The Opening Tip
- The fourth-seeded Duke Blue Devils (24-8) take on the No. 13-seed Vermont Catamounts (28-6) on Friday at 7:10 p.m. ET on CBS.
- Ian Eagle, Bill Raftery, Grant Hill and Tracy Wolfson will call the action on CBS. David Shumate and John Roth team up for the broadcast on the Blue Devil Sports Network..
- The Blue Devils are making their 46th appearance in the NCAA Tournament – fifth most in NCAA history.
- Head coach Jon Scheyer leads Duke into the tournament for the second straight season and has steered the Blue Devils to a top-five seed in each of his first two campaigns.