The Greatest NCAA Tournament That Never Was–The Sweet 16 Friday

After last night’s games, we are down to just 12 teams left, and before tonight’s action ends, we will have the Elite 8.  Then, by the end of  the weekend, we’ll be down to the Final Four.

Tonight’s Sweet 16 action involves games in the Midwest and West Regions.

MIDWEST REGION

 

Jabbar Destroys Duke

 

1968 UCLA	83
2015 Duke	57

 

The number one seed in the Midwest Region has reached the Region Finals with relative ease.  The 1968 UCLA Bruins quickly dispatched 2015 Duke with a 19-4 run to begin the game.

UCLA took a 20-point lead at 34-14 after back to back baskets by Kenny Heitz and Mike Lynn.  Once down by 20 points, Duke never got closer than 15 points the rest of the way.

By the time the UCLA reserves entered the game for good, the Bruins led 74-42.  Duke ended the game on a 15-9 run.

 

UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	14	23	0	0	3	5	7	9	16	1	1	5	3	1	31
Mike Lynn	F	3	6	0	0	4	6	1	4	5	3	3	0	1	3	10
Lynn Shackleford	F	2	5	0	2	2	2	1	5	6	2	2	1	2	3	6
Lucius Allen	G	3	8	2	5	5	6	0	2	2	4	3	0	3	1	13
Mike Warren	G	4	7	2	4	2	2	0	3	3	3	1	0	4	2	12
Jim Nielsen		0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kenny Heitz		2	5	1	3	1	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	6
Bill Sweek		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Neville Saner		1	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	2
Gene Sutherland		1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3
Team										3
Totals		30	61	6	17	17	23	11	26	40	16	12	7	15	13	83
Duke	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jahlil Okafor	C	3	9	0	0	0	1	1	4	5	1	1	0	2	4	6
Justise Winslow	F	4	11	2	5	4	5	1	2	3	0	0	1	6	4	14
Quinn Cook	F	3	8	1	5	3	5	1	3	4	2	1	0	3	3	10
Matt Jones	G	5	10	3	6	0	0	0	5	5	1	2	0	4	4	13
Tyus Jones	G	4	12	1	4	3	4	0	3	3	5	2	0	3	2	12
Grayson Allen		1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	3	1	2
Amile Jefferson		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0
Marshall Plumlee		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	1	0
Nick Pagliuca		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										3
Totals		20	52	7	20	10	15	6	21	30	9	6	1	23	21	57
Player of the Game	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
UCLA	50	33	83
Duke	33	24	57

 

 

Cougars Survive Incredible 3 OT Game–Hayes Is Magnificent

 

1968 Houston	122	3 OT
1976 Indiana	121

Elvin Hayes played 52 out of a possible 55 minutes, leading the 1968 Cougars to an incredible triple overtime win to advance to the Elite 8 against an historic rival for a shot at the Final Four on Sunday.

Hayes scored 49 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, connecting on 21-35 from the field and 7-11 at the foul line.   Forward Theodis Lee and guard Don “Duck” Chaney combined for 47 points backing up the Big E.

Indiana appeared to have the game won in the first overtime.  A basket and made foul shot by Bobby Wilkerson, followed by a three-pointer by Tom Abernathy gave the Hoosiers a 102-95 lead with 1:08 remaining.  In the final 68 seconds, Houston forced three turnovers on the Hoosiers.  Hayes hit two baskets, and a three-pointer by George Reynolds tied the game with 12 seconds remaining.   A desperation shot by Quinn Buckner at the buzzer was off target.

In the second overtime, Indiana led 111-108 and had the ball with 12 seconds to go.  Wilkerson went to the foul line with a chance to put IU up by five and missed both foul shot attempts.  Kenny Spain rebounded the ball for Houston and found Chaney open for the tying three-pointer at the buzzer.

In the third overtime, it was Houston’s turn to take the lead and watch Indiana mount a comeback.  With a 120-113 lead, the Hoosiers sent Cougar players to the foul line.  Hayes, Lee, and Chaney combined for 2-6 in the final Houston’s final three possessions.  Indiana crept back with a three-pointer by Wayne Radford and baskets by Scott May and Kent Benson to cut the Houston lead to 122-120.  After the Cougars turned the ball over, Hayed fouled Benson as Benson tried to tie the game up.  Benson hit the first shot and missed the second.  Lee rebounded and threw the outlet pass to Chaney to end the game.

Houston now faces a familiar opponent.  In reality in 1968, the Cougars beat the Bruins at the Astrodome in the Game of the Century, but UCLA blew the Cougars off the floor in the Final Four.  Very few people since realize that Reynolds did not play for Houston in the NCAA Tournament.  He has been eligible in this tournament.

Boxscore
Houston	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	C	21	35	0	0	7	11	6	12	18	2	1	4	4	3	49
Ken Spain	F	5	11	0	0	2	4	5	10	15	1	2	3	2	5	12
Theodis Lee	F	11	24	1	5	3	6	3	7	10	3	0	1	2	4	26
Don Chaney	G	7	17	3	8	4	7	2	6	8	8	3	0	5	3	21
George Reynolds	G	4	9	2	5	4	5	0	5	5	6	2	0	4	3	14
Tom Gribben		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Vern Lewis		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	3	0
Carlos Bell		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Niemer Hamood		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team										4
Totals		48	97	6	18	20	33	16	41	61	22	9	8	18	27	122
Indiana	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kent Benson	C	10	18	0	0	4	5	2	9	11	2	0	2	2	4	24
Scott May	F	10	21	3	7	6	7	1	7	8	5	2	0	4	4	29
Tom Abernathy	F	8	14	5	11	2	2	2	5	7	2	0	1	3	2	23
Bobby Wilkerson	G	4	13	1	5	4	6	1	7	8	4	1	2	5	5	13
Quinn Buckner	G	4	9	1	3	3	4	1	3	4	6	3	0	3	4	12
Wayne Radford		3	7	1	2	2	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	3	9
Jim Wisman		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Rich Valavicius		2	3	2	3	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	3	6
Jim Crews		1	2	1	2	2	2	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	5
Mark Haymore		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jim Roberson		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team										5
Totals		42	90	14	34	23	29	8	37	50	23	8	5	19	31	121
Player of the Game	Elvin Hayes

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	OT	OT	OT	Final
Houston	45	44	13	9	11	122
Indiana	41	48	13	9	10	121

WEST REGION

 

Undermined Miners Scare Bracket’s Overall Top Seed But Fall Short

 

The 1972 UCLA Bruins began the game looking like they would advance to the Elite 8 with very  little trouble.  Leading 39-20, UCLA went cold, while Texas Western ran their fast break and scored 12 straight points to cut the lead to 39-32.  After Jamaal Wilkes hit a three-pointer, TW scored the final seven points of the half to cut the lead to three points.

Texas Western actually took the lead briefly in the second half when Orsten Artis hit a jumper to put the Miners of 59-58.  UCLA held a slim 68-66 lead when the Bruins went on a 12-2 run to take an 80-68 lead.  TW couldn’t cut the lead under 10 points until the final possession.

 

Boxscore
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bill Walton	C	9	17	0	0	6	10	5	11	16	5	1	3	2	4	24
Jamaal Wilkes	F	7	14	3	7	2	2	3	8	11	0	0	1	1	2	19
Larry Farmer	F	2	5	1	2	0	0	1	4	5	1	1	0	2	3	5
Greg Lee	G	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	3	3	2
Henry Bibby	G	8	16	3	7	4	4	0	3	3	6	2	0	5	2	23
Tommy Curtis		4	9	2	5	1	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	4	2	11
Larry Hollyfield		2	6	1	3	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	2	4	5
Swen Nater		2	3	0	0	1	2	2	3	5	0	0	0	0	3	5
Team										4
Totals		35	72	10	24	14	20	11	36	51	17	5	4	19	23	94
Texas Western	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Nevil Shed	C	1	5	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	5	2
David Lattin	F	7	15	0	0	2	3	3	11	14	1	1	0	1	1	16
Harry Flournoy	F	4	7	0	0	0	0	2	7	9	2	1	1	2	4	8
Orsten Artis	G	5	14	3	9	3	4	0	2	2	4	3	0	3	3	16
Bobby Joe Hill	G	7	17	4	10	5	7	0	1	1	3	2	0	4	2	23
Willie Cager		4	8	1	2	5	6	1	3	4	1	1	0	1	2	14
Willie Worsley		1	5	1	4	3	5	0	0	0	3	2	0	2	1	6
Team										3
Totals		29	71	9	25	18	25	7	28	38	14	10	1	13	18	85
Player of the Game	Bill Walton

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
UCLA	42	52	94
Texas Western	39	46	85

 

 

Jordan Puts Tar Heels On His Back–Carolina Going To Elite 8

 

1982 North Carolina	83
1960 Ohio St.	72

 

The 1982 North Carolina Tar Heels needed someone to step up.  Trailing 61-52 midway in the second half, Michael Jordan took matters into his own hands connecting on 6-7 from the field after making just one of his first seven shots.  Three of those six made shots were three-pointers, and he added four foul shots.  His 19 points in the final 10 minutes brought Carolina back fro the brink.  Jordan’s three-pointer with the Buckeyes leading 68-66, gave the Tar Heels their first lead of the game.  Once Ohio State was forced to foul at the end, North Carolina hit seven of eight foul shots.  Ohio State could not connect from behind the arc in crunch time, as UNC pulled away in the last two minutes to win by 11.

 

Boxscore
North Carolina	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sam Perkins	C	6	11	0	0	5	6	2	5	7	2	0	1	3	3	17
James Worthy	F	7	12	0	0	3	4	2	5	7	3	1	2	1	3	17
Matt Doherty	F	2	5	2	4	5	6	0	3	3	1	0	0	1	2	11
Michael Jordan	G	7	13	3	7	6	8	1	4	5	3	2	0	3	2	23
Jimmy Black	G	3	7	1	3	3	4	0	2	2	5	1	0	2	3	10
Jim Braddock		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	0
Chris Brust		1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	2
Buzz Peterson		1	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	3
Warren Martin		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0
Team										3
Totals		27	53	7	16	22	28	6	24	33	17	6	4	13	18	83
Ohio St.	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jerry Lucas	C	9	16	1	2	5	6	3	8	11	3	0	2	2	3	24
Joe Roberts	F	3	8	0	0	1	2	1	3	4	1	0	0	3	4	7
John Havlicek	F	7	14	2	5	4	5	2	7	9	4	3	0	1	4	20
Larry Siegfried	G	4	11	2	6	3	4	0	2	2	3	1	0	3	2	13
Mel Nowell	G	2	5	1	3	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	0	3	3	6
Dick Furry		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2
Richie Hoyt		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bob Knight		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team										3
Totals		26	56	6	16	14	19	7	22	32	13	5	2	15	20	72
Player of the Game	Michael Jordan

 

Coming Tomorrow: The East and South Regional Finals

East: 1974 North Carolina St. vs. 2019 Virginia

South: 1970 UCLA vs. 2018 Villanova

The Greatest NCAA Tournament That Never Was–The Sweet 16 Thursday

We are down to 16 teams in our greatest teams between 1960 and 2019. Let’s get right to the results for the Sweet 16 Games in the East and South Regions.  The Midwest and West Regions play on Friday.

