Blue Devils edge North Carolina in thrilling ACC semi; Irish rout NC State

Duke vs North Carolina is in the college basketball betting spotlight this weekend as the bitter ACC rivals end their regular season schedules.

Mid-March is when men's and women's basketball teams punch their ticket for the NCAA basketball tournament, ending with the Final Four in early April. While we'll have to wait to find out the fate of Duke's teams, 

Duke head coach Mike Krzyzewski, center, and assistant coaches Jeff Capel, left, and Steve Wojciechowski, right, watch the final minute of an NCAA college basketball game against Wake Forest in Winston-Salem, N.C., 

Duke snapped North Carolina's 12-game winning streak, Oregon upset Arizona and McDermott went off for a career-high 45 points.

It's amazing how quickly things can change in college basketball. Not so very long ago, Syracuse was undefeated and No. 1 in the nation. Now the Orange has lost three of the last four games and seems to be in free-fall. Just a few days ago, Duke seemed