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Duke named a 3-seed in March Madness Bracket Preview

NCAA Selection Committee lists Duke as a 3-seed in NCAA seeding preview.

We are speeding towards another March, and that means the NCAA Tournament is around the corner.

With more than half of the conference slate done for all the college basketball teams, things are heating up and resumes are continuing to be built as teams fight and scrap for their chance to win their conference tournament or make the Big Dance as an at-large team.

The selection committee has done something incredible in recent years, as they have started releasing the current top 16 seeds at certain moments in the season. It’s a fun exercise for some of the top teams in the dance who are virtually locked to make the tournament. It helps give them perspective on the prospects of improving their seed and provides some perspective to teams on the bubble, trying to see where they would shake out with the other 52 spots.

Duke’s season has been very good, and as Duke prepares to start a three-game ACC road trip with Florida State on Saturday, they’ll do so knowing they are one of the top 16 seeds in the NCAA Tournament.

The selection committee has spoken, and as of right now, Duke is the 12th overall seed, currently slated for a No. 3 seed.

Duke’s most notable game as a 3-seed came against the Mercer Bears in 2014 when the Bears took down the Jabari Parker-led Duke team in the opening game. However, no school that’s earned a No. 3 seed has lost to a No. 14 seed more than once. So if that does end up being Duke’s ultimate fate this season, they have that stat on their side.

Duke has a prime opportunity to improve their NCAA Tournament seed. While Duke currently sits second in the ACC, they remain just half a game behind the North Carolina Tarheels for first place. Winning the ACC regular season title and pushing toward an ACC Tournament title could be enough to get Duke to the No. 2 seed line, where the Tar Heels currently sit.

For Duke, it starts with taking care of business for the remainder of the ACC regular season.

Scouting Report: Everything to know about Florida State before Saturday’s game

The Blue Devils try to keep pace with North Carolina in the ACC on Saturday with a road trip to Tallahassee to take on the Seminoles.

It has to feel impossible to not keep an eye on the season finale in Durham at this point.

After 14 wins in their past 16 games, the Blue Devils are within half a game of North Carolina in the ACC standings. If that status still holds true on March 9, Duke will welcome the Tar Heels into Cameron Indoor with the conference crown on the line. What better scenario could possibly exist?

The Blue Devils have six more games to play between now and then, however, and they can’t fall asleep at the wheel or look too far ahead.

The first of those six games comes on Saturday afternoon in Tallahassee, a road game against Florida State. It will be the Blue Devils’ first game away from home since a loss in Chapel Hill earlier in the month, and Florida State has its back against the wall in terms of potential tournament berths.

Here’s a full breakdown of the Seminoles team set to play Duke in the weekend showdown and what is at stake in the ACC.

Vikings 2024 NFL draft scouting report: Florida State QB Jordan Travis

Florida State QB Jordan Travis had a great season before breaking his ankle in November. How much did that impact his NFL Draft stock?

Welcome to SKOL Search!

This series will be your guide to the 2024 draft class. From scouting reports to mock drafts and exploring different scenarios, we will be covering the NFL draft and the future of the Minnesota Vikings from all angles.

The focus of the draft class in this space will be on the Vikings’ major needs at quarterback, running back, defensive line and edge rusher. We will also focus on wide receiver since it’s a loaded class and an increased chance to get a Stefon Diggs-type steal in the later rounds.

The Vikings are slated to have 9 picks going into the NFL draft and they need to make the most out of them.

Meet Mr. 57: Get to know Cristobal Del Solar, the record-setting player who shot a 57 on the Korn Ferry Tour

His cousin was the first Chilean to win on the LPGA and he almost considered a tennis career.

No matter the tour, sub-60 rounds are usually few and far between in professional golf. Last week Joaquin Niemann fired a 59 at LIV Golf Mayakoba. A day later Wyndham Clark shot a 60 at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Cristobal Del Solar laughed at those rounds and said hold my scorecard on Thursday. The 30-year-old Chilean made history with a dazzling 13-under 57 during the opening round of the Astara Golf Championship on the Korn Ferry Tour at the Pacos Course at Country Club de Bogata to card the lowest score ever in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event. It’s the first time in the history of professional golf that someone has shot 57 on a par-70 layout, and it’s the ninth sub-60 round on the Korn Ferry Tour. In 2019, David Carey shot 11-under 57 on the Alps Tour at the Cervino Open.

If you aren’t familiar with Del Solar, get to know Mr. 57 with some fun facts below.

Vikings 2024 NFL draft scouting report: Florida State DT Braden Fiske

Florida State DT Braden Fiske transferred from Western Michigan and thrived for the Seminoles. What do his NFL Draft prospects look like?

Welcome to SKOL Search!

This series will be your guide to the 2024 draft class. From scouting reports to mock drafts and exploring different scenarios, we will be covering the NFL draft and the future of the Minnesota Vikings from all angles.

The focus of the draft class in this space will be on the Vikings’ major needs at quarterback, running back, defensive line and edge rusher. We will also focus on wide receiver since it’s a loaded class and an increased chance to get a Stefon Diggs-type steal in the later rounds.

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New NFL.com mock draft has Bucs going WR in first round

Could the Bucs bolster their receiving corps with their first selection in the draft?

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers have a few needs to fill in the upcoming 2024 NFL draft in Detroit. And with how the free agent market could go, some of those needs may look a little different by the time we get to the draft in April.

