Arizona trailed by just two at halftime, but the Blue Devils went on an 11-2 run on a trio of three-point shots by Dunleavy to take a 50-39 lead. The Wildcats answered with a 9-0 run of their own before Duke extended the lead again to 10 points with 10:08 remaining in the season.

The Wildcats got within three points of Duke four times, but Battier, the most outstanding player of the tournament, answered three times. The senior's dunk with 2:31 remaining in the game was followed by a three-point shot by Jason Williams that gave Duke an insurmountable eight-point lead as time ran down.

Playing all 40 minutes, Battier finished with 18 points, 11 rebounds and six assists. He finished his career with 131 victories, tying Kentucky's Wayne Turner, who played from 1996-99, for the NCAA record.

"It's complete," Duke's all-everything senior forward said. "All that's left for me is to ride off into the sunset on a white horse."

Dunleavy led Duke with 21 points, including a career-high five three-pointers and 18-second half points. Dunleavy and Battier were joined on the all-tournament team by Williams, who finished with 16 points after being in foul trouble throughout the game. Arizona's Loren Woods led all scorers with 22 points and was an all-tournament selection, along with teammate Richard Jefferson.

Arizona coach Lute Olson praised the resiliency of his team.

"All the emotions they had to go through, and they withstood them and did a great job to get to the final game," Olson said. "It's tough. Someone's got to lose it. Duke is deserving. We gave them a good run and couldn't get it done."

CHAMPIONSHIP SUMMARY

Regional semifinals: Illinois 80, Kansas 64; Arizona 66, Mississippi 56; Michigan St. 77, Gonzaga 62; Temple 84, Penn St. 72; Duke 76, UCLA 63; Southern California 80, Kentucky 76; Stanford 78, Cincinnati 65; Maryland 76, Georgetown 66.

Regional finals: Arizona 87, Illinois 81; Michigan St. 69, Temple 62; Duke 79, Southern California 69; Maryland 87, Stanford 73.

SEMIFINALS

Arizona 80, Michigan St. 61

Arizona: Richard Jefferson 6-13, 2-4, 8, 17; Michael Wright 6-10, 1-1, 3, 13; Loren Woods 5-13, 1-1, 8, 11; Jason Gardner 6-11, 6-6, 1, 21; Gilbert Arenas 4-7, 3-4, 2, 12; Eugene Edgerson 3-4, 0-0, 6, 6; Luke Walton 0-1, 0-0, 1, 0; Justin Wessel 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0; Lamont Frazier 0-1, 0-0, 0, 0; Travis Hanour 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0. TOTALS: 30-60, 13-16, 34 (5 team), 80.

Michigan St.: Andre Hutson 9-14, 2-2, 5, 20; Aloysius Anagonye 0-1, 0-0, 2, 0; Jason Richardson 2-11, 1-2, 7, 6; David Thomas 4-6, 0-0, 5, 8; Charlie Bell 1-10, 1-1, 10, 3; Mike Chappell 0-0, 2-2, 0, 2; Adam Ballinger 1-1, 0-1, 2, 2; Adam Wolfe 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0; Zach Randolph 5-8, 2-4, 5, 12; Jason Andreas 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0; Marcus Taylor 3-9, 1-2, 1, 8; Brandon Smith 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0; Mat Ishbia 0-1, 0-0, 0, 0. TOTALS: 25-61, 9-14, 42 (5 team), 61.

Halftime: Arizona 32, Michigan St. 30. Three-point field goals: Arizona 7-14 (Jefferson 3-5, Gardner 3-7, Arenas 1-2); Michigan St. 2-14 (Richardson 1-4, Bell 0-6, Taylor 1-4). Disqualifications: none.

Duke 95, Maryland 84

Maryland: Lonny Baxter 2-10, 6-8, 10, 10; Terence Morris 4-7, 1-2, 8, 10; Byron Mouton 4-6, 1-2, 7, 9; Juan Dixon 6-17, 3-3, 8, 19; Steven Blake 5-8, 1-2, 4, 13; Tahj Holden 2-4, 0-2, 4, 4; Mike Mardesich 3-4, 0-0, 5, 6; Chris Wilcox 1-1, 0-0, 0, 2; Danny Miller 1-4, 2-2, 1, 4; Drew Nicholas 1-5, 5-6, 3, 7. TOTALS: 29-66, 19-27, 50, 84.

Duke: Shane Battier 6-12, 9-11, 8, 25; Mike Dunleavy 2-8, 0-0, 3, 4; Casey Sanders 2-4, 1-1, 5, 5; Chris Duhon 3-10, 3-3, 2, 10; Jason Williams 7-19, 8-12, 3, 23; Nate James 4-10, 0-0, 9, 9; Carlos Boozer 7-8, 5-8, 4, 19; Andre Buckner 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0. TOTALS: 31-71, 26-35, 34, 95.

CHAMPIONSHIP

Duke 82, Arizona 72

Arizona: Richard Jefferson 7-13, 1-3, 8, 19; Michael Wright 5-9, 0-1, 11, 10; Loren Woods 8-15, 6-8, 11, 22; Jason Gardner 2-11, 3-4, 3, 7; Gilbert Arenas 4-17, 2-3, 4, 10; Luke Walton 2-6, 0-0, 3, 4; Eugene Edgerson 0-0, 0-0, 1, 0; Justin Wessel 0-0, 0-0, 0, 0. TOTALS: 28-71, 12-19, 46 (5 team), 72.

Duke: Shane Battier 7-14, 3-6, 11, 18; Mike Dunleavy 8-17, 0-1, 3, 21; Casey Sanders 0-1, 0-0, 2, 0; Chris Duhon 3-5, 2-3, 4, 9; Jason Williams 5-15, 4-6, 3, 16; Nate James 2-3, 2-3, 3, 6; Carlos Boozer 5-9, 2-3, 12, 12. TOTALS: 30-64, 13-22, 42 (4 team), 82.

Halftime: Duke 35, Arizona 33. Three-point field goals: Arizona 4-22 (Jefferson 4-8, Woods 0-1, Gardner 0-8, Arenas 0-4, Walton 0-1); Duke 9-27 (Battier 1-5, Dunleavy 5-9, Duhon 1-1, Williams 2-11, James 0-1). Disqualifications: none.