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Duke Routs Iona In 1st Round Of NCAA Tournament

March 16, 2018 11:01·
Duke's Krzyzewski familiar with Iona thanks to another ACC coaching legend

Duke's Krzyzewski familiar with Iona thanks to another ACC coaching legend

Duke forward Wendell Carter Jr. says he is playing with a sore Achilles' tendon after the Blue Devils' 89-67 win over Iona in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday.

So there are clearly still some things for the Duke youngsters to learn, a fact that had the coaches and upperclassmen on guard before the game. The first round is set to begin in a couple of hours. "For me, it's just part of the game now", Allen said.

Duke has reached the Sweet 16 in 16 of the past 20 years, though last March it stumbled in a second-round home loss to Oregon.

Who are you picking in today's contests? Zach Lewis stole a pass from Trevon Duval and took it the other way for a layup. Now you're in it. Five Iona players average at least 10 points per game, led by Rickey McGill (13.5), who made only 5-of-22 shots during the league tournament, although he had a career-high 40 points in the regular-season finale. "If we didn't come out like that and didn't come out hard, we could have been down seven, eight points from the get-go because of how they scored the ball".

This game could see a ton of points and Iona is going to have to score a ton to hang around, but the new and improved Duke defense will be the difference. "We came out very well".

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Allen finished with 16 points and nine assists; five of the latter came before halftime, when Allen also beat the buzzer with a wide-open three-pointer that felt like a reward for his restraint.

"We've talked about toughness - toughness and grit has been what we as a team has really focused on", said Belmont senior guard Kylee Smith, a transfer from Vanderbilt.

Grayson Allen (15.7 points) helped Duke secure a national championship as a freshman and is back for a final go-round in hopes of bookending his career with NCAA Tournament titles. "I just pick the favorite colors and that's it".

Coach Mike Krzyzewski extended his record for NCAA Tournament victories to 92.

Next, the Duke freshmen get to learn about the short turnaround, playing a Rhode Island team that dispatched Oklahoma, led by its own freshman phenom, Trae Young, earlier in the day. Nothing overly concerning for Duke, just something to fix mentally.

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