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UConn Huskies at Duke Blue Devils

· NCAA Men's Basketball Championship - East Region - Elite 8
32-5, 9-3 Away

vs
35-2, 15-0 Home

Duke Blue Devils and UConn Huskies meet in Elite 8

JWill stresses importance of Caleb Foster for Duke

Game Preview

UConn Huskies (32-5, 19-4 Big East) vs. Duke Blue Devils (35-2, 20-1 ACC)

Washington; Sunday, 5:05 p.m. EDT

Blue Devils -4.5; over/under is 133.5

BOTTOM LINE: No. 1 Duke and No. 7 UConn square off in the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight.

The Blue Devils have gone 20-1 against ACC teams, with a 15-1 record in non-conference play. Duke averages 81.9 points while outscoring opponents by 18.5 points per game.

The Huskies' record in Big East play is 19-4. UConn ranks fourth in the Big East with 10.0 offensive rebounds per game led by Tarris Reed Jr. averaging 3.0.

Duke averages 8.8 made 3-pointers per game, 2.9 more made shots than the 5.9 per game UConn allows. UConn averages 8.2 made 3-pointers per game this season, the same that Duke allows.

TOP PERFORMERS: Cameron Boozer is scoring 22.4 points per game and averaging 10.3 rebounds for the Blue Devils. Isaiah Evans is averaging 3.3 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.

Reed is scoring 14.3 points per game with 8.8 rebounds and 2.4 assists for the Huskies. Alex Karaban is averaging 14.6 points over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Blue Devils: 10-0, averaging 80.5 points, 39.1 rebounds, 15.5 assists, 5.9 steals and 2.8 blocks per game while shooting 46.6% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 64.0 points per game.

Huskies: 8-2, averaging 71.2 points, 33.3 rebounds, 18.0 assists, 6.4 steals and 4.7 blocks per game while shooting 46.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 62.0 points.

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Matchup Prediction

Duke: 72.1%
UConn: 27.9%
*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Statistics

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W3 Streak W14
65.0 Points Against 63.4
77.2 Points Per Game 81.9
48 Field Goal % 49
35 Three Point % 35
36.6 Rebounds Per Game 40.4
18.5 Assists Per Game 16.7
5.2 Blocks Per Game 3.3
6.9 Steals Per Game 7.5
0.9 Team Turnovers Per Game 0.4
12.1 Total Turnovers Per Game 11.0

Game Information

Capital One Arena

Location: Washington, DC
Capacity:

2025-26 Big East Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
St. John's 18-2 - 30-7
UConn 17-3 1 32-5
Villanova 15-5 3 24-9
Seton Hall 10-10 8 21-12
Creighton 9-11 9 15-17
DePaul 8-12 10 16-16
Butler 7-13 11 16-16
Providence 7-13 11 15-18
Marquette 7-13 11 12-20
Georgetown 6-14 12 16-18
Xavier 6-14 12 15-18

2025-26 Atlantic Coast Conference Standings

TEAM CONF GB OVER
Duke 17-1 - 35-2
Virginia 15-3 2 30-6
Miami 13-5 4 26-9
North Carolina 12-6 5 24-9
Clemson 12-6 5 24-11
Louisville 11-7 6 24-11
NC State 10-8 7 20-14
Florida State 10-8 7 18-15
California 9-9 8 22-12
Stanford 9-9 8 20-12
Virginia Tech 8-10 9 19-13
SMU 8-10 9 20-14
Wake Forest 7-11 10 18-17
Syracuse 6-12 11 15-17
Pittsburgh 5-13 12 13-20
Notre Dame 4-14 13 13-18
Boston College 4-14 13 11-20
Georgia Tech 2-16 15 11-20
Full Standings

UConn Last 5

Date OPP Result
vs GTWN GTWN W 67-51
@ SJU SJU L 72-52
vs FUR FUR W 82-71
vs UCLA UCLA W 73-57
vs MSU MSU W 67-63

Duke Last 5

Date OPP Result
vs CLEM W 73-61
vs UVA W 74-70
vs SIE W 71-65
vs TCU W 81-58
vs SJU W 80-75