 

EAST REGION

 

Wolf Pack Pull Away In Second Half

 

1974 North Carolina St.	82
1978 Kentucky	70

After a close first half, the 1974 North Carolina State Wolf Pack pulled away from the 1978 Kentucky Wildcats with a 14-5 run over four minutes that increased a two-point lead to 11.

David Thompson scored 9 of his 21 points during this run, and additionally, in this four-minute segment of the game, he forced Mike Phillips to foul him twice, and he stole the ball away from Rick Robey.

Kentucky led for most of the first half, after the Wildcats started the game connecting on seven of their first 11 shots from the field.  N.C. State turned up the defensive pressure and finished the half on a 10-3 run to take a one-point lead at the half.

After an opening seven minutes of the second half that saw the lead change hands five times, the Wolf Pack went on their run to take command of the game, and they cruised to victory.

 

Boxscore
North Carolina St.	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Tom Burleson	C	8	14	0	0	5	8	3	12	15	1	0	2	2	3	21
Tim Stoddard	F	3	7	0	0	2	2	1	6	7	0	1	1	1	4	8
David Thompson	F	8	17	2	6	3	4	4	4	8	2	1	0	3	3	21
Mo Rivers	G	4	8	2	4	1	2	0	2	2	4	2	0	3	3	11
Monte Towe	G	5	12	3	7	4	4	0	1	1	5	2	0	4	3	17
Phil Spence		2	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	0	0	0	1	3	4
Greg Hawkins		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0
Team										3
Totals		30	62	7	17	15	20	10	30	43	13	6	3	15	21	82
Kentucky	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Rick Robey	C	7	15	0	0	2	4	1	4	5	0	0	0	4	2	16
Mike Phillips	F	3	7	0	0	1	2	2	7	9	0	0	1	1	4	7
Jack Givens	F	5	13	2	7	5	7	1	3	4	2	1	0	3	2	17
Truman Claytor	G	1	4	1	3	2	2	1	2	3	1	2	0	2	3	5
Kyle Macy	G	3	8	2	6	6	6	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	2	14
James Lee		2	5	0	0	1	2	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	5
Jay Shidler		2	4	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	1	6
LaVon Williams		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	0
Team										3
Totals		23	57	7	20	17	23	6	23	32	10	5	1	14	18	70
Player of the Game	Tom Burleson

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
N.C. State	38	44	82
Kentucky	37	33	70

 

 

Cavaliers’ Defense Shuts Down Hot Shooting Hoosiers

 

2019 Virginia	67
1987 Indiana	60

 

After blistering the nets in their first two NCAA Tournament games, the 1987 Indiana Hoosiers could not solve 2019 Virginia’s Pack Line Defense and shot just 35.3% from the field and 28.6% from behind the arc.

Indiana’s poor shooting night began immediately, as the Hoosiers missed on their first six attempts from the field.  They were only down 8-2 when Rick Callaway made IU’s first basket.

By the time the Hoosiers connected on their next basket, a three-pointer by Steve Alford, they trailed 12-5.

Virginia maintained the lead for the remainder of the game, never leading by less than six points.  The Cavaliers enjoyed an eight-point halftime lead, and they extended the lead to as much as 14 points in the second half at 48-34.

Indiana mounted its only charge of the game with a 13-6 run to cut the lead to 54-47, but UVa extended the lead back to 10 on a three-pointer by Kyle Guy.

Down the stretch, Virginia hit all six of their foul shots when Indiana players sent them to the line.

 

Boxscore
Virginia	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mamadi Diakete	C	6	11	0	0	2	3	3	4	7	1	0	3	2	2	14
De’Andre Hunter	F	3	8	1	3	0	0	1	5	6	2	0	0	1	4	7
Guy Jerome	F	4	11	1	3	2	2	0	3	3	2	1	1	2	4	11
Kyle Guy	G	5	13	2	5	3	4	0	2	2	3	1	0	1	3	15
Kihei Clark	G	2	4	1	2	5	5	0	3	3	3	2	0	0	2	10
Braxton Key		2	4	0	1	4	5	1	5	6	1	0	0	1	3	8
Jack Salt		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	2	0	2	2
Jay Huff		0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team										2
Totals		23	55	5	16	16	19	5	27	34	12	4	6	8	21	67
Indiana	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dean Garrett	C	4	9	0	0	2	4	1	7	8	1	0	2	1	3	10
Daryl Thomas	F	4	10	0	0	4	4	3	4	7	2	0	1	2	2	12
Rick Callaway	F	3	10	0	0	2	3	2	5	7	2	2	1	4	3	8
Keith Smart	G	3	10	2	7	5	5	0	6	6	1	0	0	1	3	13
Steve Alford	G	3	9	2	6	7	7	0	3	3	2	1	0	3	2	15
Steve Eyl		1	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	2	2
Joe Hillman		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0
Kreigh Smith		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team										1
Totals		18	51	4	14	20	23	7	29	37	10	3	4	12	17	60
Player of the Game	Kyle Guy

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Virginia	31	36	67
Indiana	23	37	60

 

SOUTH REGION

 

’70 Bruins Too Strong For ’64 Bruins

 

1970 UCLA	104
1964 UCLA	93

The 1970 UCLA Bruins are beginning to look like a Final Four contender after winning their third consecutive game by double digits in Simulated March Madness.  In their three tournament wins, their average margin of victory has been 19 points per game.

Even though the 1964 team forced 24 turnovers, the 1970 doubled the 1964 team in rebounding, and blocked 10 of the smaller 1964 team’s shots.

A hot start by their top guards, Walt Hazzard and Gail Goodrich, allowed the 1964 team to keep the game close throughout the first half.  The 1970 team grabbed the lead six minutes into the game on back-to-back shots by Sidney Wicks and John Vallely.

The 1964 team tied the game at 29-29 on a steal by Keith Erickson, and a pass to Goodrich, who then passed across to Jack Hirsch for the basket.  The 1970 then took the lead for good on a basket by Curtis Rowe and then a basket and a foul shot by Henry Bibby.

 

Boxscore
1970 UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Steve Patterson	C	6	12	0	0	1	2	3	6	9	1	0	2	4	3	13
Sidney Wicks	F	8	15	0	0	6	7	6	13	19	3	1	5	3	4	22
Curtis Rowe	F	9	16	2	3	8	8	4	11	15	2	2	3	3	4	28
John Vallely	G	6	13	3	7	4	7	0	5	5	4	0	0	6	3	19
Henry Bibby	G	5	9	2	4	5	6	0	3	3	4	2	0	4	3	17
John Ecker		0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	4	1
Jon Chapman		1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	4	2
Bill Seibert		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2
Team										4
Totals		36	68	7	15	25	32	14	42	60	17	5	10	24	26	104
1964 UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Fred Slaughter	C	4	10	0	0	1	3	1	3	4	2	2	0	2	5	9
Keith Erickson	F	4	13	1	5	2	3	2	4	6	3	4	0	1	4	11
Jack Hirsch	F	5	12	1	4	3	4	2	2	4	1	1	0	0	5	14
Walt Hazzard	G	8	16	4	9	5	7	1	2	3	3	2	0	2	3	25
Gail Goodrich	G	9	20	5	12	6	9	0	3	3	4	3	0	3	3	29
Kenny Washington		2	4	0	0	0	2	1	5	6	1	2	1	0	4	4
Doug McIntosh		0	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	1
Kim Stewart		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Team										3
Totals		32	77	11	30	18	29	7	20	30	15	14	1	8	29	93
Player of the Game	Sidney Wicks

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
1970 UCLA	54	50	104
1964 UCLA	37	56	93

 

 

Big Comeback Sends Villanova To The Elite 8

 

2018 Villanova	78
1992 Duke	72

 

The Duke Blue Devils looked invincible for 24 minutes of their Sweet 16 game against Villanova.  Duke led by as much as 16 points in the first half, before going to the dressing room up by nine at the break.

The Blue Devils increased their halftime lead from nine to 15 to start the second half, and with 16 minutes remaining, they led 48-33.  At that point, the Wildcats began to make their move.  A three-pointer by Jalen Brunson, and then a putback basket by Eric Paschall cut the lead to 48-38.

Trailing 59-50, The Wildcats then held Duke scoreless for almost four minutes, while they scored nine straight points to tie the game at 59-59.  The game remained close until the final moments, when with Villanova nursing a four-point lead, Duke fouled multiple times, while VU connected on 8 of 8 to extend the lead to 78-69.  A Bobby Hurley three-pointer on Duke’s final possession made the game look a little closer.

 

Boxscore
Villanova	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Omari Spellman	C	6	12	2	5	0	0	2	4	6	3	1	2	2	3	14
Eric Paschall	F	2	7	1	3	3	4	2	5	7	1	2	2	1	4	8
Michael Bridges	F	3	7	2	4	4	6	0	4	4	1	0	0	3	2	12
Phil Booth	G	3	7	1	2	6	6	0	2	2	3	1	0	2	2	13
Jalen Brunson	G	8	14	3	6	4	5	0	3	3	4	0	0	4	3	23
Donte DiVincenzo		2	5	2	5	0	0	1	4	5	2	0	0	2	2	6
Collin Gillespie		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	0
Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team										2
Totals		25	54	11	25	17	21	5	25	32	15	5	5	15	20	78
Duke	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Christian Laettner	C	5	11	1	3	4	6	1	7	8	1	0	2	3	4	15
Brian Davis	F	2	6	0	1	0	0	2	3	5	2	1	0	1	2	4
Grant Hill	F	6	13	0	0	5	6	2	3	5	3	0	2	2	1	17
Thomas Hill	G	3	7	1	3	3	4	1	5	6	2	2	0	3	5	10
Bobby Hurley	G	5	12	3	7	4	4	0	1	1	3	2	0	3	2	17
Antonio Lang		2	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	1	2	2	4
Cherokee Parks		2	4	0	0	1	2	2	2	4	0	0	0	2	2	5
Marty Clark		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team										3
Totals		25	57	5	15	17	22	9	25	37	13	5	5	16	19	72
Player of the Game	Jalen Brunson

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Villanova	29	49	78
Duke	38	34	72

Four more Sweet 16 Games Will Be Revealed Friday.

 

 

 

The Greatest NCAA Tournament That Never Was–Round Three Sunday

Welcome back to the See BS Studio.  I’m  Bernie Johnson along with my colleagues Charles Ruffley, Clark Post, and Kenny Jones, and we’re ready to bring you the final eight games of the Round of 32.  By the end of the day, the Sweet 16 will be set.

Let’s go out to the Midwest Region, where the number one-seed UCLA Bruins of 1968 will battle the eight-seed 1962 Cincinnati Bearcats.  It should be a great matchup inside between two great centers.  So, take it away Brad Messler, Steve Blabbin, and Evan Dryburn.

 

MIDWEST REGION

 

Balanced Bruin Offense With 5 In Double Figures–UCLA Runs Away From Bearcats

 

1 UCLA 1968	75
8 Cincinnati 1962	59

After a close first half, in which the Bearcats never trailed by more than five points, UCLA pulled away with a 14-3 run in the second half and stayed 12 points or more ahead the rest of the way.

