Category: NCAA News Wire
SPOKANE, Wash. — North Dakota State coach Saul Phillips struggled with his emotions after San Diego State eliminated the Bison from the NCAA Tournament on Saturday afternoon, but Phillips managed a wry smile when asked about the defensive game plan against Aztecs point guard Xavier Thames. “It probably looked like there wasn’t one,” Phillips said […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Junior guard Jordan Sibert made a 3-pointer with 49 seconds left to put 11th-seeded Dayton up by six, and the Flyers held on to beat third-seeded Syracuse 55-53 in a third-round game Saturday night at First Niagara Center. Syracuse point guard Tyler Ennis missed a 3-pointer just before the final buzzer, as […]
SPOKANE, Wash. — Senior point guard Xavier Thames scored 30 points to carry San Diego State to a 63-44 victory over North Dakota State in third-round action Saturday afternoon in the NCAA Tournament. The Aztecs (31-4), seeded fourth in the West Regional, advance to the Sweet 16 for the second time in school history. San […]
MILWAUKEE — Surviving and advancing, as is the March adage in college hoops, is a whole lot easier when a team has senior leadership. And fortunately for the Michigan Wolverines, they had just that in guard Nik Stauskas. Stauskas made four 3-pointers and finished with 17 points Saturday as No. 2 Michigan knocked off the […]
MILWAUKEE — Guard Nik Stauskas made four 3-pointers and finished with 17 points Saturday as Michigan knocked off Texas, 79-65, in a third round Midwest Regional game at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Michigan came out firing, making 15-of-28 shots in the first half, but cooled off considerably and finished at only 44 percent for […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Rick Pitino built his coaching reputation on taking advantage of the 3-point shot, but in a bit of irony, the Louisville Cardinals advanced to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament by shutting down that shot. Louisville defeated Saint Louis 66-51 on Saturday in a Midwest Regional game, in large part, by […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Luke Hancock led four scorers in double figures with 21 points to lift No. 4-seed Louisville to a 66-51 victory over Saint Louis in a South Region third-round game in the NCAA Tournament at the Amway Center. Guards Chris Jones and Russ Smith added 11 points each and forward Montrezl Harrell scored […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Scottie Wilbekin is still looking for some respect nationally and if he continues to carry the top-seeded Florida Gators through the NCAA Tournament, he’s going to get it. Wilbekin scored 13 of his 21 points in the last eight minutes to help the Gators put away a 61-45 victory over No. 9-seeded […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Scottie Wilbekin scored 13 of his 21 points in the last eight minutes to help the top-seeded Florida Gators pull away to a 61-45 victory over Pittsburgh in the third round of the NCAA Tournament at Amway Arena. Guard Michael Frazier II added 10 points for the Gators, who advance to the […]
SAN DIEGO — UCLA is playing its best basketball at the best possible time. Fresh off winning the Pac-12 tournament, the Bruins handled Tulsa 76-59 in Friday night’s second-round NCAA South Regional game. For the surging Bruins (27-8), seeded No. 4, it was their fourth straight victory and sixth in seven games. Tulsa (21-13) saw […]
