Category: NCAA News Wire
NEW YORK — The Connecticut Huskies used clutch free throw shooting down the stretch, turning back the Iowa State Cyclones 81-76 in the semifinals of the NCAA East Regional on Friday night at Madison Square Garden. The Huskies (29-8), the seventh seed, were 11 of 12 from the line in the final 47 seconds of […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Dayton used superior depth to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in 30 years with an 82-72 victory over Stanford on Thursday night in the NCAA South Regional semifinals at FedExForum.“It was a true team effort,” Dayton coach Archie Miller said after his bench outscored the Stanford bench 34-2 […]
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Guard Nick Johnson scored all 15 of his points in the final three minutes, and top-seeded Arizona rallied to beat fourth-seeded San Diego State 70-64 in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 at Honda Center on Thursday. Arizona (33-4) will play in its second West Region final in the past four years, facing […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Top-seeded Florida won its 29th consecutive game, holding off fourth-seeded UCLA 79-68 Thursday night in the NCAA Tournament’s South Regional semifinals at FedExForum. Florida (35-2) will play 11th-seeded Dayton, which defeated Stanford in the region’s other semifinal, on Saturday for a trip to the Final Four. Although the Gators led 66-55 with […]
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Wisconsin never had to break a sweat against a zone defense that had carried Baylor into the Sweet 16. The Badgers, patient and precise with their passing, fed center Frank Kaminsky in the middle of the zone early in the game and then had its way with the Bears on both ends […]
Murray State pulled away in the second half to advance to the College Insider.com Tournament semifinals, beating Towson 85-73 Thursday in a quarterfinal game at Murray, Ky. The Racers (21-11) will play host to Pacific (18-15) next Tuesday, with the winner moving on to the April 3 title game against Yale or VMI. Towson (25-11) […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Dayton advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time in 30 years with an 82-72 victory over Stanford on Thursday night in the NCAA South Regional semifinals at FedExForum. The 11th-seeded Flyers (26-10) advance to play the winner of Thursday’s late game between top-seeded Florida and fourth-seeded UCLA for passage to […]
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Wisconsin junior center Frank Kaminsky had 19 points and a career-high six blocked shots, and the Badgers carved up the Baylor zone early en route to a 69-52 victory in the Sweet 16 at the Honda Center on Thursday night. Wisconsin’s dominance was such that Kaminsky had as many field goals as […]
Shaka Smart will not become the next head coach at Marquette, multiple media outlets reported Thursday. Speculation centered on the Virginia Commonwealth coach possibly returning to his native Wisconsin to succeed Buzz Williams, who left Marquette last week after six seasons to take the head coaching job at Virginia Tech. One media outlet in Milwaukee […]
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is well past retirement age at 67, yet there are no plans to hit the rocking chair as he prepares for his 35th season with the Blue Devils. “I’m looking forward to the next five years,” Krzyzewski said Thursday during his season-ending press conference. “What do we do in the next […]