Two free throws by Tom Thacker and a three-pointer by Tony Yates gave Cincinnati their only lead of the day at 27-26 late in the first half, but UCLA countered with a three-pointer by Lynn Shackleford and an offensive putback by Kareem Abdul Jabbar to give the Bruins the lead for good.

 

Boxscore
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	6	11	0	0	4	6	4	8	12	2	0	4	3	2	16
Mike Lynn	F	4	7	0	0	2	2	2	7	9	1	1	0	0	3	10
Lynn Shackleford	F	6	13	2	4	3	4	1	4	5	3	2	0	1	1	17
Lucius Allen	G	5	12	1	3	2	4	0	2	2	2	4	0	5	3	13
Mike Warren	G	4	10	2	5	4	5	0	1	1	6	3	0	3	2	14
Jim Nielsen		0	1	0	0	1	2	2	3	5	0	0	1	1	3	1
Kenny Heitz		1	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	1	2
Bill Sweek		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	2
Team										3
Totals		27	57	5	13	16	23	9	28	40	15	12	5	16	17	75
Cincinnati	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Hogue	C	3	7	0	0	1	2	1	8	9	2	0	1	3	4	7
George Wilson	F	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	0	1	4	2
Ron Bonham	F	5	14	0	0	3	5	2	3	5	4	1	0	3	2	13
Tom Thacker	G	4	12	2	8	4	5	1	4	5	2	3	0	5	3	14
Tony Yates	G	5	10	3	6	3	4	0	1	1	3	1	0	6	3	16
Tom Sizer		2	6	2	6	1	2	1	3	4	0	1	0	2	5	7
Team										3
Totals		20	53	7	20	12	18	6	23	32	12	6	1	20	21	59
Player of the Game	Mike Warren

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
UCLA	34	41	75
Cincinnati	31	28	59

 

 

Blue Devils Come From Behind With Big Finish To Knock Off Rival Tar Heels

 

4 Duke 2015	76
5 North Carolina 2017	66

 

After a close first half, North Carolina pulled ahead by 11 points at 49-38 after Joel Berry and Luke May hit back to back three pointers, and then a steal by May that led to a basket by Justin Jackson, gave the Tar Heels their biggest lead.  Duke then began mounting a steady comeback, cutting the lead to eight at 52-44, to five at 56-51, and finally down to just two points at 62-60.  After the teams traded one made foul shot to make it 63-61 Carolina, Matt Jones tied the game at 63-63, and then Tyus Jones drove into the lane to hit a basket and draw a foul on Theo Pinson.  After Jones made the foul shot, Duke led 66-63.  The Tar Heels could manage just one three-point basket, while they sent the Blue Devils to the foul line.  Duke hit 7 of 8 at the charity stripe to salt the game away.

 

Boxscore
Duke	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jahlil Okafor	C	6	12	0	0	0	1	2	5	7	1	0	0	1	4	12
Justise Winslow	F	4	11	1	5	2	3	1	4	5	2	2	2	1	3	11
Quinn Cook	F	4	10	1	4	0	0	1	6	7	3	0	0	3	1	9
Matt Jones	G	6	9	4	6	0	0	1	3	4	2	1	0	2	2	16
Tyus Jones	G	1	3	0	0	8	10	0	2	2	1	3	0	2	3	10
Grayson Allen		2	5	1	3	3	4	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	8
Amile Jefferson		2	4	0	0	2	2	1	2	3	3	1	2	0	2	6
Marshall Plumlee		2	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	2	4
Team										2
Totals		27	59	7	18	15	20	8	24	34	13	8	4	11	18	76
North Carolina	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kennedy Meeks	C	1	3	0	0	3	4	1	6	7	2	1	2	4	2	5
Isaiah Hicks	F	2	5	0	0	1	2	3	6	9	1	0	2	2	1	5
Justin Jackson	F	6	15	2	7	3	5	2	4	6	3	0	0	1	2	17
Theo Pinson	G	1	3	0	1	2	2	1	1	2	4	1	0	3	5	4
Joel Berry	G	6	14	3	8	3	4	1	5	6	2	2	0	6	2	18
Tony Bradley		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Nate Britt		0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	2	0
Luke May		5	9	2	4	3	3	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	2	15
Seventh Woods		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team										3
Totals		22	53	7	21	15	20	9	25	37	13	5	4	18	18	66
Player of the Game	Matt Jones

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Duke	34	42	76
N. Carolina	36	30	66

 

 

Indiana Solves The Arkansas Press And Dominates On The Glass

 

Indiana looked to be vulnerable in the first half as Arkansas forced nine turnovers with their full court press, and the Razorbacks led by as much as 10 points.  In the second half, The Hoosiers did not turn the ball over in the backcourt one time and committed just five frontcourt turnovers.  Meanwhile, Indiana outrebounded Arkansas in the second half 24-9 to win going away.  Scott May scored 19 of his game high 28 points in the final half.

 

3 Indiana 1976	82
6 Arkansas 1994	71

 

Boxscore
Indiana	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kent Benson	C	9	14	0	0	2	4	4	5	9	2	0	2	2	3	20
Scott May	F	9	16	3	5	7	8	2	6	8	5	1	0	3	1	28
Tom Abernathy	F	4	8	3	6	3	4	1	4	5	1	0	1	1	3	14
Bobby Wilkerson	G	2	6	0	2	1	2	2	7	9	3	3	2	4	4	5
Quinn Buckner	G	2	5	0	1	2	4	1	4	5	4	2	0	2	2	6
Wayne Radford		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	3	2
Jim Wisman		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0
Rich Valavicius		2	3	1	1	2	3	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	1	7
Team										4
Totals		29	56	7	16	17	25	10	30	44	19	6	6	14	18	82
Arkansas	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dwight Stewart	C	1	4	0	2	1	2	2	2	4	2	0	0	1	5	3
Corliss Williamson	F	5	9	0	0	1	2	1	5	6	3	1	0	0	3	11
Ken Biley	F	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Scotty Thurman	G	6	15	4	11	5	6	2	1	3	2	1	0	3	5	21
Corey Beck	G	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	4	3	0	2	2	4
Darnell Robinson		4	9	0	0	0	2	2	3	5	0	0	0	1	2	8
Clint McDaniel		2	7	1	4	3	4	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	3	8
Lee Wilson		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Divar Rimac		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Alex Dillard		3	6	3	6	3	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	12
Ray Biggers		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										4
Totals		25	61	8	24	13	20	7	19	30	13	6	0	9	24	71
Player of the Game	Scott May

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Indiana	37	45	82
Arkansas	42	29	71

 

 

15-seeded Cougars Advance To Sweet 16 In Exciting Game

 

15 Houston 1968	108
10 UCLA 1975	101

In what turned out to be the most exciting game of the day, Houston and UCLA staged one of the finest offensive performances in Simulated NCAA Tournament History by combining for 209 points.

The pace of the game was fast from the onset, as the teams were tied 25-25 just eight minutes into the game.  Elvin Hayes was virtually unstoppable all day, and a 12-point scoring burst in the final six minutes of the opening half gave the Cougars a six-point halftime lead.

The teams traded the lead for most of the second half with UCLA’s last lead coming at the six minute mark at 87-86.  Houston enjoyed a quick 10-3 run to make it 96-90, and the Bruins could not overcome the run.

 

Boxscore
Houston	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	C	15	25	0	0	9	13	8	14	22	2	0	5	4	3	39
Ken Spain	F	7	15	0	0	4	7	2	10	12	1	2	2	2	3	18
Theodis Lee	F	4	9	1	3	4	6	1	5	6	3	1	1	1	5	13
Don Chaney	G	7	13	4	8	5	6	1	4	5	7	3	0	3	4	23
George Reynolds	G	4	12	2	6	2	3	0	1	1	5	1	0	5	4	12
Tom Gribben		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	0
Larry Cooper		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	2	0
Carlos Bell		1	3	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	3
Vern Lewis		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0
Team										3
Totals		38	77	7	17	25	37	13	38	54	20	8	8	19	28	108
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Richard Washington	C	5	11	0	0	3	4	3	6	9	0	0	1	2	5	13
Dave Meyers	F	8	14	0	0	7	10	3	8	11	1	0	1	1	4	23
Marques Johnson	F	10	22	2	6	4	6	2	7	9	3	2	1	4	3	26
Pete Trgovich	G	7	15	3	8	3	4	0	4	4	4	3	0	2	4	20
Andre McCarter	G	1	6	1	4	2	3	0	1	1	6	1	0	5	5	5
Ralph Drollinger		3	7	0	0	1	2	2	3	5	1	0	2	1	3	7
Raymond Townsend		2	5	2	4	1	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	5	7
Jim Spillane		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Wilbert Olinde		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team										5
Totals		36	80	8	22	21	31	10	30	45	18	7	5	16	35	101
Player of the Game	Elvin Hayes

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Houston	61	47	108
UCLA	55	46	101

 

 

WEST REGION

 

Overall Top Seed Romps Again

 

1 UCLA 1972	94
8 Connecticut 2004	61

 

The top seed in the tournament looked infallible for most of the game, as the Bruins began the game with a 16-1 lead before the Huskies could hit their first basket.  UCLA began to empty the bench in the first half once the lead swelled past 30 points, which allowed UConn to make its only run of the day cutting a 42-12 lead to 44-19 at the half.

After a 20-10 run to start the second half, the Bruins led by 35 points, when they started to remove the starters.  Until Emeka Okafor hit an old-fasioned three-pointer on the final possession, UCLA backup center Swen Nater had matched him point for point.  Nater played just 12 minutes to Okafor’s 33.

Boxscore
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bill Walton	C	7	11	0	0	3	5	5	9	14	4	2	4	2	3	17
Jamaal Wilkes	F	6	9	2	3	4	4	1	6	7	1	1	1	1	3	18
Larry Farmer	F	5	7	2	3	1	2	2	5	7	1	3	1	1	2	13
Greg Lee	G	3	7	1	3	3	4	0	3	3	2	1	0	3	3	10
Henry Bibby	G	3	8	2	5	5	6	0	2	2	5	2	0	2	2	13
Tommy Curtis		2	5	1	3	1	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	1	6
Larry Hollyfield		2	6	1	3	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	1	2	5
Swen Nater		3	5	0	0	2	3	2	3	5	0	0	1	0	2	8
Vince Carson		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
Andy Hill		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Jon Chapman		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Gary Franklin		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2
Team										3
Totals		33	64	9	21	19	26	11	32	46	18	11	7	13	21	94
Connecticut	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Emeka Okafor	C	4	8	0	0	3	6	2	7	9	1	0	2	1	4	11
Josh Boone	F	3	7	0	0	0	2	2	4	6	0	1	0	3	2	6
Rashad Anderson	F	4	11	3	9	3	4	1	5	6	2	2	0	2	4	14
Ben Gordon	G	5	16	3	12	4	4	0	2	2	3	1	0	5	3	17
Taliek Brown	G	3	8	0	0	2	5	0	2	2	3	1	0	3	4	8
Denham Brown		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	0
Hilton Armstrong		1	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	3	3	3
Charlie Villanueva		1	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Shamon Tooles		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team										2
Totals		21	57	6	22	13	23	7	24	33	10	5	2	18	24	61
Player of the Game	Bill Walton

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
UCLA	44	50	94
UConn	19	42	61

 

 

Smaller, Quicker Miners Steal Way To Victory

 

12 Texas Western 1966	71
13 Louisville 1986	59

Louisville, a team known for an excellent full court press through the years, fell victim to the man to man press by Texas Western.  The Miners stole the ball 16 times in the game, while forcing 25 Cardinal Turnovers.

