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No. 6 DUKE (22-5) at No. 17 UCLA (16-7, 11-3)

* TIME--11 a.m.

* TV--Channel 7.

* RADIO--XTRA (690), KIEV (870).

* UPDATE--UCLA needs to win this game to have a chance at what eluded it last season, the West Regional’s No. 2 or 3 seeding. Meanwhile, Duke is trying to land a No. 1 seeding, anywhere. Last season’s 19-point drubbing at Duke cemented UCLA’s banishment to the Southeast Regional as a No. 4, despite winning the Pacific 10 by three games. The Bruins will win the Pac-10 outright if they win three of their last four conference games. UCLA is 0-3 this season vs. top-echelon nonconference teams and was 0-4 last season. “We saw last year that if you don’t win nonleague games, you can be shipped anywhere,” said Charles O’Bannon, whose right eye swelled up after he took four stitches over an eyelid during Thursday’s victory over USC. The Blue Devils have won seven in a row and 11 of 12. Guard Trajan Langdon, who has made 49.4% of his three-point tries this year, scored a career-high 34 points against No. 8 Clemson on Tuesday.

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