Category: Wirenews
WEST REGION Top seeds: 1) Wisconsin, 2) Arizona, 3) Baylor, 4) North Carolina How the West is won: If the seeds hold, it will be a West regional final rematch from last season, when Wisconsin beat Arizona 64-63 in an overtime classic, as it was a one-possession game for the final 17 minutes, 9 seconds. […]
EAST REGION Top seeds: 1) Villanova, 2) Virginia, 3) Oklahoma, 4) Louisville How the East is won: What makes the East region so great is that its best teams are really more than the sum of their parts. Villanova might have its best team in program history, even if the Wildcats can’t replicate the 1985 […]
MIDWEST REGION TOP SEEDS: 1) Kentucky, 2) Kansas, 3) Notre Dame, 4) Maryland How the Midwest is won: The one certainty on Selection Sunday was Kentucky being tabbed the tournament’s overall top seed. That never was in jeopardy, like most of the Wildcats’ games this season. Kentucky capped its captivating campaign by romping through the […]
Undefeated, top-ranked Kentucky was selected the No. 1 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, while Wisconsin, Duke and Villanova received the other No. 1 seeds in the tournament. The seedings and matchups for the 68-team field were announced Sunday afternoon, with the Final Four set for April 4 and 6 in Indianapolis. The selection committee […]
OAKLAND, Calif. — Stephen Curry bombed in three 3-pointers in the final 1:44 of the first half Saturday night, capping a 19-5 flurry that propelled the Golden State Warriors to a 125-94 shellacking of the New York Knicks. In completing a season-series sweep of two games with the Knicks, the Warriors posted their third-largest victory […]
LAS VEGAS — Arizona’s incomprehensible 13-year Pac-12 Tournament championship drought ended emphatically Saturday night. Forward Brandon Ashley scored a game-high 20 points as the No. 5 Wildcats made their case for a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, routing Oregon 80-52 at MGM Grand Garden Arena. Forward Stanley Johnson added 14 points and point […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Derrick Favors scored a game-high 26 points and the Utah Jazz continued their hot streak with an 88-85 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Saturday at EnergySolutions Arena. The Jazz held off a late Pistons rally to win for a season-high fifth consecutive outing and for the 10th time in 12 […]
WASHINGTON — Guard John Wall had 31 points and outdueled his former University of Kentucky teammate DeMarcus Cousins as the Washington Wizards rallied from a 21-point deficit in the second half for a 113-97 win over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night. Wall had 20 points and 10 of his 12 assists in the second […]
Center Joel Freeland of the Portland Trail Blazers and forward Shawne Williams of the Detroit Pistons were suspended one game without pay for head-butting each other in Friday night’s game, the NBA announced on Saturday. The incident occurred with 1:15 left in the Trail Blazers’ 118-99 victory over the Pistons at Moda Center in Portland. […]
WASHINGTON — Guard John Wall had 31 points and outdueled his former University of Kentucky teammate DeMarcus Cousins as the Washington Wizards rallied from a 21-point deficit in the second half for a 113-97 win over the Sacramento Kings on Saturday night. Wall had 20 points and 10 of his 12 assists in the second […]
