Duke Survives UCF, Advances To The Sweet Sixteen

Survive and advance that is what March is about and that is just what Duke did in the second round of the NCAA Tournament against UCF who’s head coach is Johnny Dawkins who not only played for Duke but was on Mike Krzyzewski’s coaching staff at one time.

Zion Williamson took on 7-foot-6 Tacko Fall at the end and won, and top-seeded Duke survived when two last-ditch shots by UCF rolled off the rim. “according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211797062&DB_OEM_ID=4200

Aubrey Dawkins finished with 32 points, but his tip-in try just missed Sunday, and Duke advanced with a 77-76 victory to reach the Sweet 16. “according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211797062&DB_OEM_ID=4200

Williamson had 32 points, including a layup over Fall with 14.4 seconds left and his team trailing 76-73. Williamson was fouled and missed the free throw, but RJ Barrett scored on a putback to put Blue Devils (31-5) ahead. “according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211797062&DB_OEM_ID=4200

Ninth-seeded UCF (24-9) had a final chance, but B.J. Taylor missed a short jumper and Dawkins failed on his tip attempt with less than 2 seconds left. Duke got the rebound, ran out the clock and moved on to the Sweet 16 for 27th time and fourth time in the past five years.”according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211797062&DB_OEM_ID=4200

Dawkins cringed at the miss. His father, Johnny, is the UCF coach and was a former Duke star and longtime assistant under coach Mike Krzyzewski.”according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211797062&DB_OEM_ID=4200

Barrett finished with 16 points. “according to Barrett finished with 16 points.”according to http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_LANG=C&ATCLID=211797062&DB_OEM_ID=4200

With the win, Duke advances to the sweet sixteen and will play the winner of Virginia Tech and Liberty on Friday in Washington DC.