{"id":617836,"date":"2026-02-22T13:45:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/617836\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T13:45:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T13:45:18","slug":"cameron-boozer-and-no-3-duke-beat-no-1-michigan-68-63-in-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/617836\/","title":{"rendered":"Cameron Boozer and No. 3 Duke beat No. 1 Michigan 68-63 in Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Cameron Boozer scored 18 points and No. 3 Duke<\/a> handed another neutral-site loss to fellow blueblood Michigan<\/a>, knocking off the top-ranked Wolverines 68-63 on Saturday night in a raucous possible Final Four preview in the nation\u2019s capital.<\/p>\n

The Wolverines had won 11 straight and replaced Arizona atop the AP Top 25 this week. The now-fourth-ranked Wildcats won at No. 2 Houston<\/a> earlier Saturday, making it the first time since Feb. 8, 2025, that the teams ranked Nos. 1 and 2 in the poll lost on the same day.<\/p>\n

With his dad, former Duke and NBA star Carlos Boozer, in attendance, Cameron Boozer hit a 3-pointer with 1:55 left to give the Blue Devils a 64-58 lead. Isaiah Evans added 14 points for the Blue Devils (25-2), who could return to Capital One Arena in just over a month for the East Regional of the NCAA Tournament.<\/p>\n

In the programs\u2019 first meeting in 12 years, Duke improved to 23-8 against Michigan and 7-0 on neutral courts, a series that includes the 1992 national title game. Michigan hasn\u2019t beaten Duke since Dec. 6, 2009 in Ann Arbor.<\/p>\n

Yaxel Lendeborg scored 21 points for the Wolverines (25-2), who had not lost since a home defeat by three points to Wisconsin on Jan. 10.<\/p>\n

While second-year coach Dusty May\u2019s Michigan squad has been hailed for unselfishness, Jon Scheyer\u2019s Blue Devils showed more versatility on the offensive end. Caleb Foster scored 12 points and Patrick Ngongba II added 11 as Duke found soft spots in the Wolverines\u2019 top-rated defense.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Duke won the rebounding battle 41-28 as Michigan settled for too many one-and-done perimeter shots, going 6 of 25 from 3-point range.<\/p>\n

Fans traded chants of \u201cLet\u2019s go Duke!\u201d and \u201cLet\u2019s go Blue!\u201d for the rare must-see matchup in a city starved for meaningful basketball. ESPN\u2019s \u201cCollege GameDay\u201d was broadcast from inside the arena during the teams\u2019 morning shootaround, and tickets for upper-level seats were selling in the $600 range in the hours before the game, with courtside seats upwards of $6,000.<\/p>\n

Defense had the upper hand in a spirited, physical first half in which neither team led by more than five points. Ngongba was fouled while fighting for a rebound with 0.8 seconds left and made both free throws to give the Blue Devils a 35-33 lead at the break.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, Duke never trailed again.<\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Michigan: Hosts Minnesota on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

Duke: At Notre Dame on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here<\/a>. AP college basketball: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/ap-top-25-college-basketball-poll<\/a> and https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/college-basketball<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 Cameron Boozer scored 18 points and No. 3 Duke handed another neutral-site loss to fellow…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3724],"tags":[382,7,18399,17047,2766,217,325,2897,8414,691,692,2428,701,987,2895,354,584,1739,1043,27422,1567,20001,1773,39250,66,6936,3549],"class_list":["post-617836","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-arizona","tag-basketball","tag-caleb-foster","tag-cameron-boozer","tag-carlos-boozer","tag-college-basketball","tag-college-sports","tag-dc-wire","tag-district-of-columbia","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-duke-blue-devils-mens-basketball","tag-isaiah-evans","tag-jon-scheyer","tag-maryland","tag-md-state-wire","tag-mens-college-basketball","tag-mi-state-wire","tag-michigan","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-michigan-wolverines-mens-basketball","tag-nc-state-wire","tag-ncaa-mens-division-i-basketball-championship","tag-north-carolina","tag-patrick-ngongba-ii","tag-sports","tag-virginia","tag-yaxel-lendeborg"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=617836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}