NEWARK, N.J. — Kon Knueppel didn’t sugarcoat Duke basketball’s Sweet 16 defense against Arizona. “I thought we sucked,” Knueppel said early Friday morning after the top-seeded Blue Devils edged out ...

Duke’s current efficiency is 38.15, the nation’s highest since the 2001 Blue Devils ended the season, with an NCAA championship, at 37.32. The only team with a higher KenPom efficiency at time of the ...