Duke has a Devil of a time with Colorado State

Youthful Duke, the West Region's third seed after five consecutive years as a No.1 seed, showed upstart Colorado State on Thursday that it still has enough talent and savvy to surge past the NCAA Tournament first round. Duke (25-6) will play 11th-seeded Central Michigan (25-6) on Saturday in th...

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Published inKnight Ridder Tribune News Service p. 1
Main Author Mimick, Tim
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Tribune Content Agency LLC 20.03.2003
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Summary:Youthful Duke, the West Region's third seed after five consecutive years as a No.1 seed, showed upstart Colorado State on Thursday that it still has enough talent and savvy to surge past the NCAA Tournament first round. Duke (25-6) will play 11th-seeded Central Michigan (25-6) on Saturday in the second round. Central Michigan ran off to a 26- point lead early in the second half then had to withstand sixth- seeded Creighton's rally to win 79-73 on Thursday in the first round. Creighton (29-5) also got as close as two points in the final two minutes but faltered. Trying to go to the usually reliable [Matt Nelson] (team-record 65.4percent from the field this season) also had its problems. Duke's big men, Williams and spunky 6-11 senior Casey Sanders, squashed at least three of Nelson's first-half shots off power moves to the bucket.