After an early 8-5 Louisville lead, back to back steals by Bobby Joe Hill led to a basket and two foul shots to give the Miners their first lead at 9-8.

Later in the half, after Louisville recovered to take a 24-22 lead, steals by Willie Worsley and Orsten Artis led to easy baskets to put TW up 26-24.  A missed three-point attempt by Milt Wagner, led to a fast break basket for the Miners when Harry Flournoy grabbed the rebound and found Artis, who then passed to Willie Cager for the layup.  Up 28-24, The Miners led the rest of the way.

Louisville cut the lead from eight to three with eight minutes to play, but a 8-0 run put the game away.

 

Boxscore
Texas Western	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Nevil Shed	C	3	6	0	0	2	3	4	4	8	0	0	1	1	2	8
David Lattin	F	4	11	0	0	2	3	2	3	5	2	2	0	3	2	10
Harry Flournoy	F	4	10	0	0	3	5	4	9	13	1	0	2	2	1	11
Orsten Artis	G	3	9	2	5	3	4	0	2	2	4	4	0	4	3	11
Bobby Joe Hill	G	4	11	2	6	3	4	0	1	1	3	4	0	3	2	13
Willie Cager		4	7	2	3	4	5	2	3	5	2	3	1	2	2	14
Willie Worsley		1	4	1	2	1	2	0	0	0	2	3	0	2	1	4
Team										3
Totals		23	58	7	16	18	26	12	22	37	14	16	4	17	13	71
Louisville	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Pervis Ellison	C	6	13	0	0	2	4	2	4	6	0	0	2	4	4	14
Billy Thompson	F	5	11	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	3	1	0	2	2	10
Herbert Crook	F	3	8	0	2	2	3	1	3	4	1	1	1	5	5	8
Jeff Hall	G	3	6	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	3	8
Milt Wagner	G	3	7	1	3	4	5	0	2	2	4	2	0	5	2	11
Tony Kimbro		2	4	1	2	1	2	1	2	3	2	1	0	3	4	6
Kevin Walls		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	8	0	0	0	1	1	0
Mark McSwain		1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	2	2
Team										2
Totals		23	51	4	11	9	14	6	27	35	12	5	3	25	23	59
Player of the Game	Harry Flournoy

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Texas Western	33	38	71
Louisville	26	33	59

 

 

Siegfried’s Three Sinks Marquette

 

3 Ohio St. 1960	72
11 Marquette 1977	70

 

Larry Siegfried connected on a three-point shot in Ohio State’s final possession to give the Buckeyes their only lead in the second half, and then a last-gasp shot by Bernard Toone missed and was rebounded by Joe Roberts to send Ohio State to the Sweet 16.

Marquette was able to slow the pace down, using up 24 to 28 seconds on the shot clock per possession and limiting Ohio State’s offensive rebounding strength.  With Bo Ellis scoring 11 of his 13 points in the first half, the Warriors led by a bucket at the break.

Butch Lee kept Marquette’s offense moving in the second half, as the Warriors kept the lead between four and seven points until the three minute mark.

After a 6-6 foul shooting mark in the first half, Marquette players missed several crucial foul shots down the stretch, as the Warriors could only hit 7 of 12 free tosses.  Ohio State rebounded the ball on all the missed foul shots, and they scored on five consecutive possessions to cut a 68-61 lead to 70-69.  After a Jim Boylan turnover, Ohio State tried to get the ball inside to Jerry Lucas or in the mid post to John Havlicek, but Marquette’s zone defense plugged the middle, forcing Siegfried to take the three-pointer as the shot clock expired.

 

Boxscore
Ohio St.	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jerry Lucas	C	9	14	0	1	2	2	3	7	10	2	0	1	2	3	20
Joe Roberts	F	3	9	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	1	0	0	1	4	6
John Havlicek	F	6	12	2	4	4	5	2	6	8	3	2	0	1	2	18
Larry Siegfried	G	5	11	3	6	5	8	1	4	5	4	1	0	3	2	18
Mel Nowell	G	2	6	1	3	3	4	0	1	1	3	1	0	5	3	8
Dick Furry		1	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	2	2
Team										3
Totals		26	55	6	14	14	19	9	25	37	14	4	1	14	16	72
Marquette	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jerome Whitehead	C	5	12	0	0	1	2	3	4	7	1	0	1	2	4	11
Bo Ellis	F	5	11	0	0	3	5	1	8	9	2	2	2	1	3	13
Bill Neary	F	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
Butch Lee	G	6	13	4	10	5	6	0	1	1	2	1	0	4	3	21
Jim Boylan	G	2	6	1	3	2	2	0	2	2	5	2	0	2	2	7
Bernard Toone		4	7	0	0	2	3	2	5	7	0	0	0	2	2	10
Gary Rosenberger		2	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	6
Team										2
Totals		25	55	7	16	13	18	6	22	30	11	5	3	12	17	70
Player of the Game	Larry Siegfried

 

 

Tar Heels Win Overtime Thriller

 

10 North Carolina 1982	86	OT
2 Kansas 2008	78

 

Darnell Jackson missed the front end of a 1 and 1 foul opportunity, and James Worthy’s field goal tied the game up at in the final seconds of regulation to force overtime.  In overtime, the Carolina Trio of Worthy, Sam Perkins, and Michael Jordan took the game over to give the Tar Heels a ticket to the Sweet 16.

Reserve forward Chris Brust came off the bench and hit two crucial baskets when Kansas had begun to stretch the lead.  Brust’s two baskets sandwiched one by Matt Doherty in a 6-1 Tar Heel mini-run that cut the KU lead to two points.  Moments later, Perkins fouled Jackson, and Jackson missed the foul shot that allowed Carolina force overtime.

Boxscore
North Carolina	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sam Perkins	C	8	15	0	0	4	6	3	6	9	0	0	2	2	3	20
James Worthy	F	8	13	0	0	7	8	3	8	11	2	0	2	2	2	23
Matt Doherty	F	2	5	2	4	2	2	0	2	2	1	1	0	1	3	8
Michael Jordan	G	4	9	2	5	8	9	2	5	7	4	1	1	1	2	18
Jimmy Black	G	1	4	1	4	2	3	0	2	2	5	2	0	3	3	5
Jim Braddock		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0
Chris Brust		2	3	0	0	2	4	1	3	4	0	0	0	2	3	6
Buzz Peterson		1	2	1	2	3	4	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	6
Team										3
Totals		26	51	6	15	28	36	9	28	40	15	5	5	13	20	86
Kansas	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Darnell Jackson	C	8	14	0	0	3	5	3	4	7	2	0	1	2	4	19
Darrell Arthur	F	5	7	0	0	2	3	1	6	7	1	0	0	1	4	12
Brandon Rush	F	1	4	1	4	2	2	3	3	6	3	1	0	3	5	5
Russell Robinson	G	5	12	3	8	3	4	0	2	2	4	2	0	2	3	16
Mario Chalmers	G	5	15	3	11	5	6	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	4	18
Sherron Collins		2	6	1	4	1	2	1	4	5	1	0	0	1	5	6
Sasha Kaun		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	4	2
Rodrick Stewart		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Cole Aldrich		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team										2
Totals		27	61	8	27	16	22	8	21	31	13	4	1	10	33	78
Player of the Game	James Worthy

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	OT	Final
North Carolina	33	37	16	86
Kansas	36	34	8	78

 

The Sweet 16

 

East Region–Thursday

 

1974 North Carolina St. vs. 1978 Kentucky

2019 Virginia vs. 1987 Indiana

South Region–Thursday

 

1970 UCLA vs. 1964 UCLA

2018 Villanova vs. 1992 Duke

 

Midwest Region–Friday

 

1968 UCLA vs. 2015 Duke

1976 Indiana vs. 1968 Houston

 

West Region–Friday

 

1972 UCLA vs. 1966 Texas Western

1960 Ohio St. vs. 1982 North Carolina

 

 

 

 

 

The Greatest NCAA Tournament That Never Was–Round Three Saturday

Good Saturday morning sports fans.  This is Greg Humble in the studio along with my colleagues here at See BS–Charles Parkly Clark Post, and Kenny Jones. We’re just moments away from a great slate of Saturday games, and at the end of the day four teams will punch their tickets to the Sweet 16.

We’re going to start everybody out with the top-seed in the East, the 2001 Duke Blue Devils taking on the eight seed Kentucky Wildcats of 1978.  Let’s send it out to our See BS crew, Ian Falcon, Jim Snorkel, and Jamie Herdall.

 

EAST REGION

Wildcat Inside Muscle Too Much For The Region’s Top Seed

 

9 Kentucky 1978	89
1 Duke 2001	80

Unassociated Press: The 8-Seed 1978 Kentucky Wildcats took advantage of a huge rebounding edge to hold off the top seed in the East, the 2001 Duke Blue Devils.  The Wildcats enjoyed a huge 51-30 rebounding advantage with the Blue Mist’s Twin Towers both recording double figure boards.

Kentucky broke open a close game midway through the second half.  With a 56-53 lead, the Wildcats went on a 16-5 run to take a commanding 72-58 lead.  Duke frantically mounted a comeback with three-pointers from Jay Williams, Mike Dunleavy, and Nate James to cut the lead to 76-70, but the Wildcats chose to keep the ball in the hands of Kyle Macy down the stretch, and Duke was forced to foul one of the all time great foul shooters.

 

Boxscore
Kentucky	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Rick Robey	C	5	8	0	0	4	6	3	8	11	2	0	4	2	2	14
Mike Phillips	F	2	5	0	0	2	3	2	10	12	0	0	3	4	3	6
Jack Givens	F	5	11	1	3	4	5	1	5	6	3	0	0	1	1	15
Truman Claytor	G	2	6	1	4	0	0	1	1	2	2	2	0	2	1	5
Kyle Macy	G	4	9	3	7	10	11	0	1	1	5	0	0	3	2	21
James Lee		4	8	0	0	1	2	2	4	6	0	0	0	2	3	9
Chuck Aleksinas		2	3	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	0	0	2	2	2	4
Jay Shidler		4	7	4	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	12
LaVon Williams		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2
Fred Cowan		0	0	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	1
Team										3
Totals		29	59	9	21	22	29	12	36	51	15	3	10	18	18	89
Duke	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Carlos Boozer	C	5	9	0	0	2	3	2	5	7	0	0	0	1	5	12
Shane Battier	F	7	18	1	3	4	6	1	4	5	2	2	1	1	3	19
Mike Dunleavy	F	5	15	2	7	2	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	2	14
Nate James	G	3	5	2	4	0	0	1	2	3	3	2	0	0	5	8
Jay Williams	G	4	10	3	8	3	4	1	1	2	4	1	0	1	3	14
Chris Duhon		1	4	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	1	0	0	2	3
Casey Sanders		2	3	0	0	2	3	1	4	5	0	0	0	1	4	6
Matt Christensen		2	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	2	4
Team										4
Totals		29	70	8	23	14	20	7	19	30	15	7	1	6	26	80
Player of the Game	Kyle Macy

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Kentucky	46	43	89
Duke	44	36	80

 

 

Tiny Towe Blitz’s Cardinals Press To Lead Pack To Impressive Win

 

4 North Carolina St. 1974	96
12 Louisville 1980	82

 

Unassociated Press: Five foot, six inch guard Monte Towe proved to be impossible to trap by the vaunted Louisville 2-2-1 press defense.  Time and time again, he broke the press and drove until he found an open teammate, forcing Louisville to call the press off.  By the time the Cardinals stopped pressing, the Wolf Pack had turned the ball over twice, but they scored easy baskets or went to the foul line enough times to take a 10-point lead in the first 12 minutes of the game.

