— 1:51 second; Duke 63, Wisconsin 58:

Jahlil Okafor comes back in the game and quickly draws a foul on Kaminsky. He hits another jumper on the next trip back, came back in with a different energy.

3:22 second; Duke 59, Wisconsin 58:

Final media timeout here at Lucas Oil Stadium, Duke leads 59-58. Tyus Jones, Grayson Allen and Justise Winslow with 45 combined points.

4:06 second; Duke 59, Wisconsin 58:

Duke takes the lead on a Grayson Allen jumper. The Blue Devils have not missed Okafor while he is on the bench and have turned into a scoring threat.

8:03 second; Wisconsin 54, Duke 52:

Okafor picks up his fourth foul and heads to the bench. Duke is shooting under 40% this half and the Blue Devils are having a really hard time getting to the basket.

10:42 second; Wisconsin 51, Duke 49:

Bronson Koeing picks up his third foul as Tyus Jones falls away on a crazy jumper. The and-one cuts the Wisconsin lead to one. Grayson Allen leads the Duke team with 14 points, Kaminsky leads Wisconsin with 13.

11:43 second; Wisconsin 51, Duke 45:

Justise Winslow picks up his third foul as the Blue Devils fall down by nine with 13:26 to go in the game. A three by Grayson Allen and a follow-up layup cuts it to three with 12 minutes to go. The Badgers sixth three of the game puts some more room between the two.

15:46 second; Wisconsin 42, Duke 39:

Jahlil Okafor picks up his third foul as he tries to slap the ball, and appears to do just that. Coach K opts to keep the big man in. Duke still trailing Wisconsin by three.

18:30 second; Wisconsin 38, Duke 33:

Wisconsin takes their largest lead of the game and Coach K quickly calls a timeout. The Badgers are shooting 75% to start the half.

Halftime; Duke 31, Wisconsin 31:

The Duke Blue Devils and Wisconsin traded the lead late in the first half and settled at 31-all at the break. Wisconsin is shooting 39% to Duke's 50. Justise Winslow leads Duke with seven points and Dekker and Haayes both have eight.

3:04 first; Wisconsin 28, Duke 27:

Wisconsin has hit five of their last seven field goals and we've had five lead changes in the past minute of play. Jahlil Okafor picks up his second foul and has to sit. Coach K sends Justise Winslow, who also has two, back out.

7:14 first; Duke 21, Wisconsin 17:

With nine minutes to go Justise Winslow finds Quinn Cook ahead of the pack for the layup. On the other end Cook goes flying off the court chasing down a loose ball, can't question he wants this. He quickly jumped up and got back on as everyone was rushing over to check him.

The Blue Devils are out-shooting Wisconsin by 20% and maintaining a slight lead.

11:16 first; Duke 13, Wisconsin 12:

Marshall Plumlee comes in for Jahlil Okafor and Okafor quickly comes back in after a bad shift from Plumlee. Wisconsin now with three three-pointers pushing them into the lead momentarily. Play has been very physical and Wisconsin is having a hard time getting through the Duke defense. A steal and bucket by Justise Winslow puts Duke back on top.

15:36 first; Duke 6, Wisconsin 5:

The Blue Devils are 0-3 from beyond the arc but remain in the lead as the Badgers are shooting just 25% from the floor overall. Frank Kaminsky leads all scorers with three points. Both squads have five total rebounds and two second chance points.

17:38 first; Duke 4, Wisconsin 3:

Jahlil Okafor and Quinn Cook got on the board early in game action. This one has been gritty from the start and both teams are pushing to the basket.

During the National Anthem a bald eagle flew in, everyone in the stadium was "oohing" while it flew around.

9:00pm: Fans have nearly filled Lucas Oil and the players are taking the court.

Starting for the Blue Devils is the usual five: Justise Winslow, Jahlil Okafor, Matt Jones, Quinn Cook and Tyus Jones. For Wisconsin it will be Sam Dekker, Nigel Hayes, Frank Kaminsky, Josh Gasser and Bronson Koenig.

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Duke arrived at Lucas Oil around two hours before of their match-up with Wisconsin. Jahlil Okafor, Quinn Cook, Tyus Jones all donning headphones as they walked off the bus and down the tunnel.

Badgers are playing in their first NCAA title game since winning it in 1941. The 74-year gap is longest between appearances by any team. Duke last played in and also won in 2010, here at Lucas Oil.

Preview: The Duke Blue Devils and Wisconsin Badgers will meet up at Lucas Oil Stadium on Monday night, with the 2015 national championship hanging in the balance.

This marks the 10th national championship game for Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, tying him with UCLA legend John Wooden. Coach K has won four national championships with Duke (1991, 1992, 2001 and 2010) and is the all-time winningest coach in Division I history with 1,017 victories. This year's squad didn't win the ACC regular season or tournament titles, but has peaked in the postseason, laying waste to the rest of the South Region with victories over Robert Morris (85-56), San Diego State (68-49), Utah (63-57) and Gonzaga (66-52) before blowing out Michigan State in the Final Four on Saturday (81-61).

