INDIANAPOLIS — A riveting title game for the ages between two No. 1 seeds played out on Monday night inside Lucas Oil Stadium.<\/p>\n
And the 2015 championship trophy goes to Duke with a 68-63 win over Wisconsin. It gives the program and its Hall-of-Fame coach, Mike Krzyzewski, five national titles.<\/p>\n
The win puts Coach K at second all-time for most championships in men’s basketball; UCLA legend John Wooden holds the record with 10.<\/p>\n
The heady play of freshman guards Tyus Jones and Grayson Allen, keyed Duke to its comeback win. Jones had a game-high 23 points. Allen came out of nowhere, relatively speaking, to put up 16. The Blue Devils trailed by as many as nine points before storming back.<\/p>\n
And two huge plays from Duke freshman big man Jahill Okafor got Duke from 59-58 to 63-58, giving the team separation it needed to avoid a threat from historically\/offensively potent Wisconsin.<\/p>\n
Wisconsin’s senior center and national player of the year, Frank Kaminsky, led his team with 21 points and a game-high 12 rebounds.<\/p>\n
Jones hit a 3-pointer from the top of the key with 1:20 left to put Duke up by eight. Kaminsky was able to keep Wisconsin in it after draining a trey on the next possession, cutting it to 66-61.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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