Category: NCAA News Wire
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Wisconsin center Frank Kaminsky scored 28 points, including six in overtime, as the Badgers beat top-seeded Arizona 64-63 in overtime at the Honda Center on Saturday night to advance to their first Final Four since 2000. Kaminsky, who also had 11 rebounds, scored on a layup, a hook shot and then a […]
UNLV’s Dave Rice will sign a two-year contract extension after report surfaced that South Florida was set to hire him for its head coaching vacancy. “I am excited about the future of our men’s basketball program at UNLV and appreciate the confidence that the administration has in the direction we are headed,” Rice said in […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Florida senior center Patric Young carried the NCAA South Regional championship trophy into the post-game press conference and sat it down on the table. A few moments earlier, he had scaled a ladder to cut down the nets at FedExForum after the top-seeded Gators had defeated 11th-seeded Dayton, 62-52, Saturday night to […]
INDIANAPOLIS — When his team missed 3-point shots, failed to get stops defensively and fell behind 18-5 Friday night, Kentucky coach John Calipari offered just a few words of advice to his team. “Just play,” he said. And play, the Wildcats did. All the way to a surprising appearance in the Midwest Region championship game. […]
NEW YORK — Since his return from a broken hand in early March, forward Branden Dawson ignited the Michigan State Spartans. On Friday, he led them to a spot in the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight by scoring 24 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in Michigan State’s 61-59 win over the top-seeded Virginia Cavaliers in the […]
NEW YORK — Since his return from a broken hand in early March, forward Branden Dawson has ignited the Michigan State Spartans. On Friday, he led them to a spot in the NCAA Tournament’s Elite Eight by scoring 24 points and grabbing 10 rebounds in Michigan State’s 61-59 win over top-seeded Virginia in the East […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The Kentucky Wildcats trailed virtually all Friday night, but stormed from behind down the stretch to score a season sweep of commonwealth rivals the No. 4 Louisville Cardinals and make an unlikely appearance in the Midwest Region championship game. Guard Aaron Harrison nailed a 3-pointer with 39.1 seconds left to give the eighth-seeded […]
NEW YORK — Playing with the swagger of a home team on a neutral court, the Connecticut Huskies turned back the Iowa State Cyclones 81-76 on Friday night in the semifinals of the NCAA East Regional at Madison Square Garden, their “home-away-from-home.” UConn (29-8), the seventh seed, faces the winner of Virginia-Michigan State on Sunday […]
INDIANAPOLIS — It all depends on one’s perspective. Tennessee forward Jarnell Stokes thought he beat Michigan forward Jordan Morgan to the spot on a drive to the basket with 6.0 seconds left in Friday night’s Midwest Region semifinal at Lucas Oil Stadium. Morgan and the Wolverines thought otherwise. So did official David Hall and his […]
INDIANAPOLIS — The team that made it out of the First Four will not be going to the Final Four. Shooting 55.1 percent from the field, No. 2 Michigan put four players in double figures and ended the surprising NCAA Tournament run of 11th-seeded Tennessee on Friday night with a 73-71 Midwest Regional semifinal win […]