Wisconsin's Bo Ryan has finally put his team in the national title game. The Badgers, who won the Big Ten regular season and tournament crowns, are playing in their 17th straight NCAA Tournament. They are 36-3 on the season (a school-record). Wisconsin has navigated the tournament field through the West Region, topping Coastal Carolina (86-72), Oregon (72-65), North Carolina (79-72) and Arizona (85-78) to reach its second straight Final Four. The Badgers then did what no other team in the nation could this season, knocking off then undefeated Kentucky on Saturday (71-64). Wisconsin seeks its first national championship since its only one in 1941. Ryan is a perfect 4-0 in national championship games, having won all four of his national title appearances with Division III's UW-Platteville.

This is just the fourth all-time meeting between these two teams on the hardwood, but the second this season. Duke holds a 2-1 series advantage after earning a 10-point win (80-70) in Madison back in December.

It was a tight battle with a number of big runs by both teams, but after relinquishing leads in both the first and second half, Wisconsin got hot late, going on a 15-4 run down the stretch to earn the win over Kentucky on Saturday night. It was efficient and timely shooting (.479) that proved to be the difference for Wisconsin, which went 7-of-17 from 3-point range and 18-of-22 from the free-throw line in the win. AP Player of the Year and First-Team All- American Frank Kaminsky led the way with 20 points and 11 rebounds. Sam Dekker poured in 16 points, while Nigel Hayes and Bronson Koenig finished with 12 apiece.

Wisconsin is a highly efficient squad (72.7 ppg on .482 shooting), but the success is not limited to that end of the floor, as the Badgers defend as well, limiting foes to just 57.9 ppg. Kaminsky is a rare breed, a 7-footer with great range. The senior leads the team in scoring at 18.7 points per game, doing so on .551 shooting that includes .412 from 3-point range. Kaminsky also is grabbing a team-high 8.1 rebounds per game, while pacing the team in assists (101). Dekker, a 6-9 junior, also has great range, with 50 3- pointers on the year. Dekker has a future in the NBA as well, and is netting 13.9 ppg on .529 shooting. A sophomore forward, Hayes (12.4 ppg) rounds out the double-digit scoring threats for Wisconsin. The backcourt is stocked as well, with solid contributors like the sophomore Koenig (8.7 ppg) and seniors Traevon Jackson (8.5 ppg) and Josh Gasser (6.8 ppg).

Kaminsky and Dekker have been really sharp in this event. They are the top two scorers in the NCAA Tournament this season with Kaminsky amassing 111 points (22.2 ppg) and Dekker a close second with 103 points (20.6 ppg).

It is Wisconsin's unique style that Krzyzewski is concerned with.

"Well, they can score from every position," said Krzyzewski. "Usually an efficient offense means that you can help off of everybody. It gives room for each of the really good players to have more room to operate. They don't turn it over, and they hit free throws at a high percentage. They put pressure on you the entire time. You have to play five guys. You have to play them hopefully without fouling. Then they have great spacing. They're just a very difficult team to defend. They usually play at their tempo. They're comfortable in that tempo and obviously very efficient."

Defense will be key in this game and Duke has really thrived at that end of the floor in the tournament, holding its five NCAA Tournament foes to just 55.0 ppg on .374 shooting. Meanwhile, the Blue Devils are shooting an efficient .504 from the field.

The offensive exploits aren't anything new for this team, as Duke enters this game averaging 79.6 ppg on .502 shooting. What is kind of new, is the team's reliance on so many youngsters. It starts with First-Team All-American Jahlil Okafor. Likely the top pick in this year's NBA Draft, the 6-11 Okafor leads the Blue Devils in both scoring (17.5 ppg) and rebounding (8.6 rpg), while ranking second nationally in field-goal percentage (.667). Senior Quinn Cook (15.6 ppg) is the perfect complement with his perimeter game. Cook is shooting .400 from behind the arc and leads the team with 102 3-pointers. Freshmen Justise Winslow (12.7 ppg) and Tyus Jones (11.5 ppg, 5.7 apg) have made immediate impacts for Duke as well and will probably join Okafor in the NBA sooner rather than later.

Duke fell behind early against Michigan State, but quickly turned things around and took control, en route to a rather easy win over the Spartans on Saturday night. The Blue Devils shot .520 from the floor in the game, outscored MSU in the paint, 42-26 and from the free-throw line, 27-10. Winslow just missed a double-double, pacing the squad with 19 points and nine rebounds. Okafor poured in 18 points and grabbed six boards, while Cook finished with 17 points.

The matchup between Kaminsky and Okafor should be fun to watch and one that Bo Ryan says he is looking forward to.

"There's no way I could match up with him (Okafor), he'd kill me. Is that what you're asking (laughter)? Whoa, I'd have to take him outside, get behind the three-point line and work him over a little bit. No (laughter). Do you mean as a coach, am I looking forward to it? Yeah, we just did it three or four months ago. But, yeah, two very good players. Two guys that are very important to their teams. It's should be pretty interesting for purists of the game to watch two bigs like that go against one another."

The Blue Devils, behind a huge game from Jones (22 pts), took care of Wisconsin on the road earlier in the year. With Okafor and Kaminsky perhaps negating one another, Jones may need to elevate his game once again if Duke is to celebrate another national championship.