NCAA Latest: Tacko-Zion matchup highlights 2nd round games
The Latest on the second round of the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):
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One of the matchups Sunday for the Sweet 16 features college basketball’s tallest player going against its most dynamic star.
Duke has Zion Williamson, an explosive freshman widely expected to go No. 1 in the NBA draft. UCF has Tacko Fall, a 7-foot-6 center who has an 8-4 wingspan, barely needing to jump to grab rebounds over other players in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
Fall says he doesn’t want to make it about a 1-on-1 matchup, but he did say he’ll try not to let Williamson dunk on him. Williamson shrugged that off but says he has a lot of respect for how skilled and agile Fall is for his size.
Fall had 13 points, 18 rebounds and five blocks in helping UCF (24-8) to its first-ever NCAA victory over eighth-seeded VCU in the first round.
Williamson had 25 points and put on a dazzling, dominant show in the second half to lift Duke (30-5) to an 85-62 victory over North Dakota State.