A three-minute stretch to end the first half found N.C. State turning the ball over in their own halfcourt four times, while Louisville warmed up from the field and cut the lead to two points.

The Wolf Pack maintained the lead throughout the second half, and once they held a five point lead, they forced Louisville to foul down the stretch, where Towe was 8 of 8 at the charity stripe in the final minutes to preserve the win.

1974 North Carolina State now faces 1978 Kentucky in the Sweet 16 in what should be an incredible matchup, as the two teams have similar styles.  David Thompson and Jack Givens should be worth the price of admission.

Boxscore
North Carolina St.	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Tom Burleson	C	9	14	0	0	4	6	2	11	13	1	0	3	4	3	22
Tim Stoddard	F	3	5	0	0	2	2	1	8	9	0	0	1	1	2	8
David Thompson	F	6	11	1	2	9	12	3	6	9	2	1	2	3	2	22
Mo Rivers	G	1	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	4	3
Monte Towe	G	3	7	2	5	11	11	0	1	1	8	3	0	3	1	19
Mark Moeller		3	5	1	1	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	3	7
Steve Nuce		1	3	0	0	3	4	2	2	4	1	0	0	0	2	5
Phil Spence		2	4	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	1	6
Greg Hawkins		1	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	2	2	3
Bill Lake		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Buurma		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bruce Dayhuff		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Craig Kuszmaul		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Dwight Johnson		0	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Team										3
Totals		29	55	5	12	33	41	9	33	45	15	6	6	18	20	96
Louisville	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Wiley Brown	C	4	8	0	0	2	4	3	2	5	0	1	0	1	5	10
Rodney McCray	F	4	10	1	4	4	5	2	3	5	1	3	0	3	3	13
Derek Smith	F	5	11	0	0	1	2	4	7	11	0	0	1	2	5	11
Darrell Griffith	G	6	17	3	9	4	5	3	3	6	2	1	0	4	4	19
Jerry Eaves	G	2	6	1	5	2	2	1	2	3	5	1	0	2	2	7
Poncho Wright		3	8	1	3	2	3	0	1	1	1	2	0	0	5	9
Roger Burkman		2	7	2	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	6
Tony Branch		2	5	0	0	1	1	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	5	5
Daryl Cleveland		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Greg Deuser		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Marty Pulliam		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Steve Clark		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										3
Totals		29	75	8	28	16	22	14	21	38	11	9	1	13	37	82
Player of the Game	Monte Towe

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
N. C. State	47	49	96
Louisville	45	37	82

 

Cavaliers Put Hoyas To Sleep With Slow Pace

 

3 Virginia 2019	60
14 Georgetown 1984	52

Unassociated Press: The 2019 Virginia Cavaliers slowed the game down to 59 possessions, forcing Georgetown to pass away from Patrick Ewing, and then trapping Ewing when he caught the ball in the post.  The tactic worked, as Ewing could only take seven shots in 35 minutes of action.

This had the look of a game where both teams would struggle to score 40 points, as neither team could solve the other’s defense.  Eight minutes into the game, Georgetown led 7-6.  At this point, Braxton Key entered the game for Virginia and gave the Wahoo offense a shot in the arm with six quick points to give the Cavaliers a 16-13 lead, a lead they would not relinquish.

Virginia held the Hoyas to 34.6% shooting in the second half, as Ewing could only score one basket in the final stanza.

Boxscore
Virginia	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mamadi Diakete	C	1	4	0	0	1	2	2	5	7	1	0	1	2	1	3
De’Andre Hunter	F	5	12	0	0	4	4	2	3	5	2	0	0	1	1	14
Guy Jerome	F	2	6	1	4	0	0	1	5	6	2	0	0	0	1	5
Kyle Guy	G	2	5	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	3	5
Kihei Clark	G	4	11	2	3	2	3	0	2	2	3	0	0	2	1	12
Braxton Key		6	10	2	4	5	6	2	6	8	1	1	0	1	2	19
Jack Salt		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	2	2
Team										3
Totals		21	50	6	14	12	15	7	26	36	12	2	1	7	11	60
Georgetown	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Patrick Ewing	C	4	7	0	0	1	2	2	7	9	0	0	2	0	1	9
Reggie Williams	F	3	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	1	1	0	0	3	6
Fred Brown	F	3	9	1	6	0	1	1	3	4	2	1	0	1	2	7
David Wingate	G	3	8	2	5	1	2	1	4	5	1	1	1	2	2	9
Michael Jackson	G	4	12	2	7	4	5	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	14
Michael Graham		1	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	3
Horace Broadnax		2	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	4
Gene Smith		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
Bill Martin		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										1
Totals		20	53	5	19	7	12	7	24	32	9	4	3	5	12	52
Player of the Game	Braxton Key

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Virginia	33	27	60
Georgetown	29	23	52

 

Hoosiers Limit Mistakes, Play Excellent Defense In Impressive Win

 

10 Indiana 1987	78
2 North Carolina 2005	63

Unassociated Press: The Hoosiers committed just seven turnovers while limiting North Carolina to 40.7% shooting.  Indiana opened a 15-point lead in the first half, and North Carolina never cut the lead to single digits, getting to within 10 points three times.

The Tar Heel starting front court was held to 10-26 shooting, while the Hoosiers’ front court was 17-34.

This sets up an interesting Sweet 16 game between 1987 Indiana and 2019 Virginia Thursday night.

 

Boxscore
Indiana	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dean Garrett	C	6	11	0	0	2	4	2	7	9	1	0	0	2	3	14
Daryl Thomas	F	9	14	0	0	4	6	1	6	7	3	2	0	1	2	22
Rick Callaway	F	4	9	1	3	3	4	0	7	7	2	1	1	1	2	12
Keith Smart	G	3	7	1	3	2	2	0	2	2	2	2	0	0	1	9
Steve Alford	G	5	12	3	6	5	6	0	1	1	5	0	0	1	2	18
Steve Eyl		1	4	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	2	3
Joe Hillman		0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0
Team										3
Totals		28	59	5	13	17	24	4	24	31	16	6	1	7	13	78
North Carolina	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sean May	C	8	19	0	0	3	4	1	8	9	0	0	2	2	3	19
Jawad Williams	F	2	5	1	3	0	0	1	6	7	1	0	0	0	1	5
Jackie Manuel	F	0	2	0	2	2	3	1	5	6	2	1	0	3	4	2
Rashad McCants	G	4	9	4	9	3	4	2	4	6	1	1	0	5	3	15
Raymond Felton	G	7	16	3	7	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	0	2	4	19
Marvin Williams		0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	0
Melvin Scott		1	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	3	3
David Noel		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team										4
Totals		22	54	8	21	11	15	8	28	40	10	5	2	13	21	63
Player of the Game	Daryl Thomas

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Indiana	41	37	78
N. Carolina	29	34	63

 

SOUTH REGION

 

Top Seed Falls To Quick Bruin Quintet

 

8 UCLA 1964	97
1 Kentucky 1996	89

 

Unassociated Press: UCLA’s great backcourt duo of Walt Hazzard and Gail Goodrich combined for 61 points, and the UCLA full-court press was just as devastating as Kentucky’s matchup press.

Kentucky led for most of the first half and the first six minutes of the second half.  With the Wildcats ahead 61-54, the Bruins reeled off 14 point in the next three minutes to take a 68-66 lead.  After Kentucky tied the score at 68-68, back-to-back three point field goals by Hazzard gave UCLA the lead for good.

Boxscore
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Fred Slaughter	C	2	6	0	0	2	5	3	8	11	4	2	0	5	3	6
Keith Erickson	F	4	9	0	0	2	3	2	9	11	6	3	0	2	3	10
Jack Hirsch	F	3	8	1	4	1	2	2	5	7	1	1	1	4	4	8
Walt Hazzard	G	9	22	3	10	8	11	1	6	7	2	2	0	3	2	29
Gail Goodrich	G	10	17	5	8	7	9	0	1	1	4	2	0	3	2	32
Kenny Washington		3	6	0	0	2	3	4	2	6	0	1	2	3	3	8
Doug McIntosh		2	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	3	4
Kim Stewart		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Team										4
Totals		33	72	9	22	22	33	13	34	51	17	12	4	21	22	97
Kentucky	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter McCarty	C	4	9	0	2	3	5	2	6	8	0	0	1	4	4	11
Antoine Walker	F	7	15	1	2	2	3	1	8	9	0	2	0	1	3	17
Derek Anderson	F	3	7	0	1	0	0	1	4	5	2	1	0	2	5	6
Tony Delk	G	5	13	3	7	4	5	1	3	4	3	2	0	4	2	17
Anthony Epps	G	2	6	1	4	2	3	0	1	1	6	1	0	5	5	7
Ron Mercer		5	8	2	3	3	4	2	3	5	3	2	0	1	2	15
Mark Pope		1	3	0	2	2	2	1	4	5	0	0	1	1	4	4
Jeff Sheppard		2	4	2	4	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	2	1	8
Wayne Turner		2	5	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	4
Allen Edwards		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team										3
Totals		31	72	9	27	18	24	8	31	42	16	9	2	21	30	89
Player of the Game	Walt Hazzard

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
UCLA	44	53	97
Kentucky	48	41	89

Bruin Muscle Proves Too Much For Cardinals

 

4 UCLA 1970	100
5 Louisville 2013	82

Unassociated Press:  The trio of Steve Patterson, Sidney Wicks, and Curtis Rowe flexed their muscles, scoring almost at will at times in the paint and getting multiple offensive rebounds with putbacks.

After beginning the game matching baskets, the score was knotted at 17-17 with 12 minutes to go in the first half.  UCLA opened a 12-point lead in the next eight minutes, and Louisville could get no closer than seven points the rest of the way.

When the Cardinals cut the lead to seven at 69-62, a Bruin 9-2 run moved the lead out to 14, and Louisville began to rush their offense, committing crucial turnovers that allowed the lead to ballon to 21 points at one point.

The 1970 Bruins now face the 1964 UCLA Bruins in a game of contrasts between 1964’s speed and 1970’s muscle.

