Los Angeles Times

Duke-Wisconsin matchup

- — Chris Dufresne

WHO: No. 1-seeded Wisconsin (36-3) vs. No. 1-seeded Duke (34-4) WHAT: NCAA championsh­ip game, today, 6:18 p.m. WHERE: Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapol­is. TV: CBS UPDATE: Wisconsin ended Kentucky’s dream of a perfect season with a 71-64 victory Saturday night. The Badgers have advanced to their first national title game since 1941. Duke advanced to its 11th title game with an 81-61 win over Michigan State in the other semifinal. Wisconsin is trying to win the national championsh­ip against the toughest schedule possible based on regional seeding: After opening against No. 16 Coastal Carolina, the Badgers, seeded No. 1 in the West, defeated No. 8 Oregon, No. 4 North Carolina, No. 2 Arizona and No. 1 Kentucky, and now face another No. 1 in Duke. Wisconsin’s Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker have scored more points than any other players in this year’s NCAA tournament, 111 and 103 respective­ly, and Kaminsky needs six points to set the school single-season scoring record. Only UCLA and Kentucky, with 12, have played for the national title more times than Duke. Blue Devils Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s nine title appearance­s are second only to John Wooden’s 10. This is only the fourth meeting between Wisconsin and Duke, with the Blue Devils leading 2-1. Duke won a December meeting this season in Madison, 80-70. Center Jahlil Okafor needs 24 points to break Duke’s freshman scoring record. Jabari Parker set the mark last season with 670 points.

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