NFL.com writer Eric Edholm put up his mock draft for the upcoming 2024 NFL draft, and he has the Bucs going offense for Round 1 — he has them taking Florida State wide receiver Keon Coleman at pick No. 26.

Here’s what Edholm wrote about his pick for the Bucs:

Depending on what happens with pending free agent Mike Evans, the Bucs might need a wide receiver who can complement Chris Godwin. Coleman can’t fly, but he has acrobatic receiving skills, can play inside and out and would be a big red-zone target for Baker Mayfield, assuming he’s back.

Edholm is certainly right about one thing — this would be a move that the team could benefit from should WR Mike Evans not return to Tampa Bay. If he does, thought, it wouldn’t make too much sense, as the team has Evans and Chris Godwin and also filled a WR3 need with Trey Palmer in the 2023 NFL draft. Coleman is a big wideout who can do a lot of the things Evans can, so he would be a good replacement, but the team would be unlikely to draft him should the longtime Bucs wideout return.

The Bucs’ biggest needs in the draft include the interior offensive line to shore up the run game and pass protection and an edge rusher on the defense to improve the pass rush. Should Evans come back, a pick there is likely — if he doesn’t, though, fans of both the Bucs and the Florida State Seminoles could get to watch more Coleman on their TV.’

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Vikings get EDGE help in latest NFL.com mock draft

NFL.com draft writer Eric Edholm has the Minnesota Vikings taking FSU edge rusher Jared Verse with the 11th pick in the first round.

With the Senior Bowl practices over and the Super Bowl on the horizon, the full NFL draft picture is beginning to come into focus. The Super Bowl will finalize April’s NFL draft order, and the next big event for the prospects comes at the NFL Scouting Combine. With the picture becoming more clear, Eric Edholm of NFL.com has dropped his first mock draft of the season.

It seems like prognosticators are mostly split down the middle on what the Minnesota Vikings will do with the 11th pick in the draft, with roughly half assuming they’ll select a quarterback and the other half opting to give them help on the defense. That’s the direction Edholm took, giving the Vikings former Florida State EDGE Jared Verse. Here’s Edholm’s breakdown of the selection:

It’s no guarantee, of course, but if the Vikings can re-sign Kirk Cousins, addressing the defensive front might be the next order of business. I could see Minnesota adding multiple pieces up front, depending on what happens with another pending free agent in Danielle Hunter. Verse is an athletic tone-setter who would pass the Brian Flores test for toughness and aggression.

As Edholm rightly points out, if Danielle Hunter isn’t back with the team next season, it opens a major hole in what was a much improved defense in 2023. Verse would immediately come in and help fill that void. It’d be unfair to expect him to duplicate Hunter’s production right away, but Verse certainly has the traits to be a successful pass rusher in the NFL.

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Sooners offer 2025 4-star running back and Florida commit, Waltez Clark

Waltez Clark, a talented four-star prospect out of Tampa is the latest to receive an offer from Oklahoma.

The state of Florida has been a hotbed for elite running backs over the last 20 years. With the talent that routinely comes out of Florida, that won’t be slowing down anytime soon.

[autotag]DeMarco Murray[/autotag] in pursuit of running backs for Oklahoma’s [autotag]2025 recruiting class[/autotag]. His latest find has taken him to Tampa, Florida. At Plant High School, there is a young man named Waltez Clark, a consensus four-star running back prospect who just received an offer from the Sooners.

Clark is a 6-foot-1, 190-pound dynamo with the size, speed, toughness, and lateral quickness to be an every-down back for a major college program. He had 77 carries for 476 yards and 15 touchdowns, caught 22 passes for 358 yards and four touchdowns, and recorded 23 tackles, two for loss, and one sack for his Plant High school team.

Clark committed to Florida in September. Florida is in a tricky spot as another mediocre season could see their program go into another rebuild, which could help open the door for the Sooners to flip Clark.

Waltez Clark’s Recruiting Profile

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9 takeaways from American team Senior Bowl practice day 1

The American team at the Reese’s Senior Bowl had some standouts at practice. Tyler Forness is in Mobile and gives his biggest takeaways.

The road to the NFL Draft has started as the Reese’s Senior Bowl is underway in Mobile, Alabama this week. Vikings Wire Managing Editor Tyler Forness has boots on the ground in Hancock-Whitney Stadium, home of the South Alabama Jaguars, giving us a first-hand look at the prospects who hope to live out their dreams as NFL players in April.

For some, it’s a foregone conclusion that they will hear their names called as the draft rolls around. For others, they will have to earn that right. Forness will give us his insights as this week of practice goes along and highlight names that fans of all teams, not just the Minnesota Vikings, should keep their eye on.

With that, we turn our attention to the American Team and nine takeaways from their first practice.

10 players to watch on Reese’s Senior Bowl American team’s defense

From Missouri CB Kris Abrams-Draine to Texas DT T’Vondre Sweat, 10 players to watch on the Reese’s Senior Bowl American team’s defense

The Reese’s Senior Bowl is here and Mobile is going to be rocking with the 100+ NFL draft prospects coming into South Alabama’s Hancock Whitney Stadium.

Vikings Wire will have boots on the ground as managing editor Tyler Forness will be there in person to watch these players duke it out in front of scouts and analysts alike.

On the American team, the biggest names are on the offensive side of the ball, but this is a homage to the top names on the defensive side.