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 didn't leave much of a doubt, dominating Alabama from start to finish. Four of the five Blue Devils' starters scored 14 or more points, with Kon Knueppel leading the way with 21. Freshman Cooper Flagg ended with 16 points and nine rebounds. The Blue Devils earned their first Final Four berth in the Jon Scheyer era and their 18th of all time.

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.

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Sears ended up one long-range basket short of breaking the record Jeff Fryer set in Loyola Marymount's record-breaking 149-115 tournament blowout of Michigan back in 1990. That Lions team starred Hank Gathers and was coached by Paul Westhead, whose team cracked 100 points in all but three games that season.

One year after making its first Final Four, No. 2 Alabama established a new NCAA Tournament record for 3-pointers made (25) in a win over BYU.

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Al Horford stepped up in March with increased usage, sharper efficiency, and a bigger role on both ends of the floor. The Celtics leaned on him to punish mismatches offensively and switch defensively,