Duke vs. UConn live updates: Scores, analysis from men’s March Madness 2026 Elite Eight game

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Two of college basketball’s most storied programs meet with a trip to the Final Four on the line when Duke and UConn square off in the nation’s capital Sunday night.

Duke has had no shortage of challenges this NCAA Tournament and has had no shortage of perseverance overcoming them. The top-seeded Blue Devils trailed 16-seed Siena by double digits in the second half before rallying to win. After blowing out TCU in the second round, Duke trailed St. John’s by double digits in the second half in the Sweet 16. But behind a miraculous recovery and performance by Caleb Foster — who had broken his foot three weeks earlier — the Blue Devils again rallied, showing they are toughness personified.

“Ninety-nine percent of guys do not come back to play under the circumstances of what’s happened to him,” Jon Scheyer said. “It was incredible the way he willed us. There’s no analytics. There’s no stats that can measure how big this dude’s heart is for what he did.”

Foster — who is questionable for tonight’s game — finished with 11 points, Isaiah Evans has 25, and Cameron Boozer had 22.

Now, they face another veteran-laden Big East team, this one with major championship pedigree. UConn, champion in 2023 and 2024, is back in full force. The Huskies’ outstanding frontcourt of two-time national champion Alex Karaban and tournament breakout Tarris Reed Jr. is proving near-impossible to stop. That was the case in Friday’s Sweet 16 win over Michigan State, when the two combined for the team’s final 11 points and 24 of its 32 in the second half.

Despite being two of the country’s most successful programs of the past 30 years, Duke and UConn haven’t met since 2014 and haven’t met in the NCAA Tournament since 2004, when the Huskies won by one point in the Final Four.

CBS Sports will be with you throughout the entire way on Saturday with live updates, analysis and highlights as Duke battles UConn in the Elite Eight. Keep it locked here as the Blue Devils and the Huskies clash with a trip to the Final Four on the line, and you can watch all the action on March Madness Live.