 

Boxscore
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Steve Patterson	C	6	13	0	0	2	3	2	6	8	1	1	1	2	2	14
Sidney Wicks	F	9	15	0	0	6	8	5	11	16	0	3	4	3	3	24
Curtis Rowe	F	6	11	0	0	4	6	3	9	12	2	2	2	1	1	16
John Vallely	G	6	12	3	6	3	3	0	2	2	5	1	0	4	2	18
Henry Bibby	G	6	14	3	8	5	7	0	3	3	9	1	0	3	2	20
John Ecker		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	3	2
Kenny Booker		1	3	0	1	1	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	2	3
Terry Schofield		1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	3
Bill Siebert		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Andy Hill		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Team										3
Totals		36	71	7	16	21	29	11	35	49	20	9	7	17	18	100
Louisville	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Gorgiu Dieng	C	7	15	0	0	2	4	2	4	6	1	0	1	2	4	16
Chane Behanen	F	3	8	0	0	1	2	1	6	7	2	0	0	1	5	7
Wayne Blackshear	F	4	11	2	6	2	3	2	6	8	3	1	1	5	4	12
Russ Smith	G	4	9	3	7	6	7	0	4	4	1	2	0	3	3	17
Peyton Siva	G	5	12	2	5	3	3	0	3	3	2	1	0	4	2	15
Luke Hancock		2	4	1	2	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	4	5
Montrezl Harrell		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	1	2
Stephan Van Treese		2	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	2	4
Kevin Ware		1	3	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	2	4
Team										2
Totals		29	69	9	23	15	21	7	28	37	14	6	2	19	27	82
Player of the Game	Sidney Wicks

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
UCLA	52	48	100
Louisville	37	45	82

 

Grant Hill Puts Blue Devils’ Hopes On His Shoulder To Bring Duke Back To Victory

 

6 Duke 1992	78
14 Kansas 1997	73

 

Unassociated Press: In a game with many twists and turns, Duke blew a 10-point first half lead and trailed by as many as nine points in the second half until Grant Hill took control of the game, scoring 14 of his game high 20 points in the final 11 minutes of the game.

Kansas went on a 24-7 scoring run that covered the last six minutes of the first half and first four minutes of the second half to take a 49-42 lead.  After Duke cut the lead to three several times, the Jayhawks scored six straight points to take a 59-50.  That’s when Hill went to work, scoring 14 of Dukes’ final 28 points.

 

Boxscore
Duke	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Christian Laettner	C	7	13	0	0	5	7	3	5	8	0	0	1	2	3	19
Brian Davis	F	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	7	8	2	1	0	1	1	4
Grant Hill	F	6	11	2	3	6	6	0	5	5	4	1	0	3	2	20
Thomas Hill	G	5	9	2	4	3	4	0	2	2	2	2	0	2	1	15
Bobby Hurley	G	3	7	1	3	4	4	0	1	1	5	0	0	2	0	11
Antonio Lang		1	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	3
Cherokee Parks		2	4	0	0	2	3	2	3	5	0	0	1	0	3	6
Marty Clark		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team										3
Totals		26	52	5	11	21	26	7	26	36	14	4	2	12	13	78
Kansas	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Scot Pollard	C	8	15	0	0	3	4	1	6	7	2	0	0	2	4	19
Raef LaFrentz	F	7	12	0	0	1	2	2	5	7	3	0	2	1	2	15
Paul Pierce	F	8	14	0	0	3	5	2	3	5	2	2	1	0	3	19
Jerod Haase	G	2	5	2	5	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	0	3	4	6
Jacque Vaughn	G	2	6	2	5	2	2	0	2	2	4	2	0	1	4	8
Ryan Robertson		1	3	1	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	4
Billy Thomas		0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	0
T.J. Pugh		1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2
Team										3
Totals		29	60	5	14	10	15	6	20	29	14	6	3	8	24	73
Player of the Game	Christian Laettner

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Duke	37	41	78
Kansas	31	42	73

 

 

Wildcats Hot For Three Minutes, But It’s Enough To Advance

 

2 Villanova 2018	64
7 Florida 2007	51

 

Unassociated Press: Villanova couldn’t buy a basket for 3/4 of the game, but then neither could the Gators as both teams had trouble finding the range.  Then, a brief barrage of baskets on 4 of 7 shooting that included a couple of three-point shots broke open a close game to allow ‘Nova to pull away to a safe lead.  Leading just 39-38 in the second half, an 11-0 run gave The Wildcats a 12-point lead.  Florida never could mount a move at this point, and Villanova cruised to victory.

Villanova advances to Thursday’s Sweet 16 round against 1992 Duke.

 

 

Boxscore
Villanova	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Omari Spellman	C	3	6	0	0	2	3	2	4	6	0	0	1	3	2	8
Eric Paschall	F	4	7	0	0	4	4	1	8	9	1	0	2	1	1	12
Michael Bridges	F	5	12	2	5	0	2	3	5	8	0	2	0	2	3	12
Phil Booth	G	3	9	1	4	3	4	1	3	4	3	1	0	5	2	10
Jalen Brunson	G	3	7	2	6	4	5	0	2	2	2	1	0	2	4	12
Donte DiVincenzo		3	9	1	4	2	2	1	3	4	1	0	0	1	2	9
Collin Gillespie		0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1
Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
Team										5
Totals		21	51	6	19	16	22	8	26	39	7	5	3	14	16	64
Florida	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Joakim Noah	C	6	11	0	0	3	5	2	8	10	2	0	2	1	2	15
Al Horford	F	5	10	0	0	2	4	3	6	9	0	0	3	1	4	12
Corey Brewer	F	3	12	1	7	3	3	1	5	6	1	2	1	2	3	10
Lee Humphrey	G	2	9	1	4	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	3	4	5
Taurean Green	G	1	7	0	5	2	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	5	2	4
Walter Hodge		1	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	3	2
Chris Richard		1	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	1	3
Dan Werner		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team										2
Totals		19	52	2	17	11	18	7	25	34	9	4	6	14	20	51
Player of the Game	Eric Paschall

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Villanova	26	38	64
Florida	23	28	51

Sweet 16 Schedule For East and South Regions

 

East 

4 – North Carolina St.  1974 vs. 9 – Kentucky 1978

3 – Virginia 2019 vs. 10 – Indiana 1987

South 

4 – UCLA 1970 vs. 8 – UCLA 1964

2 – Villanova 2018 vs. 6 – Duke 1992

 

Coming Tomorrow–Third Round Action From the Midwest and West Regions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Greatest NCAA Tournament That Never Was–March 20 Edition

Welcome to the second day of Second Round action in the NCAA Tournament between the best teams of the last 60 years.

After yesterday’s Second Round action from the East and South Regions, we are down to 48 teams, and today, the Midwest and West Regions are featured.

Our See BS Network has all the games for you here today.  16 games were played in these two regions, and the results are in.  Without further adieu, let’s get out to the Midwest Region for the first game.

 

MIDWEST REGION

 

Jabbar Too Much For Friars

 

1 UCLA 1968	91
16 Providence 1973	70

Boxscore
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	C	11	16	0	0	5	8	6	13	19	0	0	5	3	2	27
Mike Lynn	F	4	7	0	0	2	3	4	9	13	1	0	1	2	1	10
Lynn Shackleford	F	4	11	2	6	1	1	2	6	8	1	0	0	3	0	11
Lucius Allen	G	6	14	1	4	2	3	0	1	1	4	2	0	4	1	15
Mike Warren	G	5	12	3	9	3	4	0	2	2	7	3	0	3	1	16
Jim Nielsen		2	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	3	2	4
Kenny Heitz		1	3	1	3	2	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	5
Bill Sweek		1	3	1	3	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	1	3
Gene Sutherland		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	0
Neville Saner		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team										3
Totals		34	69	8	25	15	21	15	40	58	16	7	6	23	11	91
Providence	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Marvin Barnes	C	5	13	0	0	2	3	1	7	8	0	0	1	3	4	12
Frank Costello	F	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	0	0	0	0	1	4
Nehru King	F	3	8	0	1	0	0	0	4	4	1	0	0	1	3	6
Kevin Stacom	G	6	17	4	14	2	2	1	3	4	3	1	0	3	2	18
Ernie DiGregorio	G	8	22	6	18	3	4	0	1	1	4	2	0	6	3	25
Chuck Crawford		2	5	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	5
Al Baker		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0
Rich Dunphy		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mark McAndrew		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Gary Bello		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dave Modest		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										3
Totals		26	70	10	33	8	11	4	22	29	9	4	1	16	19	70
Player of the Game	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
UCLA	44	47	91
Providence	27	43	70

 

Better Bearcats Outlast Ramblers This Time

 

8 Cincinnati 1962	67
9 Loyola (Chi.) 1963	65

 

Boxscore
Cincinnati	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Hogue	C	7	15	0	0	4	6	2	12	14	0	0	2	4	3	18
George Wilson	F	4	7	0	0	1	2	3	9	12	0	0	1	2	4	9
Ron Bonham	F	5	12	2	5	3	4	1	7	8	2	1	0	3	1	15
Tom Thacker	G	5	14	2	6	2	3	1	2	3	4	2	0	5	3	14
Tony Yates	G	3	8	1	3	2	3	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	2	9
Tom Sizer		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	3	2
Team										3
Totals		25	58	5	14	12	18	7	32	42	10	4	3	16	16	67
Loyola (Chi.)	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Les Hunter	C	6	15	0	0	2	3	6	10	16	0	1	1	2	4	14
Vic Rouse	F	3	14	0	0	3	3	5	7	12	1	0	1	1	4	9
Jerry Harkness	F	4	17	0	1	5	6	4	6	10	1	3	0	4	3	13
Ron Miller	G	4	12	2	6	2	3	3	2	5	3	2	0	2	3	12
John Egan	G	5	16	4	13	3	3	2	2	4	2	1	0	4	3	17
Team										4
Totals		22	74	6	20	15	18	20	27	51	7	7	2	13	17	65
Player of the Game	Paul Hogue

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Cincinnati	34	33	67
Loyola (Chi.)	29	36	65

 

 

Blue Devils’ Tight Defense Forces 20 Husky Turnovers

 

4 Duke 2015	78
13 Connecticut 2011	69

 

Boxscore
Duke	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jahlil Okafor	C	8	13	0	0	3	5	3	5	8	0	0	2	2	2	19
Justise Winslow	F	3	8	0	0	3	6	1	6	7	1	2	0	1	0	9
Quinn Cook	F	7	15	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	3	2	0	0	1	14
Matt Jones	G	2	5	1	3	2	2	1	3	4	2	1	0	2	1	7
Tyus Jones	G	5	11	2	5	6	7	0	1	1	5	2	0	3	2	18
Amile Jefferson		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	1	0	0	1	2	0
Marshall Plumlee		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0
Grayson Allen		3	6	2	3	3	4	1	0	1	2	2	0	1	2	11
Sean Kelley		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team										1
Totals		28	59	5	11	17	24	8	22	31	15	10	3	12	11	78
Connecticut	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Tyler Olander	C	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	0	0	0	2	4	0
Alex Oriakhi	F	3	5	0	0	1	1	3	7	10	0	0	2	3	5	7
Roscoe Smith	F	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	6	7	1	0	2	0	5	4
Jeremy Lamb	G	4	9	2	5	3	4	0	5	5	3	1	0	4	1	13
Kemba Walker	G	11	23	3	6	6	6	0	2	2	5	2	0	6	2	31
Shabazz Napier		4	8	2	4	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	12
Niels Giffey		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	0
Charles Okwandu		0	1	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	1	0	1	2	0
Jamal Coombs-McDaniel		1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Donnell Beverly		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team										4
Totals		25	56	7	16	12	13	9	26	39	11	6	4	20	22	69
Player of the Game	Tyus Jones

