Category: NCAA News Wire
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Baylor’s interior defense and outside shooting trumped Creighton’s star and all of the Bluejays’ motivation. No. 6-seeded Baylor drained 11 3-pointers, clamped down on Creighton forward Doug McDermott and bumped the No. 3-seeded Bluejays from NCAA Tournament 85-55 on Sunday in a third-round West Region game at the AT&T Center. McDermott, […]
RALEIGH, N.C. – Virginia is headed to the Sweet 16 with authority. The top-seeded Cavaliers drubbed No. 8-seeded Memphis 78-60 on Sunday night in the NCAA Tournament’s East Regional third round at PNC Arena. It will be the first Sweet 16 appearance in 19 years for the Cavaliers, who received 16 points from guard Joe […]
SAN DIEGO — In the end there would be no 16-point play for Stephen F. Austin. Instead it was UCLA securing a spot in the Sweet 16. The Bruins defeated Stephen F. Austin 77-60 in Sunday’s third-round South Region NCAA Tournament game. No. 4-seeded UCLA next faces overall No. 1-seeded Florida on Thursday in Memphis […]
Duke freshman forward Jabari Parker, whose college career might have ended in a stunning NCAA Tournament upset Friday, is one of four finalists for the Naismith Trophy, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced Sunday. Others up for the award, which goes to the men’s college basketball player of the year, are Creighton senior forward Doug McDermott, […]
SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Baylor’s interior defense and outside shooting trumped Creighton’s star and all of the Bluejays’ motivation. No. 6-seeded Baylor drained 11 3-pointers, clamped down on Creighton forward Doug McDermott and bumped the No. 3-seeded Bluejays from NCAA Tournament 85-55 on Sunday in a third-round West Region game at the AT&T Center. Baylor, […]
SAN DIEGO — In the end, there would be no 16-point play for Stephen F. Austin. Instead, it was UCLA securing a spot in the Sweet 16. The Bruins defeated Stephen F. Austin 77-60 in Sunday’s third-round South Region NCAA Tournament game. No. 4-seeded UCLA next faces overall No. 1-seeded Florida on Thursday in Memphis […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — Tennessee isn’t an afterthought any more. Uncertain of their postseason status a few days before the NCAA Tournament field was picked and then competing against a tournament darling, maybe now the Volunteers will start receiving their share of attention. “We’re playing with a chip on our shoulder, too,” forward Jarnell Stokes said. […]
ST. LOUIS — Kentucky center Willie Cauley-Stein looked in the air, his heart having climbed to his throat, as Wichita State guard Fred VanVleet’s clean look at a potential game-winning 3-pointer headed for the bucket. “That guy’s so smooth,” Cauley-Stein said. “His face never changes expression. I just knew if he got a clean look […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — Tennessee overpowered Mercer on the way to its third NCAA Tournament victory in a five-day period, reserving a spot in the Sweet 16 with an 83-63 victory in the third round of the Midwest Regional on Sunday night at PNC Arena. Junior guard Josh Richardson scored a career-high 26 points as the […]
SAN ANTONIO — Iowa State is beaten up, but the Cyclones aren’t going away. Guard DeAndre Kane went into the lane and threw in a floater off the glass for the game-winning basket with 1.6 seconds left, sending third-seeded Iowa State past sixth-seeded North Carolina 85-83 Sunday in the third round of the NCAA Tournament […]
