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Duke will play the winner of the play-in game, which will take place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio. The winner of that game is the No. 16 seed in the South Region.

Here are the two teams in the play-in game:

ARKANSAS-PINE BLUFF

Record: 17-15 (14-4 SWAC)

RPI: No. 182

Coach: George Ivory (29-32 overall and at Pine Bluff)

Probable starters: F Lebaron Weathers (9.9 ppg, 6.8 rpg); F Tyree Glass (8.1 ppg, 3.7 rpg); G Terrance Calvin (10.4 ppg, 4.0 apg); G Allen Smith (4.5 ppg, 2.0 apg); G Tavaris Washington (9.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg).

Postseason history: First NCAA tournament berth

Season overview: The Golden Lions won three straight games in the SWAC tournament to earn an automatic bid. They went 0-11 in non-conference games, then 14-4 in the league to earn the No. 2 seed in their conference tournament.

Famous alumni: Former Pittsburgh Steelers defensive lineman L.C. Greenwood; gospel singer and pianist Smokie Norful; rapper Big Tuck.

Cool fact: Pine Bluff's band, M4 (Marching Musical Machine of the Mid-South) took part in President Barack Obama's inaugural parade in 2009.

Official athletics Web site: uapblionsroar.com

WINTHROP

Record: 19-13 (12-6 Big South)

RPI: No. 160

Coach: Randy Peele (98-113 overall, 52-44 at Winthrop)

Probable starters: F Andy Buechert (5.8 ppg, 6.5 rpg); F Mantoris Robinson (8.2 ppg, 6.2 rpg); C Matt Morgan (9.6 ppg, 4.6 rpg); G Reggie Middleton (10.3 ppg, 2.9 apg); G Robbie Dreher (6.1 ppg).

Postseason history: Eighth NCAA tournament berth

Season overview: In his third season at Winthrop, Randy Peele — who was 46-69 in four seasons as UNCG's head coach from 1995-1999 — has guided the Eagles back to the NCAA tournament after a one-year absence. Winthrop lost three of its last four regular-season games, then won three straight in the Big South tournament.

Famous alumni: "Groundhog Day" star Andie McDowell; Martha Thomas Fitzgerald, first woman elected to S.C. House of Representatives; Cecily Truett Lancit, Emmy Award-winning producer of "Reading Rainbow."

Cool fact: Winthrop's campus includes a world-class disc golf course, the site of the U.S. Disc Golf Championship every year since its inception in 1999.

Official athletics Web site: winthropeagles.com