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Duke	34	44	78
UConn	37	32	69

 

 

Tar Heels Outlast Villanova’s Slow Pace To Survive And Advance

 

5 North Carolina 2017	68
12 Villanova 1985	60

 

Boxscore
North Carolina	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kennedy Meeks	C	6	10	0	0	1	2	3	6	9	1	2	1	2	3	13
Isaiah Hicks	F	2	4	0	0	3	4	2	5	7	1	0	1	1	3	7
Justin Jackson	F	5	12	2	5	3	4	2	2	4	3	1	1	0	2	15
Theo Pinson	G	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	4
Joel Berry	G	5	12	3	7	6	8	0	1	1	5	2	0	1	2	19
Tony Bradley		3	7	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	0	0	2	2	6
Nate Britt		1	3	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2
Luke May		1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	2
Seventh Woods		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										2
Totals		25	55	5	15	13	18	10	17	29	15	5	3	7	16	68
Villanova	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ed Pinckney	C	4	8	0	0	5	7	3	6	9	0	0	1	3	4	13
Harold Pressly	F	6	11	0	0	2	3	3	6	9	3	1	0	1	1	14
Dwayne McClain	F	6	13	0	0	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	0	4	3	15
Dwight Wilbur	G	2	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	4
Gary McLain	G	2	5	1	3	2	2	0	3	3	2	2	0	3	4	7
Harold Jensen		2	3	2	3	1	2	0	3	3	2	1	0	3	3	7
Mark Plansky		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Chuck Everson		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										3
Totals		22	46	3	8	13	18	8	21	32	13	5	1	14	17	60
Player of the Game	Joel Berry

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
North Carolina	27	41	68
Villanova	25	35	60

 

 

Excellent Passing Leads Hoosiers To Solid Victory

 

3 Indiana 1976	80
14 Stanford 2001	67

 

Boxscore
Indiana	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Kent Benson	C	8	13	0	0	2	2	4	6	10	1	0	2	3	3	18
Scott May	F	8	15	2	3	3	4	2	5	7	3	0	0	2	2	21
Tom Abernathy	F	5	9	3	5	2	2	1	4	5	3	1	0	1	1	15
Bobby Wilkerson	G	2	5	0	0	2	3	1	3	4	3	1	1	1	3	6
Quinn Buckner	G	2	6	0	0	2	4	2	3	5	5	3	0	0	2	6
Wayne Radford		3	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	7
Jim Crews		1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2
Rich Valavicius		1	2	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5
Jim Wisman		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Team										3
Totals		30	60	7	14	13	17	10	21	34	19	6	3	9	15	80
Stanford	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jason Collins	C	7	12	0	0	3	4	2	7	9	0	0	1	2	3	17
Jaron Collins	F	5	9	0	0	2	4	2	5	7	1	0	0	4	2	12
Ryan Mendez	F	3	9	1	4	2	2	1	3	4	3	1	0	1	3	9
Michael McDonald	G	2	5	1	2	1	2	1	1	2	4	1	0	2	1	6
Casey Jacobsen	G	5	11	3	7	3	4	1	2	3	3	1	0	3	3	16
Tony Giovacchini		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	2
Julius Barnes		1	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	3
Teyo Johnson		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	2
Team										2
Totals		25	53	6	16	11	16	7	21	30	15	4	1	14	15	67
Player of the Game	Scott May

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Indiana	37	43	80
Stanford	29	38	67

 

 

Razorbacks’ “40 Minutes of ‘Havoc’ ” Proves Too Much For Jayhawks

 

6 Arkansas 1994	94
11 Kansas 1988	71

 

Boxscore
Arkansas	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dwight Stewart	C	3	6	1	2	0	0	3	3	6	3	2	0	1	3	7
Corliss Williamson	F	8	14	0	0	4	7	4	5	9	1	3	2	2	2	20
Ken Biley	F	3	8	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	4	6
Scotty Thurman	G	10	17	4	5	4	5	0	4	4	3	2	0	3	2	28
Corey Beck	G	3	6	2	4	4	6	0	2	2	6	1	0	2	1	12
Alex Dillard		4	9	2	5	2	3	1	1	2	4	2	0	2	1	12
Clint McDaniel		1	2	1	2	2	3	0	1	1	3	2	0	1	2	5
Lee Wilson		0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Divar Rimac		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	2
Darnell Robinson		1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team										3
Totals		34	67	10	18	16	24	11	24	38	20	12	2	12	18	94
Kansas	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Danny Manning	C	9	17	1	3	4	6	4	10	14	3	2	2	5	3	23
Chris Piper	F	2	4	0	0	1	2	2	4	6	1	2	1	2	2	5
Milt Newton	F	4	10	1	4	2	3	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	5	11
Jeff Gueldner	G	2	5	1	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	1	0	4	3	5
Kevin Pritchard	G	5	13	2	8	4	4	0	1	1	5	1	0	6	5	16
Keith Harris		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
Lincoln Minor		1	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	3
Scooter Barry		2	4	1	2	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	8
Clint Normore		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0
Mike Maddox		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team										3
Totals		25	56	6	20	15	20	8	25	36	15	7	3	22	22	71
Player of the Game	Scotty Thurman

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Arkansas	49	45	94
Kansas	32	39	71

 

 

Bruins Pull Off Mild Upset With Great Efforts From Washington, Johnson, Trgovich, And Meyers

 

10 UCLA 1975	93
7 Kentucky 1998	78

Boxscore
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Richard Washington	C	8	15	0	0	5	7	7	6	13	0	0	4	3	2	21
Dave Meyers	F	6	13	0	0	7	9	5	9	14	1	0	1	2	4	19
Marques Johnson	F	7	11	2	3	3	5	3	6	9	1	3	0	3	3	19
Pete Trgovich	G	6	12	4	9	1	2	0	3	3	4	0	0	1	1	17
Andre McCarter	G	2	6	1	3	1	3	0	2	2	8	2	0	4	1	6
Ralph Drollinger		3	5	0	0	2	3	2	4	6	0	0	2	3	4	8
Jim Spillane		1	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	3
Wilbert Olinde		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Team										3
Totals		33	65	8	17	19	29	17	32	52	17	6	7	19	17	93
Kentucky	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Nazr Mohammed	C	3	6	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	0	0	0	2	5	6
Scott Padgett	F	6	13	3	7	4	5	2	3	5	1	0	0	3	3	19
Allen Edwards	F	5	12	2	6	0	0	1	2	3	4	1	0	1	3	12
Jeff Sheppard	G	9	21	4	11	3	3	0	3	3	3	2	0	3	4	25
Wayne Turner	G	1	4	1	3	2	4	1	0	1	4	4	0	2	2	5
Heshimu Evans		1	2	0	0	2	3	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	5	4
Jamal Magloire		1	3	0	0	2	3	1	3	4	1	0	1	1	3	4
Cameron Mills		1	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	3
Michael Bradley		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Saul Smith		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0
Team										3
Totals		27	64	11	30	13	18	6	19	28	16	9	1	14	27	78
Player of the Game	Marques Johnson

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
UCLA	40	53	93
Kentucky	40	38	78

 

 

The Big E And Duck Trample The Wolverines As #15 Seed Wins

 

15 Houston 1968	110
2 Michigan 1989	83

 

Boxscore
Houston	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elvin Hayes	C	12	23	0	0	6	10	8	14	22	0	2	4	3	3	30
Ken Spain	F	5	12	0	0	3	5	2	3	5	1	0	2	1	3	13
Theodis Lee	F	4	9	0	0	2	3	3	8	11	1	1	1	2	5	10
Don Chaney	G	7	16	2	4	7	11	3	6	9	3	5	1	4	2	23
George Reynolds	G	4	8	2	5	3	4	2	2	4	4	2	0	5	2	13
Tom Gribben		2	5	1	3	2	2	1	2	3	1	2	0	1	2	7
Larry Cooper		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2
Carlos Bell		2	4	2	4	3	4	2	2	4	0	1	0	0	4	9
Vern Lewis		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	0
Kent Taylor		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0
Niemer Hamood		1	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
Team										5
Totals		38	85	8	21	26	39	21	40	66	12	13	8	20	27	110
Michigan	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Terry Mills	C	2	5	0	0	3	4	2	6	8	0	1	0	3	5	7
Loy Vaught	F	5	11	0	0	3	3	1	9	10	2	0	0	2	5	13
Glen Rice	F	5	12	4	10	7	8	2	7	9	3	2	0	6	2	21
Mike Griffin	G	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	5	4
Rumeal Robinson	G	4	11	2	7	4	7	0	4	4	4	2	0	5	2	14
Sean Higgins		4	14	3	11	3	4	1	1	2	0	1	0	3	4	14
Demetrius Calip		0	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0
Mark Hughes		2	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	1	1	0	2	5	4
J. P. Oosterbaan		1	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	3
Marc Koenig		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Rob Pelinka		1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3
Team										5
Totals		26	69	10	32	21	30	6	31	42	14	8	0	25	36	83
Player of the Game	Elvin Hayes

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Houston	67	43	110
Michigan	41	42	83

 

 

WEST REGION

 

Overall Top Seed Cruises To Easy Victory

 

1 UCLA 1972	94
16 Houston 1983	72

 

Boxscore
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bill Walton	C	7	11	0	0	4	7	5	13	18	5	1	4	3	3	18
Jamaal Wilkes	F	6	11	2	4	6	7	1	4	5	0	1	0	1	1	20
Larry Farmer	F	6	11	3	7	1	3	3	2	5	1	2	1	1	2	16
Greg Lee	G	2	5	1	3	1	2	0	2	2	2	1	0	3	3	6
Henry Bibby	G	7	15	4	9	5	7	0	2	2	7	2	0	2	0	23
Tommy Curtis		1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	2	1	2
Larry Hollyfield		1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	1	2
Swen Nater		2	3	0	0	1	2	2	1	3	0	0	2	1	2	5
Vince Carson		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Andy Hill		0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	2
Jon Chapman		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
Gary Franklin		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team										3
Totals		32	62	10	24	20	30	13	29	45	19	10	7	17	17	94
Houston	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Hakeem Olajuwon	C	6	13	0	0	3	6	3	7	10	0	0	2	4	4	15
Larry Micheaux	F	4	7	0	0	2	4	2	5	7	0	0	1	2	5	10
Michael Young	F	8	17	1	3	2	3	2	5	7	1	1	0	1	4	19
Clyde Drexler	G	6	14	2	7	3	4	1	4	5	4	2	1	3	2	17
Alvin Franklin	G	1	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	4	4	3
Reid Gettys		1	5	1	4	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	3
Benny Anders		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	0
Dave Rose		1	2	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	5
Team										2
Totals		27	63	6	19	12	19	9	22	33	12	5	5	17	28	72
Player of the Game	Bill Walton

