2025 NCAA Tournament bracket picks: Why Brendan Marks picked Duke over fellow 1-seed Florida

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03/18/2025 06:30 AM

Duke's path to the second weekend is the easiest of the No. 1 seeds — and it's probably the easiest Final Four path, too.

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