GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP)—Gerald Henderson finally will find out what the second weekend of the NCAA tournament is like. Henderson scored 24 points and hit three free throws in the final minute to help Duke beat Texas 74-69 on Saturday night in the second round of the East Regional. Kyle Singler added 17 points and Jon Scheyer added 13 for the second-seeded Blue Devils (30-6). They reached the round of 16 for the first time since 2006 and will face third-seeded Villanova (28-7) on Thursday night in Boston.

BLACKSBURG—Chante Black had 13 points and 14 rebounds as No. 4 Duke overcame a dramatic comeback attempt by Virginia Tech and hung on for a 57-52 victory tonight. Duke (15-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) won their 13th straight game despite turning the ball over 28 times and allowing a late 9-0 run by the Hokies to pull them to 53-50 with 1:03 to play. But Karima Christmas hit both ends of a 1-and-1 with 22.7 seconds to play to push the lead back to five and the Blue Devils barely held on.

DURHAM, N.C.—Jon Scheyer and Kyle Singler scored 22 points apiece and the No. 2 Duke Blue Devils held off a late Stephen Curry-led charge to beat the Davidson Wildcats 79-67 tonight. Gerald Henderson added 11 points on 3-of-11 shooting for the Blue Devils (13-1). Duke never trailed, outscored the Wildcats 20-7 to start the second half and withstood their late comeback attempt to win their 67th straight nonconference home game.

Virginia Tech’s 69-44 loss at Duke—during which the Hokies barely showed up in the second half—certainly doesn’t exclude them from the NCAA tournament. But they can ill afford to miss more opportunities for quality wins.

Virginia Tech coach Seth Greenberg was outraged and motioned angrily toward his head, indicating he wanted Vassallo to think about what he was doing. Coach, he was thinking.

As Virginia Tech has navigated its nonconference schedule in the past month and a half, often in unimpressive fashion, Hokies coach Seth Greenberg frequently faced the question of whether his team was ready for its ACC opener at Duke.

CHARLOTTESVILLE - Duke’s women’s soccer team picked a fine time to deliver a defensive effort that coach Robbie Church described, on three occasions, as “phenomenal.“ The Blue Devils, disciplined and precise in their own end, smothered the No. 16-ranked Virginia Cavaliers 2-0 in last night’s NCAA tournament third-round game in frosty Klockner Stadium. Virginia entered the game with an average of 2.3 goals per game. Last night it produced but two good scoring opportunities.