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SAN DIEGO — The seedings for the NCAA West Regional matchup were close. The game? Not so much. No. 8-seeded Gonzaga defeated No. 9-seeded Oklahoma State 85-77 on Friday. Gonzaga (31-4) was led by guard Kevin Pangos’ 26 points, with 12 coming at the free-throw line. Oklahoma State (21-13) was paced by guard Marcus Smart’s […]
By Bucky DentThe Sports Xchange ST. LOUIS — By the normal measures of a stat sheet, Kansas guard Wayne Selden Jr. did not contribute much to Friday’s 80-69 win over No. 15 seed Eastern Kentucky in the second round of the NCAA Tournament’s South Region. But it was what Selden not allow Colonels guard Glenn […]
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Baylor Bears stayed cool as Nebraska went from ice cold, to warmer to melting down in the NCAA West Regional second round. Baylor’s front court duo of center Isaiah Austin and forward Cory Jefferson combined for 29 points and 13 rebounds as the Bears knocked out the Cornhuskers, 74-60, on […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — Mercer’s big moment will last a little longer in this NCAA Tournament. In the first game of tournament play Friday, the Atlantic Sun rose again, with conference champion Mercer shocking third-seeded Duke 78-71 in a Midwest Regional second-round game. “Our guys continue to believe at such a high level,” coach Bob Hoffman […]
Jabari Parker was visibly shaken, tearful and trying to look ahead to what his future might be without Duke basketball Friday in the locker room 20 minutes after the third-seeded Blue Devils lost to 14th-seeded Mercer in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. He said, in a word, his freshman season was an “incompletion.” […]
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The Baylor Bears stayed cool as Nebraska went from ice cold, to warmer to melting down in the West Regional second round. Baylor’s front court duo of center Isaiah Austin and forward Cory Jefferson combined for 29 points and 13 rebounds as the Bears knocked out the Cornhuskers, 74-60, on Friday […]
RALEIGH, N.C. — In the first game of NCAA Tournament play Friday, the Atlantic Sun rose again, with conference champion Mercer shocking third-seeded Duke 78-71 in a second round Midwest Regional game. Mercer follows Florida Gulf Coast, the darling of the 2013 NCAA Tournament from the Atlantic Sun, in advancing to a third round game […]
Former Connecticut coach Jim Calhoun is interested in the vacant Boston College coaching job, ESPN reported Friday. Calhoun, 71, stepped down from coaching the Huskies before the 2012-13 season after sustaining a broken hip in a bike-riding accident. Calhoun has ties to the Boston area. He is from Braintree, Mass., attended American International College in […]
SPOKANE, Wash. — San Diego State’s overtime win over New Mexico State was not always a thing of beauty, but Aztecs coach Steve Fisher had little to complain about after his team advanced to the third round of the NCAA Tournament. “I told our players after the game, ‘It doesn’t matter how, it just matters, […]
ORLANDO, Fla. — Louisville took a look in the mirror Thursday night and didn’t like what it saw for 38 minutes against Manhattan. The Jaspers, coached by former Cardinals assistant Steve Masiello, were using Louisville’s defensive schemes, and Manhattan was within two minutes of a stunning upset. However, fourth-seeded Louisville woke up in time, riding […]
