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Is Duke Done? A Season of NCAA Basketball Surprises

ESPN Daily

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4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 March 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Men's college basketball is in a state of flux this season, with regular powerhouses like Duke suffering upsets and falling in the rankings, and names like Dayton and San Diego State showing up as contenders. Just a few weeks away from Selection Sunday, ESPN senior college basketball reporter Myron Medcalf breaks down the biggest stories and surprises in men's college basketball. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Down goes number seven on a wild Saturday in college basketball.

0:06.0

Duke has now lost three of their last four.

0:10.0

They're 23 and 6 overall, 13 and 5 in the ACC.

0:19.0

It's been a weird and wild season for men's college basketball.

0:23.6

With Duke losing three of their last four games, there's a sense that anyone can win it all,

0:29.6

and no one knows how the final rankings will shake out.

0:32.6

Today, will traditional powerhouses like Kansas and Gonzaga dominate in the NCAA tournament?

0:39.2

Or will March Madness truly live up to its name?

0:43.1

I'm Mina Kimes. It's Monday, March 2nd.

0:46.9

This is ESPN Daily, presented by ADT.

1:03.8

Thank you. Myron, I think the last time we spoke, I was at Cameron what you thought about Zion Williamson.

1:08.2

I think that was the last time.

1:10.2

And now Zion's gone.

1:11.9

And things haven't been as good for college basketball since he left.

1:15.2

Myron Medcalf is a senior college basketball reporter for ESPN.

1:19.6

Men's college basketball has been having a pretty weird season.

1:24.3

Can you explain to us sort of the state of things and why some of the usually

1:31.8

omnipresent contenders, your Dukes, your UNCs, Kentucky, aren't even in the top five?

1:38.8

Well, I would say, I mean, in a year like this, anybody who tells you that they know exactly

1:42.9

what's going to happen in March,

1:44.3

they're lying.

1:46.3

Because there is no one, no expert that understands kind of what's happened so far.

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