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NEW YORK—So the stage is set for Saturday night in prime time. Louisville used a 19-2 run to pull away in the first half and never looked back, coasting to a 64-50 win over Notre Dame on Friday night at Madison Square Garden. “We’ve wanted to get to this championship game again,” said Louisville coach…
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Arizona’s seniors ensure ‘Cats slip into Pac-12 title game
Mar 9, 2012, 11:28 PM EDT
If Arizona somehow makes the field of 68, it’ll have its seniors to thank. Kyle Fogg and Jesse Perry combined for 38 of the Wildcats’ points in a 72-61 win against Oregon State in Friday’s Pac-12 tournament semifinals. That leaves them one victory over Colorado, a surprise 70-59 winner over Cal, from the league’s automatic berth.…
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INDIANAPOLIS – No. 7 Ohio State played to its advantages and got a season-high 30 points from Jared Sullinger in a convincing 88-71 victory over Purdue. The Buckeyes scored 48 points in the paint and 13 points off of offensive rebounds due in large part to Sullinger’s work. Sullinger was efficient, going 12-17 from the…
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There wasn’t much wrong with the resume of Scott Drew’s Baylor Bears going into the Big 12 tournament. At 24-6 record, 12-6 in league play, the Bears were well on their way to a protected seed in next week’s NCAA tournament. The one thing missing was a win over either Kansas or Missouri. But thanks…
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Tennessee’s bubble bursts, Ole Miss lives to fight another day
Mar 9, 2012, 10:30 PM EDT
In what amounted to an elimination game, Ole Miss got the benefit of a friendly whistle at the end of overtime as they managed to hold on and beat Tennessee 77-72 in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament. Ole Miss had already allowed Tennessee sharp-shooter Skylar McBee to get enough space to knock down a…
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Durand Scott suspended for accepting impermissible benefits
Mar 9, 2012, 9:47 PM EDT
Miami guard Durand Scott has been suspended for tonight’s ACC quarterfinal matchup with Florida State. According to Jeff Goodman of CBSSports.com, Scott’s suspension is similar to the suspension of Reggie Johnson a week ago. He received impermissible benefits while the Hurricanes were being coached by Frank Haith and the NCAA has deemed him ineligible. Scott…
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UCF went into Friday’s Conference USA semifinal against Memphis likely needing to win the tournament in order to earn an NCAA tournament bid. Instead, the Tigers not only beat the Knights (22-10, 10-6) but handed them a beating severe enough that it may have extinguished their Big Dance hopes. Wesley Witherspoon scored 15 points off…
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INDIANAPOLIS – For better or worse, Trey Burke plays as if he embraces being the goat or the star after any of his team’s games. Finishing with a game-high 30-points, the freshman phenom led the No. 10 Michigan Wolverines to a come-from-behind 73-69 overtime victory against the upset-minded Minnesota Golden Gophers. As the team’s primary…
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Cincinnati scores upset over No. 2 Syracuse, rolls into title game
Mar 9, 2012, 9:22 PM EDT
NEW YORK—Most of the national attention that Yancy Gates has garnered this season is for a reason that he’d rather put in the past. But his two-game run so far in the Big East tournament is changing that trend. Gates had 18 points and seven rebounds as underdog Cincinnati got their biggest win of the…
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Heading into the Conference USA tournament the question was whether or not Southern Miss could do enough to ensure that the league would get two NCAA berths. But thanks to Marshall’s 73-62 win over Southern Miss in a C-USA semifinal the question now may be if the league could end up getting three. Damier Pitts…
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Trevor Mbakwe is one of the best big men in the Big Ten, if not the country. He represented the United States in the World University Games over the summer. That’s pretty good. Unfortunately for the bruising, 6’8″ power forward, he tore his acl back in November, ending his season before it started. Now, I’ve…
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NC State got a win they absolutely had to have on Friday afternoon, riding the coattails of CJ Leslie (19 points, 14 boards, three assists) and Lorenzon Brown (15 points, eight assists) to a 67-64 win over Virginia. The result creates an incredibly interesting bubble scenario. A few weeks ago, NC State was dead in…
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INDIANAPOLIS – Needing a victory to stay in contention for a protected four-seed in the NCAA Tournament, Wisconsin looked to its bench for help. What they found was a four-year reserve player who caught fire from beyond the arc, as Rob Wilson dropped a career high 30-points on 11-16 shooting, including seven three pointers, to help…
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Of all the accolades that St. Bonaventure center Andrew Nicholson has racked up during his career in Olean, New York, there’s one achievement that’s eluded him: an NCAA tournament appearance. But thanks in large part to the 6’9″ big man the Bonnies live to play another day, as they beat Saint Joseph’s 71-68 in the…
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No. 4 North Carolina cruised relatively easily to an 85-69 win over Maryland in the quarterfinals of the ACC Tournament in Atlanta on Friday afternoon. “Easily” and “unscathed” are not the same thing, however. John Henson, UNC’s starting center and the most dominant defensive presence in the ACC, got fouled hard on a drive to…
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Its Bloody Friday in the Big Ten. Before the Big Ten Tournament’s quarterfinals are even halfway over, we’ve already had a sixth of the league’s head coaches fired. Earlier this morning, it was Bruce Weber that got the axe. This afternoon it was Nebraska head coach Doc Sadler, who was fired after going 12-18 and…
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INDIANAPOLIS – Following today’s victory over Iowa, Michigan State coach Tom Izzo took time to sound off on the firing of Illinois coach Bruce Weber. “I’m sick about it,” Izzo said. “This morning my wife and I shed a tear. Half of it was for Bruce, the other half was for my profession.” During his…
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The quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Tournament kicked off in exciting fashion on Friday afternoon as eight-seed UMass upset conference champion Temple 77-71. The Minutemen got 20 points and 10 assists from point guard Chaz Williams while Jesse Morgan added 21 points as their defense forced 22 Temple turnovers. The No. 21 Owls are not…
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INDIANAPOLIS – Playing a defensively deficient Iowa Hawkeyes team, the No 8 Michigan State Spartans cruised to an 92-75 victory in their Big Ten quarterfinal match-up. Posting 55 first-half points, the most against any conference team this season, the Spartans showed that this league can have provide high scoring games that are played at an…
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I’ll never understand what a coach thinks he’s going to do by popping off in the media about his team’s tournament standing. We don’t have any control over what teams get into the bracket. All the press conference whining does is provide me with a source of entertainment. Tim Cluess is Iona’s head coach. When…
