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WASHINGTON — Second-seeded Michigan State defeated Duke, the top overall seed, 68-67, on Sunday. The Spartans are headed to Coach Tom Izzo’s eighth Final Four, seeking their third national title following ones in 1979 and 2000.
Michigan State (32-6), this year’s Big Ten champion, will face third-seeded Texas Tech (30-6), the Big 12 regular season co-champion, in a national semifinal on Saturday, April 6. The winner of that game will play the winner of the other semifinal, between No. 5-seeded Auburn (30-9) and No. 1-seeded Virginia (33-3), in the championship game on April 8.