NCAA Tournament Results: Duke Shockingly Upset By No. 7 SC

But the Gamecocks pounded Marquette in their first NCAA game, and played remarkably well in the second half. The Sun Devils held a 36-29 rebound advantage, while the Gamecocks scored 32 points in the paint.

Arkansas whipped Seton Hall 77-71 while SC downed Marquette 93-73 in opening round games.

The Blue Devils improved to 34-7 all-time in openers and put this one out of reach early with their 3-point shooting. Carolina got a stop and took possession with the shot clock off, but Thornwell missed from 3 with six seconds left and MU led 40-39 at halftime.

Now the season is over, and it comes to a SC team that had not won an NCAA tournament game in 44 years before this season. And yet, they’re still going, still alive in the NCAA Tournament. That ratio improved this year, but it’s still far from where it needs to be (3.8 fouls, 3.3 field goals per game).

Heading into the 2017 NCAA Tournament, the Duke Blue Devils were labeled the team to beat.

Duke outscored Hampton 31-2 in the second quarter and shot 61.8 percent from the field to advance in lopsided fashion.

Duane Notice had 17 points for SC, 14 in the second half.

Duke would briefly reclaim a two-point lead a few minutes later, but a three-point play from PJ Dozier at the 12:03 mark gave the Gamecocks a lead they would never relinquish.

Junior guard Grayson Allen led Duke with 20 points, and freshman Jayson Tatum added 15 in what may be his final game in a Duke uniform.

Frank Mason III added 20 points for Kansas (30-4), which has have advanced to the second weekend of the NCAA Tournament in nine of coach Bill Self’s 14 seasons. The Tar Heels will play a Butler team in the Sweet 16 that received its highest-seed ever (fourth), though beat mid-major teams Winthrop and Middle Tennessee State in the first two rounds.

Dornstauder supplied a quick five-point burst for Arizona State with a pair of buckets down low, converting an and-one opportunity on the latter score to pull ASU back within three points.

The seventh-seeded Wolverines (25-11) set a school record for 3s in an NCAA Tournament game.

The Golden Eagles answered with a 7-0 run to regain the lead, but Carolina answered with a 7-0 run of its own to retake the lead, 51-49, with 15:54 to play. Past Kentucky teams, and even the Wildcats from earlier this season, might not have won a game that suited Wichita State’s strengths in a grind-it-out game.

Turner Thorne yelled to get the ball to Sophie Brunner since the senior had made so many crucial shots in her career. “The 6’10” forward, who didn’t play his first game with Duke until December 19 while recovering from preseason arthroscopic knee surgery, played only 11.5 minutes per game and went scoreless and had three rebounds in nine minutes in what’s likely his final college game.

Krzyzewski’s team also went ice cold down the stretch, not making a shot for more than five minutes as its opponent lived at the free throw line.

Last year’s tournament was filled with upsets, buzzer beaters and spectacular individual performances.

Trailing 45-36 with 16:09 to play, the German native scored on a layup to start a 17-6 run that gave MI its first lead since the opening minutes.

Much more was expected from the conference that otherwise was outstanding this season.

Turner Thorne and Staley both agreed Arizona State deserved higher than an eighth seed and this matchup shouldn’t have happened in the second round. The Gamecocks started 5-for-9 (56 percent) and MU was 4-for-6 (67 percent) to open the half.

Arizona State (1-2) took a 58-56 lead on Katie Hempen’s 3-pointer from the left wing with 1:17 remaining.