CORMAC RYAN

Coach K and Duke are 3-2 in those games and 12-3 overall against Izzo and his Spartans. “I like the game," Izzo said. Or will the farewell tour for 75-year-old Coach K continue on to San Francisco, site of the West Region semifinals? Coach K's 98 NCAA Tournament wins are most in history, as are his 36 tournament appearances. Izzo's 54 tournament wins and eight Final Four appearances rank fifth all-time and his .707 tournament win percentage is third behind Krzyzewski and Kentucky's John Calipari.

The matchup between Hall of Fame coaches Mike Krzyzewski of Duke and Tom Izzo of Michigan State highlights the final day of the NCAA Tournament's opening weekend.

Coach K and Duke are 3-2 in those games and 12-3 overall against Izzo and his Spartans. “I like the game," Izzo said. Or will the farewell tour for 75-year-old Coach K continue on to San Francisco, site of the West Region semifinals? Coach K's 98 NCAA Tournament wins are most in history, as are his 36 tournament appearances. Izzo's 54 tournament wins and eight Final Four appearances rank fifth all-time and his .707 tournament win percentage is third behind Krzyzewski and Kentucky's John Calipari.

NCAA Notre Dame Alabama Basketball Notre Dame guard Cormac Ryan (5) reacts next to Alabama forward Darius Miles (2) during the second half of a first-round NCAA college basketball tournament game, Friday, March 18, 2022, in San Diego. Notre Dame won 78-64. Notre Dame will play Texas Tech Sunday in the second round of the West Region. Alabama scored six straight points early in the second half to get within 44-42 before Notre Dame pulled away with a 17-5 run. Neither team led by more than four points the first 18 minutes before Notre Dame scored nine straight points to grab a 41-33 advantage with 40 seconds left in the first half.

Cormac Ryan scored a career-high 29 points and 11th-seeded Notre Dame recovered from a grueling First Four win and late-night flight to beat sixth-seeded Alabama 78-64 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.