Category: NCAA News Wire
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Guard Trevor Cooney scored 18 points, making 4-of-8 shots from 3-point range, as third-seeded Syracuse pummeled 14th-seeded Western Michigan, 77-53, on Thursday in the NCAA Tournament second round at First Niagara Center. The Orange (28-5) advance to a third-round game on Saturday against 11th-seeded Dayton, which upset sixth-seeded, Ohio State, 60-59 in […]
MILWAUKEE — It was a happy homecoming for Elgin Cook, who scored a season-high 23 points as Oregon beat BYU, 87-68, Thursday afternoon in an NCAA Tournament second round West Regional game at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Cook, a Milwaukee native who was a City Conference player of the year as a junior at […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Guard Trevor Cooney scored 18 points and made 4 of 8 shots from 3-point range as third-seeded Syracuse pummeled 14th-seeded Western Michigan 77-53 on Thursday in an NCAA Tournament game at First Niagara Center. The Orange (28-5) advance to a third-round game on Saturday against 11th-seeded Dayton, which upset sixth-seeded Ohio State […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Talib Zanna scored 18 points and Cameron Wright added 11 as Pittsburgh coasted to a 77-48 victory over Colorado in the NCAA Tournament second round. The ninth-seeded Panthers (26-9) got 11 points from Cameron Wright and 10 from Lamar Patterson to advance to Saturday’s third round against the winner of the Florida-Albany […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Senior guard Vee Sanford’s layup with 3.8 seconds remaining lifted the Dayton Flyers, the No. 11 seed in the South Region, to a 60-59 victory over No. 6 Ohio State at the First Niagara Center in Buffalo. Dayton (24-10) emerges from the Battle of Ohio second round victory to face No. 3 […]
MILWAUKEE — Point guard Traevon Jackson scored 18 points as Wisconsin beat American, 75-35, Thursday in a second round NCAA Tournament game played at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Riding a 19-3 run into intermission, the second-seeded Badgers (27-7), playing just under an hour from their Madison, Wis. home arena, shot 57.7 percent in the […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Dayton guard Vee Sanford banked in a running right-handed game winner with 3.8 seconds left as the Flyers upset sixth-seeded Ohio State 60-59 in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday afternoon. Coming out of a Dayton timeout, Sanford, who was 3-of-10 shooting before his final field goal, answered Aaron […]
MILWAUKEE — Point guard Traevon Jackson scored 18 points as Wisconsin beat American, 75-35, Thursday in a second round NCAA Tournament game played at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. Riding a 19-3 run into intermission, the second-seeded Badgers (27-7), playing just under an hour from their Madison, Wis. home arena, shot 57.7 percent in the […]
Louisville, the defending national champions who shredded the American Athletic Conference tournament competition, will not bellyache about being a No. 4 seed in the Midwest Region. After all, three of the 2013 Final Four are in the packed bracket. But coach Rick Pitino is less than thrilled with the second-round matchup against his former ballboy […]
DAYTON, Ohio — Senior guard Jordan McRae scored 20 points, and junior forward Jarnell Stokes added 18, lifting Tennessee to a 78-65 overtime win over Iowa in a first-round NCAA Tournament game between two No. 11 seeds on Wednesday night at University of Dayton Arena. The Volunteers (22-12) overcame a cold shooting start, then outscored […]
