Category: Wirenews
LAS VEGAS — It took just a week for the New Mexico Lobos to get some sweet revenge. The 20th-ranked Lobos, who blew a 16-point lead in the final 12 minutes of a 51-48 Mountain West Conference regular-season title deciding loss at San Diego State on March 8, got sweet payback with a 64-58 victory […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – The No. 5 Louisville Cardinals continued their dominating run to win the first American Athletic Conference tournament championship, defeating No. 21 Connecticut, 71-61, Saturday night at FedExForum. Forward Montrezl Harrell led Louisville with 22 points and 11 rebounds. Guard Russ Smith scored 19 points with three assists and five steals and was […]
LAS VEGAS — UCLA guard Kyle Anderson had 21 points and 15 rebounds and guard Jordan Adams hit a late go-ahead 3-pointer as the Bruins won the Pac-12 tournament title with a 75-71 victory over fourth-ranked Arizona on Saturday. Anderson tied the score at 68 by making two free throws with 3:59 left at the […]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Virginia Commonwealth Rams coach Shaka Smart lives for March. Smart’s Rams are now in their fourth conference final in the last five seasons after wreaking havoc against the George Washington Colonials on Saturday and pulling away in the second half on their way to a 74-55 victory in the Atlantic 10 Conference […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Michigan State scored early and often and built too large a lead for Wisconsin to surmount on Saturday. But that did not mean there were not nervous moments for the Spartans, who held off the Badgers’ second-half comeback for an 83-75 Big Ten tournament semifinal victory at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. “Man, we had […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Forward Adreian Payne led a balanced attack with a team-high 18 points as Michigan State held off a Wisconsin comeback in the second half for a 83-75 Big Ten tournament semifinal victory on Saturday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Guards Branden Dawson scored 14 points, Gary Harris and Denzel Valentine 12 apiece, Travis Trice […]
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — VCU coach Shaka Smart lives for March. Smart’s Rams are now in their fourth conference final in the last five seasons after wreaking havoc against George Washington and pulling away in the second half on their way to a 74-55 victory in the Atlantic 10 Conference tournament. Junior guard Treveon Graham’s key […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Forward Jabari Parker scored 20 points on his 19th birthday and seventh-ranked Duke pulled away with a big second-half run to defeat North Carolina State, 75-67, in an Atlantic Coast Conference tournament semifinal on Saturday at the Greensboro Coliseum. Duke made 13-of-19 second-half shots from the field and connected on enough free […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Coach John Beilein said the ball may have bounced Michigan’s way but having players in the right place was the big reason the Wolverines claimed a 72-69 Big Ten tournament semifinal victory over Ohio State on Saturday. No. 1 seed Michigan rallied from a late three-point deficit to overtake the defending tournament champion […]
ATLANTA — Top-ranked Florida showed again Saturday exactly how good a defensive team it is. The Gators held Tennessee to one basket for the final 12 minutes and extended its winning streak to 25 games with a 56-49 victory in the Southeastern Conference semifinals Saturday at the Georgia Dome. Florida (31-2) trailed by 10 points […]
