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Coach K’s Hall of Fame career ends as Duke falls to UNC in historic Final Four matchup

NEW ORLEANS — After decades of success as Duke’s basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski’s career ended Saturday night with a loss that figures to resonate decades into the future.

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UNC beats Duke to end Coach K’s career and advance to championship game against Kansas

NEW ORLEANS — Turns out, all of the focus on storybook endings was misplaced. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski certainly earned all of his accolades during his storied career that came to an end on Saturday night.

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Coach K’s career ends with Duke’s season as UNC beats Blue Devils in Final Four, 81-77

NEW ORLEANS — Duke’s oldest and fiercest rival ended Mike Krzyzewski’s run as Blue Devils coach in a thrilling game that matched all the intensity Krzyzewski brought to the Duke-UNC rivalry over the last 42 seasons.

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Ochai Agbaji’s six 3s lift Kansas to title game: ‘We’ve got one more to go’

NEW ORLEANS — Lounging in a golf cart just outside the Caesars Superdome interview room, moments before hitching a ride to the Kansas Jayhawks’ locker room, Ochai Agbaji on Saturday night discussed the fulfillment of a dream.

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Mike Sielski: Collin Gillespie ended his Villanova career by giving everything, as usual. Against Kansas, it wasn’t enough.

NEW ORLEANS — Away from the basketball court, Collin Gillespie tends to carry himself with all the openness and naked emotion of a special agent with a secret to guard and a mission to complete. His father is a Philadelphia police detective, internal affairs, and it’s easy to see that…

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Kansas will play for NCAA title after beating Villanova in Final Four

NEW ORLEANS — Kansas’ men’s basketball team will play for the national title for the first time since 2012 and third time in the Bill Self era on Monday night at Caesars Superdome.

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Kansas Defeats Villanova to Advance to National Title Game, Will Face Winner of UNC-Duke

The Jayhawks eliminated the Wildcats in New Orleans on Saturday night.

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Final Four: Duke vs. North Carolina, live stream, TV channel, time, how to watch

The North Carolina Tar Heels will meet the Duke Blue Devils in Final Four action on Saturday night from the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

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Dick Vitale Predicts Score, Winner Ahead of Duke-UNC Historic Final Four Game

Vitale believes the clock will strike midnight on the Tar Heels in New Orleans.

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Iris on national park battlefield may mark razed Black homes

Nearly 60 years ago, a historic Black community founded as a home for people emancipated after the Civil War was demolished for a national park commemorating both the Battle of New Orleans and Civil War casualties

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Return of LeBron James and Anthony Davis can’t prevent Lakers meltdown vs. Pelicans

LOS ANGELES — LeBron James came onto the court about an hour before tip off Friday night in all black, grabbing a ball and quickly moving into a pregame workout with assistant Phil Handy.

Los Angeles Times

Ahead of Final Four game with UNC, Duke’s Coach K ‘frustrated’ with NCAA policies

NEW ORLEANS — Mike Krzyzewski is leaving college coaching at some point in the next few days, but Duke’s Hall of Fame coach has plenty of opinions about where the sport — the industry that’s been his life’s work — is heading.

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'I do believe that the end is soon': Bill Self says of Kansas' NCAA case

NEW ORLEANS — Kansas men's basketball coach Bill Self expects a resolution involving the NCAA's infractions case against his program sometime in the near future.

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‘If you’re coming back, I’m coming back’: Inside the night that put Villanova on track for another Final Four

NEW ORLEANS — The Villanova athletic department created sharp graphics last April for Jermaine Samuels and Collin Gillespie to blast on social media when they each announced they would be returning for a fifth-season.

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How UNC matches up against Duke ahead of Final Four game in New Orleans

NEW ORLEANS —North Carolina coach Hubert Davis' vision was there even when it seemed perhaps absurd to believe the Tar Heels would reach the Final Four. The first-year coach took a well-used motivational tactic a step further before the season began.

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How Duke matches up against UNC ahead of Final Four meeting in New Orleans

DURHAM, N.C. — The newness of Duke and North Carolina meeting in the Final Four matches how each team is playing on the court these days.

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Hubert Davis and the ultimate call-up, from UNC's JV coach to leading Heels to Final Four

NEW ORLEANS — Hubert Davis has a smile that comes easily, the kind that's contagious, and in moments here on Thursday it was difficult for him to hide it. Perhaps he didn't want to. North Carolina is in the Final Four in his first year as Roy Williams' successor, and…

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LeBron James jokes on April 1: I’m out for the season officially

LeBron James: I'm out for the season officially. 臘‍♂️. See y'all in the fall. ✌ Source: Twitter @KingJames What's the buzz on Twitter? Kurt Helin @ basketballtalk LeBron James (on April Fool's Day): 'I'm out for the season officially' ...

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Saints re-sign backup offensive lineman Forrest Lamp

New Orleans Saints re-sign backup offensive lineman Forrest Lamp, via @DillySanders:

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Christian Watson has the makings of an ideal Saints WR draft target

North Dakota State prospect Christian Watson has the tools to be an ideal wide receiver fit for the Saints in the 2022 NFL draft, via @RossJacksonNOLA:

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The Biggest Question for Each Team Heading Into the Men’s Final Four

What could prove to be their downfall?The Final Four is just two days away! With four of the sport’s biggest brands convening in New Orleans and story lines galore around these outstanding matchups, it’s hard to wait until Saturday evening. Here are four big questions heading into those two games…

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Duke, UNC arrive in New Orleans and Final Four party begins ahead of historic meeting

NEW ORLEANS — It was a mostly quiet and gray Wednesday afternoon along Bourbon Street, the calm before the storm. No crowds packing the street between the sidewalks, at least not yet. No lines to get into the music joints or the bars, and plenty of room in the places…

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Luke DeCock: Duke and UNC took different paths to Final Four, but they were both missing same thing

NEW ORLEANS — There was never anything inevitable about the collision course that Duke and North Carolina find themselves on, not this season at least. Historically, certainly the odds were that two programs of such longstanding and explosive success would cross paths at some point. If not now, someday.

Sports Illustrated

Report: Manu Ginóbili, Swin Cash Headline 2022 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees

The class of 2022 will be announced at the men's Final Four in New Orleans on April 2.

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Armando Bacot Talks Motivation for Tar Heels Ahead of Final Four

Ahead of Saturday’s highly-anticipated matchup with Duke, Bacot revealed what’s been fueling his team’s surprise run to New Orleans.

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