Duke claims another top 10 finish in North America’s most prestigious math competition. Duke Research Blog, April 25, 2016. The Blue Devils may have lost in the Sweet 16 during March Madness 2016, but a Duke team crushed more than 500 other schools in the NCAA tournament of the math world, known by mathletes as the Putnam, claiming a top ten finish for the 22nd time since 1990.