The Wildcats (29-7) were the Pac-10 regular-season champions and they have won their first two NCAA Tournament games by just a total of three points. Arizona beat Memphis 77-75 in the opening round and then played in one of the best games of this tournament in edging Texas 70-69 in the Round of 32. Pac 10 Player of the Year Derrick Williams has saved Arizona’s bacon both times. Against Memphis, he made a game-saving block with two seconds left, and against the Horns he completed a 3-point play with just under 10 seconds remaining following a controversial five-second call against Texas.

Duke (32-4), the ACC Tournament champion, crushed Hampton in the opening round but was pushed to the limit by Michigan last week, a 73-71 Blue Devils win. That was the 900th career victory for coach Mike Krzyzewski, who is just two from tying mentor Bobby Knight for the most all-time. The Blue Devils got back star freshman point guard Kyrie Irving for the Big Dance and he had 14 points in 20 minutes against Hampton and 11 points in 21 minutes against Michigan.. That was his first action since early December. And now Coach K says Irving is so far ahead of schedule that he will start playing “significant” minutes but still will come off the bench. Kyle Singler and Mason Plumlee likely will rotate shadowing Williams

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