Okananwa’s 12 points and 12 rebounds played a large role in the Blue Devils storming back from a sluggish start to beat USC in the Sweet 16.

The Duke and North Carolina women have faced each other 110 times, including 16 games on a neutral court, but they’ve never played in the NCAA Tournament — until Friday.

And his former player, assistant coach and handpicked successor, Jon Scheyer, got the country's top recruit Cooper Flagg to come to Duke — then retooled the Blue Devils around him and got them back to the Final Four in just his third year in charge.

Two days after Alabama set an NCAA Tournament record, Duke's defense put the clamps on the Tide's high-scoring attack.

Duke is now tied for the second most trips to the Final Four with a win over Alabama in the men's NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.

Cooper Flagg had 30 points, seven assists and six rebounds as the Duke Blue Devils held off Arizona and marched on to the Elite Eight.

Duke ended the 2024-25 season for Alabama basketball in the Elite Eight with a 20-point victory. Here's how the Blue Devils did it.

Experts Calvin Wetzel and Aaron Barzilai have revealed their picks for Duke vs. South Carolina in the Elite Eight of the 2025 Women's NCAA Tournament on Sunday

The Duke Blue Devils were defeated by defending national champions the South Carolina Gamecocks 54-50 in the Elite 8 of the Women’s National Championship in Birmingham, Alabama.

The 2025 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament has reached the Elite Eight, and the first matchup of the Regional Final round sees the defending national champion and Regional 2 Birmingham 1 seed South Carolina Gamecocks going against the 2 seed Duke Blue Devils on Sunday, March 30 at Legacy Arena at BJCC in Birmingham, Ala.