The No. 3 Duke Blue Devils further solidified their status as a national title contender with a 110-67 blowout victory over the Illinois Fighting Illini on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in a marquee late-season non-conference tilt that caught everybody's attention across college basketball.
The 43-point defeat for Illinois was the most lopsided loss in school history, and left Illini coach Brad Underwood with no other choice but to heap praise on Duke star Cooper Flagg, who scored 16 points, while adding seven rebounds and five assists in 23 minutes of action.
