Are They One Seed Material — Duke Blue Devils

Still: There’s too much RPI.

Northwestern is the national feel-good story this year.

However, Duke is instead a number 2 seed in a region with Villanova and Virginia.

Duke will face No. 15 Troy in the first round and would face the South Carolina-Marquette victor in the second round. The Gamecocks fell apart down the stretch, as they’ve had a tendency to do over the past few years.

If Duke beats Troy (22-14), the Sun Belt Conference champion, the Blue Devils will face either No. 7 seed SC (22-10) or No. 10 seed Marquette (19-12) in Sunday’s second-round game. Somebody likes Frank Martin. Every game has maximum importance for teams and players alike. First, let’s look at the obvious choices and work our way down the line. Jake DesJardins, who went to Coronado High, is a walk-on.

Jevon Carter had 18 points for West Virginia. Always unsafe, Wichita State in the South is a No. 11 to watch.

That is because North Carolina will likely be one of the schools the Blue Devils are measured against.

I was in the arena last year when Villanova won its first National Championship since 1985, but this year’s club from Philadelphia doesn’t have the “it” factor that Jay Wright’s squad showed a year ago. If you think we’re just spit balling awesome scenarios, I assure you we aren’t. They stabilized after that, but they haven’t scared anyone since.

-No. 7 MI vs.

Duke Basketball had an up-and-down season due to inconsistent lineups and chemistry on the court with the team. If he continues to play within the game, step up when needed and go with the flow, the team is in great shape. Troy finished with a 10-8 conference record and 22-14 overall record. No. 9 Michigan State.

Hip first-round upset everyone will think they’re being real clever by picking: No. 13 Vermont over No. 4 Purdue. They notched two more goals and limited the visitors to just one free-position goal in the remainder of the opening half, heading to the locker room with a 5-3 advantage. The Tar Heels are 6-1, followed by Nova, Kentucky and Kansas, each at 8-1. But if it does, it will be interesting to see it play out not only on April 3rd, but in the future as well. Yep, that is his dad. I like Kentucky, the No. 2 seed, to upset North Carolina in the South. “We made some defensive mistakes and Louisville took advantage of some of our lapses”.

Overseeded team: No. 5 Minnesota.

In the Midwest region, top-seeded Kansas is the favorite at 11/5, followed by Louisville (7/2), OR (4/1), Purdue (5/1) and Iowa State (10/1).

Oklahoma State, which had a 10-1 stretch in the second half before losing its last three, was dealt the No. 10 seed in the Midwest and has a first-round date with Big Ten Tournament champ MI in Indianapolis.

-No. 7 SC vs. Duke then capitalized on a pair of free-position shots-first from Harney and later from Crutchfield-to knot the score in the 22nd minute.

The Jayhawks are coming off being upset in their first game of the Big 12 Tournament.

But Duke’s uneven season didn’t deter the money on the Blue Devils.

ATLANTIC-10: In Pittsburgh, JeQuan Lewis scored 18 points, including a 3-pointer with 25 seconds left in regulation to force overtime, and VCU got an 87-77 win over Richmond. It’s honestly like the committee is trying to make Gregg Marshall leave.

Overseeded team: No. 7 Saint Mary’s.

He even received votes for conference player of the year as he morphed into Duke’s primary option on the offensive end.

Underseeded team: No. 12 Princeton. The team’s early troubles were based on it being anointed at the beginning of the year. The Seminoles win this one by 20.

-No. 1 Villanova vs. For us, we’re focused on the one game at a time approach.