The NCAA set up the East Region bracket so that, if Duke and Baylor won on Friday, they’d clash Sunday. That will happen at 2:40 p.m. at Lenovo Center.

Duke’s current efficiency is 38.15, the nation’s highest since the 2001 Blue Devils ended the season, with an NCAA championship, at 37.32. The only team with a higher KenPom efficiency at time of the year? Duke’s 1999 team that went 37-2 and finished with a 43.01 efficiency.

In the first round, Duke dominated Mount St. Mary's by a final score of 93-49. Cooper Flagg came back from the ankle injury that he suffered in the ACC Tournament and the Blue Devils looked the part of the national championship favorite they're expected to be.

Ahead of Duke basketball's NCAA Tournament first-round matchup on Friday, the Blue Devils are hoping to avoid an early knockout.