West Virginia, however, lived up to expectations by beating Maryland, 28-7.
In beating Maryland for the third time in four meetings this season, Duke (34-4) once again showed its resiliency and talent.
The 10-seed Broncos beat Maryland in the first round in 1996.
Hopkins beat Maryland handily, 30-6, and the Aggies went on to lose their next three games to finish the year with a 2-4 mark.
He hit a game-winning shot as time expired against Clemson and beat Maryland with 2.5 seconds remaining.
After we beat Maryland, for 10 days we were just happy to be the regular-season champions.
This was the first time Syracuse had beaten Maryland in six meetings.
North Carolina had beaten Maryland, the three-time defending champion, twice this season, but both games were close, 10-9 and 12-10.
West Virginia beat Maryland for the first time in five years and scored its most points ever in the series, which dates to 1918.
The team from Pequannock won its last round-robin game yesterday, beating Maryland, 4-1.