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00:00Duke and Houston. A rematch of a Sweet 16 battle exactly a year ago. Duke winning that game as a slight underdog, 54-51.
00:10A five and a half point spread now in favor of the Blue Devils and a total of 135 and a hook.
00:16John, this is one of the most anticipated Final Four games of recent memory. How do these two teams stack up against one another?
00:24Well, if you're looking in terms of NBA talent and players that are forecasted to obviously be stars and real contributors at the next level,
00:31obviously Duke is going to have a decisive advantage, but this game is not played in the NBA.
00:36It is played in college basketball, and Houston has put together an elite program really because of retention, Ben,
00:43and that's one storyline that I hope gets more attention over the next couple days here in San Antonio.
00:48Twenty-nine players last week in the Elite Eight among the four teams that are in the Final Four played double-figure minutes in the regional finals.
00:57Twenty of those players were in their respective programs a year ago. Four were freshmen and five were transfers.
01:05Even though we are in this transfer portal climate where everything is about the edit, the post, the announcement,
01:12retention is still the most important thing at the highest level of basketball.