With plenty of professional scouts on hand, Flagg finished with 16 points, seven rebounds and five assists in his Madison Square Garden debut. Duke romped to a 110-67 victory that

Cooper Flagg had 16 points in his Madison Square Garden debut and seven players scored in double figures for No. 3 Duke in a 110-67 blowout of Illinois on Saturday night.

Cooper Flagg and the Duke Blue Devils put on a clinic under the bright lights at Madison Square Garden, proving Jon Scheyer's team has what it takes to win a national title.

SportsLine's model just revealed its college basketball picks for the Illinois Fighting Illini vs. Cooper Flagg and the Duke Blue Devils on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden

Joel Berry II reacts to Duke's 43-point win over Illinois at Madison Square Garden.

Cooper Flagg had 16 points in his Madison Square Garden debut and seven players scored in double figures for No. 3 Duke in a 110-67 blowout that marked the most

The moment hit as one would expect for walk-on guard Spencer Hubbard of the second-ranked Duke Blue Devils. On the biggest of college basketball stages at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night he nailed a step-back 3-pointer in Duke’s rout of Illinois in the final minute that put the stamp on the 110-67 blowout win.

On Saturday night, college basketball will be treated to something that was commonplace for decades but has become the exception to the rule over the past 15-or-so years: a marquee February nonconference game between two high-major programs.

With seven players scoring in double figures, the No. 3 Duke Blue Devils posted yet another lopsided win, this one over Illinois of the Big Ten.