The NCAA March Madness tournaments have been filled with thrilling victories and historic moments. Some of those historic moments come at a heartbreaking cost. The heavily favored Duke men's basketball team made history on Sunday — but not in the way they hoped.

The Duke Blue Devils earned the number one overall seed during 2026 March Madness, but the ACC champions suffered an improbable Elite Eight loss. Jon Scheyer and Duke were just 20 minutes away from reaching the Final Four once again.

UCLA has been working all season to get back to the Final Four, and it earned another trip to today with its win over Duke. Our Grace Raynor on the Bruins' win over the Blue Devils. GO FURTHER UCLA headed back to Final Four after comeback against Duke UCLA head coach Cori Close getting the final cut and chant to close the regional championship for UCLA.

Duke play-by-play announcer David Shumate said a technical foul should have been called on Malachi Smith, who allegedly ran onto the court from bench.

UConn head coach Dan Hurley praised Duke freshmen Cameron and Cayden Boozer following the Huskies' hard-fought 73-72 win over the Blue Devils in the Elite Eight of the 2026 NCAA tournament.

Braylon Mullins sank a desperation 3 with 0.4 seconds left to give UConn an astonishing 73-72 victory over top-seeded Duke.

The Blue Devils, beaten in the East Region final, won 35 games, were ACC champions, ranked No. 1 and the top overall seed in the NCAAs.

Auburn and Florida are the last two standing of a record 14 Southeastern Conference teams that made the NCAA Tournament. Only one of them will get to play for the national championship. In a Final Four filled with No.