Duke vs. North Carolina: College basketball scores, live results
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We’re now only a month away from March. But before we get to the madness, we have a Saturday full of action to keep everybody busy.
Twenty-one of the AP Top 25 teams play Saturday in a loaded slate. Arkansas’ John Calipari returns to Kentucky as the visiting coach in an intriguing showdown, and in perhaps the marquee game of the day, Cooper Flagg gets his first taste of the Tobacco Road rivalry when No. 2 Duke hosts North Carolina in Durham.
Follow all the action below (scroll for live updates).
No other way to put it. It’s a complete dismantling from the Blue Devils.
It’s not often you see this rivalry so lopsided, but UNC never had a chance today.
Houston takes the lead
After trailing for most of the game, the No. 6 Cougars have seized momentum and taken a 64-60 lead with under 5 minutes to play.
Home crowd in Houston is going wild.
UNC not getting any closer
Duke continues to get what it wants, and the lead has ballooned to 60-34 at the first timeout of the 2nd half. Kon Knueppel up to 18 points to lead Duke
Duke-UNC 2nd half begins
Can North Carolina make a game of this?
Texas Tech 56, Houston 50
Kerwin Walton hit back-to-back triples to help Texas Tech maintain its lead.
Walton is leading TTU with 14 points.
Halftime: Duke 47, UNC 25
Cooper Flagg makes a tough jumper to beat the halftime buzzer, a fitting ending to a dominant first half for the Blue Devils.
Flagg leads all scorers with 13 so far.
Duke continues pulling away
The gap keeps growing as Cooper Flagg (11 points) and Tyrese Proctor (10) are leading the way for the Blue Devils.
UNC is shooting 29% from the field so far.
Duke 40, UNC 18
First flagrant of the game called on UNC
We’ve got our first flagrant foul of the evening in this rivalry clash.
It’s a flagrant 1 on North Carolina guard Elliot Cadeau.
Duke suffocating UNC
The rout continues at Cameron Indoor. North Carolina can’t get much of anything going.
Duke leads 34-13 late in the first half.
Halftime: Texas Tech 41, Houston 37
No. 22 Red Raiders are leading No. 6 Houston on the road despite losing their leading scorer JT Toppin very early in the game to a flagrant 2 foul called on this play:
Duke 25, UNC 8
It’s a Duke avalanche so far.
No. 2 Blue Devils have made 9 of 13 shots so far and the Tar Heels just can’t keep up.
Final: USC 70, Michigan State 64
The Spartans drop just their third game of the season and USC picks up its biggest win yet to improve to 13-8.
Cooper Flagg, Duke off and running
Flagg already has 6 points, 4 assists and 2 steals at the Blue Devils open up a 15-6 lead over UNC at the first TV timeout.
Electric atmosphere at Duke
As expected, the Cameron Crazies are in full throat.
Duke-UNC tips off
We’re underway at Cameron Indoor and Duke is on the board with a bucket in the first 15 seconds.
Final: Baylor 81, Kansas 70
The Bears trailed by 21 points in the first half and came all the way back to deliver Kansas its biggest blown lead ever. What a win for Baylor.
Bears add to lead
Barring a late collapse, Baylor looks like it’s going to win this conference matchup with Kansas. The Bears are up 9 and we’re under the 2-minute mark.
Baylor takes the lead!
Robert Wright has started to take this game over and the Bears have their first lead after a 3-pointer from Jalen Celestine.
There’s just 3:29 left now.
Baylor still hanging around
Kansas found its footing after the Baylor rally, but the Jayhawks haven’t been able to put the Bears away as the game ticks inside the 5-minute mark.
Is a Baylor comeback on?
Meanwhile, Baylor has been on an absolute tear out of halftime and is down just four points with 14:38 left in the game. It’s taken a 19-4 run for the Bears to pull back into the game.
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