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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Tre Jones wants to be just like his big brother Tyus _ right down to leading Duke to a national championship. Tyus Jones won the 2015 title with the Blue Devils and now it's Tre's turn to run the point for a top-seeded Duke team. Duke's first NCAA Tournament game comes Friday in Columbia, South Carolina. The Jones family hopes the last one comes in Minneapolis _ the site of the Final Four, near their hometown of Apple Valley, Minnesota, and where Tyus plays for the NBA's Timberwolves.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Louisville wasn't supposed to be here this March. But the Cardinals adopted a motto of "working hard and being tough" and that was enough to get them back into the NCAA Tournament. Louisville, picked to finish 11th in the 14-team ACC, returned to the big dance much sooner than expected under new coach Chris Mack. The Cardinals, seeded seventh in the East Region, will face No. 10 Minnesota on Thursday.
UNDATED (AP) — The NCAA Tournament somehow seems to get better every season. Last year was one of the maddest of Marches. It started with Maryland-Baltimore County becoming the first No. 16 seed to beat a 1 seed, Virginia. And Loyola-Chicago took Sister Jean all the way to the Final Four. This year should be no different.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A new poll shows 6 in 10 Americans want betting on professional sports events to be legal in their state, but fewer feel that way about college athletics. The poll was conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. It finds 42 percent favor legal betting on college sports. About one-third of Americans at least occasionally bet on sports among friends or through an office pool.
NEW YORK (AP) — University of Illinois computer science professor Sheldon Jacobson has always loved data. For the past seven years he's had a men's NCAA Tournament bracket simulator. After getting many requests, professor Jacobson decided to put together one for the women's tournament. It's believed to be the first of its kind for the women's tournament to predict all 63 games.
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