The final Saturday of February is here and the stakes are high for college basketball teams as they battle for their NCAA Tournament positions, jockey for conference title hopes and try and climb their way up the projected seeding prjections for March Madness.

Everything you need to know in order to watch the Illinois Illini take on the Duke Blue Devils on Saturday, Feb. 22.

The 3rd-ranked Duke Blue Devils and Illinois Fighting Illini bring big-time college basketball to the World’s Most Famous Arena with a Saturday night showdown at Madison Square Garden.

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Duke basketball and Illinois meet at Madison Square Garden in New York City this weekend. Here are some things to know and a prediction.

Madness prep. Madison Square Garden. There's a lot Illinois and Duke liked about this college basketball matchup.

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Welcome to another Saturday college basketball slate as we inch closer and closer to March. The resumes are shaping into place with the bracket reveal for the top 16 seeds as we only have a few more weekends before conference tournament play begins.

The Illinois Fighting Illini pose the greatest remaining challenge on Duke's schedule, but ESPN's metrics still heavily favor the Blue Devils.