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The Tar Heels and Blue Devils went back and forth all night on Friday, but Zion Williamson’s putback just over 30 seconds remaining proved to be the game-winner as North Carolina freshman Coby White missed his game-winning 3-point attempt. North Carolina is one of the top offensive teams in the country, finishing first in the ACC and third in the nation with 86.1 points per game and second in the country in assists per game (19.0). The Tar Heels are also the nation’s top rebounding team, pulling down an average of 43.5 boards, which could prove to be a big problem for an Iona team that managed just 34.4 rebounds per game. Iona is 1-13 all-time at the NCAA Tournament, with its lone win coming in 1980.

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The Duke Blue Devils have won five of their last six games including winning the ACC Conference Tournament. The Duke offense is putting up 83.5 points and they shoot 47.7 percent  from the field. On the defensive end, they are giving up 67.6 points and their opponents are shooting 39.5 percent from the field. The offense is led by RJ Barrett with 22.9 points and 7.5 rebounds a game. Zion Williamson adds 22.1 points. North Dakota State played Gonzaga earlier in the year and lost by 42 points and to Iowa State by 22.

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Two teams trending in opposite directions meet today in a first-round Midwest Region matchup of the NCAA Tournament as ninth-seeded Washington faces No. 8 seed Utah State in Columbus, Ohio. Washington won the Pac-12 regular-season title but was 4-3 in its final seven games, while surging Utah State has won 10 straight and 17 of its last 18 contests. The clincher:  Utah State is 14-3 ATS in their last 17 Friday games.

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Los Angeles is 11-1 ATS on Fridays this season while the Cavaliers: 0-4 ATS last four games in this series. Cleveland is coming off a SU home underdog win, but is just 6-11 ATS at home in games when coming off a SU underdog win.

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The Red Raiders are one of the top defensive teams in the nation and rank first in the KenPom.com defensive efficiency ratings. They also have plenty of offensive prowess with Jarrett Culver (18.5 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists) leading the way as he became the first player in program history to reach 1,000 points as a sophomore (1,008). Davide Moretti (11.6 points) is a 3-point threat and leads the nation in free-throw percentage (93.3) while fellow guard Matt Mooney (10.9 points) averages 1.7 steals. The clincher:  Texas Tech is 6-0 ATS in their last 6 games vs. a team with a winning straight up record.

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Tennessee has shown all season it is a Final Four contender, and will be eager to atone for an ugly performance in the SEC championship game when it opens the NCAA Tournament in the first round of the South Region on Friday as a No. 2 seed against No. 15 Colgate in Columbus, Ohio. The Volunteers lost 84-64 to Auburn on Sunday, but have defeated three top-five teams this season and feature SEC Player of the Year Grant Williams along with All-SEC honoree Admiral Schofield.

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If not for Oats discovering him at South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas, Massinburg might have been involved in Tuesday's First Four game with Prairie View A&M, the only school to originally offer him a scholarship. The 6-3 guard paid instant dividends, averaging 11.3 points as a freshman and that number has increased every season to 18.3 this season. Now, Massinburg, who has made 16-of-19 from the foul line in the last two games amid struggles from 3-point land, where he has gone 11-of-44 in the last six contests, stands 47 points away from passing Javon McCrea (2,004 points) to become the all-time leading scorer for the Bulls, who rank fifth nationally in scoring at 84.9 points per game - 7.1 better than the Sun Devils. The clincher:  Buffalo is 19-6-2 ATS in their last 27 neutral site games.