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
UCLA	51	43	94
Houston	31	41	72

 

 

Anderson’s Two Pressure-Packed Three-Pointers Leads Huskies To Double Overtime Win

 

8 Connecticut 2004	98	2 ot
9 Arizona 1997	96

 

Boxscore
Connecticut	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Emeka Okafor	C	7	12	0	0	5	10	7	7	14	0	1	6	3	3	19
Josh Boone	F	4	9	0	0	1	2	2	3	5	0	0	1	1	4	9
Rashad Anderson	F	4	11	1	6	6	7	3	7	10	2	0	0	2	3	15
Ben Gordon	G	6	13	4	9	8	9	1	1	2	3	3	0	3	4	24
Taliek Brown	G	3	7	0	0	2	4	0	2	2	11	1	0	2	2	8
Denham Brown		3	9	1	5	2	3	1	0	1	2	1	0	2	2	9
Hilton Armstrong		1	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	2	2	2
Charlie Villanueva		4	7	0	1	4	6	2	4	6	1	2	0	1	3	12
Shamon Tooles		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0
Team										5
Totals		32	72	6	21	28	41	17	26	48	19	9	7	17	24	98
Arizona	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
A.J. Bramlett	C	2	4	0	0	1	3	3	6	9	0	0	1	4	5	5
Bennett Davison	F	7	14	0	0	1	2	1	8	9	2	0	0	1	4	15
Michael Dickerson	F	1	3	1	3	4	6	3	2	5	1	1	0	3	5	7
Miles Simon	G	10	20	4	8	5	6	0	3	3	4	1	0	5	4	29
Mike Bibby	G	8	15	6	11	6	8	0	1	1	7	3	0	4	4	28
Jason Terry		3	6	2	4	0	0	0	1	1	4	2	0	1	3	8
Eugene Edgerson		1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	4	2
Donnell Harris		1	2	0	0	0	2	1	5	6	0	0	0	2	5	2
Team										6
Totals		33	66	13	26	17	27	9	28	43	19	7	1	22	34	96
Player of the Game	Rashad Anderson				Hit back to back three pointers with UConn down by 4 in final 1:15

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	OT	OT	Final
UConn	37	36	14	11	98
Arizona	34	39	14	9	96

 

 

60% Second Half Shooting Brings Cardinals Back From 10-point Deficit

 

13 Louisville 1986	68
4 Michigan St. 2000	63

 

Boxscore
Louisville	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Pervis Ellison	C	6	9	0	0	4	6	3	7	10	1	0	2	2	3	16
Billy Thompson	F	4	8	0	0	3	4	1	5	6	3	1	2	0	2	11
Herbert Crook	F	4	7	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	2	0	0	3	3	8
Jeff Hall	G	3	7	3	7	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	1	9
Milt Wagner	G	5	10	2	4	4	5	0	2	2	4	3	0	4	0	16
Tony Kimbro		3	6	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	2	1	0	2	2	7
Kevin Walls		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0
Mark McSwain		0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
Team										2
Totals		25	50	5	12	13	19	6	20	28	15	7	4	13	14	68
Michigan St.	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
A.J. Granger	C	4	11	1	4	2	2	4	4	8	0	0	0	2	4	11
Andre Hudson	F	1	2	0	0	1	2	2	3	5	0	0	0	1	2	3
Morris Peterson	F	4	11	2	6	3	4	2	5	7	1	0	0	4	1	13
Charlie Bell	G	2	3	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	4	2	0	2	2	6
Mateen Cleaves	G	6	14	3	8	3	4	0	1	1	5	0	0	3	1	18
Mike Chappell		2	6	1	3	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	3	6
Jason Richardson		3	4	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	1	1	0	4	2	6
Adam Ballinger		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Aloysius Anagonye		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	2	0
David Thomas		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										3
Totals		22	51	7	21	12	15	10	21	34	13	4	1	18	18	63
Player of the Game	Pervis Ellison

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Louisville	24	44	68
Michigan St.	34	29	63

 

Miners Surprise Wildcats Again

 

12 Texas Western 1966	82
5 Kentucky 2012	73

 

Boxscore
Texas Western	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Nevil Shed	C	2	5	0	0	2	2	3	7	10	0	0	2	5	3	6
David Lattin	F	6	13	0	0	3	5	3	5	8	1	1	1	2	1	15
Harry Flournoy	F	2	6	0	0	2	3	4	10	14	0	0	1	3	3	6
Orsten Artis	G	5	12	4	9	4	4	0	1	1	3	2	0	4	2	18
Bobby Joe Hill	G	6	13	2	5	3	4	0	0	0	5	3	0	3	1	17
Willie Cager		5	10	0	0	2	4	2	3	5	2	2	0	1	5	12
Willie Worsley		3	7	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	0	3	1	8
Jerry Armstrong		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										4
Totals		29	66	8	19	16	22	12	27	43	15	12	4	21	16	82
Kentucky	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Anthony Davis	C	9	15	0	0	5	7	7	8	15	0	2	5	3	4	23
Terrence Jones	F	2	6	0	1	0	0	2	4	6	0	2	2	2	3	4
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist	F	4	12	2	7	4	5	3	7	10	2	0	1	5	4	14
Doron Lamb	G	2	7	2	5	4	4	0	2	2	3	1	0	2	4	10
Marquis Teague	G	4	11	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	4	1	0	6	2	10
Darius Miller		5	13	1	3	1	2	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	12
Eloy Vargas		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	2	0
Kyle Wiltjer		0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Team										3
Totals		26	67	7	21	14	18	13	27	43	12	6	8	22	20	73
Player of the Game	Bobby Joe Hill

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Texas Western	41	41	82
Kentucky	34	39	73

 

 

Buckeyes’ Big Three Stars Prove Too Much For Bearcats’ Superstar

 

3 Ohio St. 1960	111
14 Cincinnati 1960	102

 

Boxscore
Ohio St.	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jerry Lucas	C	14	23	3	5	3	3	6	11	17	1	1	2	2	3	34
Joe Roberts	F	5	11	0	0	1	2	1	2	3	0	0	0	1	3	11
John Havlicek	F	9	16	3	6	4	5	3	7	10	6	3	0	3	1	25
Larry Siegfried	G	7	15	3	8	6	7	0	3	3	3	2	0	4	2	23
Mel Nowell	G	4	9	1	4	1	2	1	2	3	7	2	0	3	4	10
Dick Furry		2	4	0	0	0	0	2	4	6	0	0	0	1	3	4
Howard Nourse		1	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	2
Bob Knight		1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	2
Richie Hoyt		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team										3
Totals		43	84	10	24	15	19	14	31	48	19	9	2	17	21	111
Cincinnati	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Paul Hogue	C	10	19	0	0	3	7	3	10	13	2	0	2	3	4	23
Larry Willey	F	4	6	0	0	1	2	3	3	6	0	0	0	1	3	9
Ralph Davis	F	2	6	1	4	0	0	1	2	3	1	2	0	2	3	5
Carl Bouldin	G	4	11	2	5	1	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	1	11
Oscar Robertson	G	13	24	5	11	10	12	4	8	12	11	4	0	4	2	41
Bob Wiesenhahn		3	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	3	6
Tom Sizer		1	2	1	2	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	2	0	3
Sandy Pomerantz		2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	4
John Bryant		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team										3
Totals		39	80	9	22	15	23	12	27	42	17	9	2	17	17	102
Player of the Game	Jerry Lucas

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Ohio St.	59	52	111
Cincinnati	49	53	102

 

 

Warriors Upset Favored UNLV

 

11 Marquette 1977	76
6 UNLV 1990	68

 

 

Boxscore
Marquette	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jerome Whitehead	C	4	9	0	0	2	4	2	7	9	2	0	1	1	3	10
Bo Ellis	F	6	11	0	0	5	6	3	9	12	3	0	2	2	3	17
Bill Neary	F	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0
Butch Lee	G	6	13	3	7	5	6	0	1	1	3	2	0	4	3	20
Jim Boylan	G	3	5	2	3	2	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	3	10
Bernard Toone		5	9	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	1	1	1	1	3	10
Gary Rosenberger		2	5	2	5	3	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	2	9
Team										3
Totals		26	52	7	15	17	22	7	24	34	13	5	4	11	18	76
UNLV	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
David Butler	C	7	12	0	0	3	5	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	3	17
Larry Johnson	F	7	15	0	1	3	4	3	8	11	1	0	1	2	3	17
Satcey Augmon	F	5	13	1	3	4	6	1	6	7	4	1	1	3	2	15
Anderson Hunt	G	3	7	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	3	2	0	3	3	7
Greg Anthony	G	2	5	2	5	3	4	0	2	2	7	2	0	2	4	9
Travis Bice		1	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	3
Moses Scurry		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Barry Young		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team										1
Totals		25	54	5	13	13	19	7	22	30	17	6	2	11	20	68
Player of the Game	Bo Ellis

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Marquette	40	36	76
UNLV	29	39	68

 

 

Tar Heels Hold Off Terp Comeback Attempt

 

10 North Carolina 1982	75
7 Maryland 2002	70

 

Boxscore
North Carolina	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sam Perkins	C	3	5	0	0	5	7	3	6	9	1	0	0	1	3	11
James Worthy	F	5	9	0	0	7	9	4	3	7	3	1	0	2	3	17
Matt Doherty	F	4	8	3	5	3	4	0	3	3	1	0	0	0	3	14
Michael Jordan	G	6	10	4	7	4	5	2	5	7	2	1	0	2	2	20
Jimmy Black	G	2	6	1	3	2	3	0	1	1	6	0	0	3	3	7
Jim Braddock		1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	2
Chris Brust		2	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	4
Buzz Peterson		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	1	0
Team										2
Totals		23	46	8	17	21	28	10	22	34	16	3	0	12	20	75
Maryland	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Chris Wilcox	C	2	5	0	0	1	3	1	3	4	1	1	2	1	5	5
Lonny Baxter	F	7	12	0	0	4	6	2	4	6	2	1	2	0	4	18
Byron Mouton	F	2	5	0	0	2	2	2	2	4	3	0	0	2	3	6
Juan Dixon	G	4	10	2	7	4	4	1	0	1	2	3	0	2	4	14
Steve Blake	G	3	8	3	7	1	2	1	3	4	7	2	0	3	2	10
Tahl Holden		3	7	2	6	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	1	0	4	8
Drew Nicholas		3	6	0	0	3	5	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	4	9
Team										3
Totals		24	53	7	20	15	22	10	15	28	15	8	5	8	26	70
Player of the Game	Michael Jordan

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
North Carolina	40	35	75
Maryland	32	38	70

 

 

Chalmers Hits Jumper At The Buzzer To Lead KU To Next Round

 

2 Kansas 2008	79
15 Gonzaga 2017	78

 

Boxscore
Kansas	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Darnell Jackson	C	3	6	0	0	2	4	2	6	8	0	0	0	1	4	8
Darrell Arthur	F	4	8	0	0	1	3	4	7	11	1	0	0	2	4	9
Brandon Rush	F	4	10	2	5	4	5	2	7	9	3	0	0	2	3	14
Russell Robinson	G	2	5	1	4	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	0	4	5	5
Mario Chalmers	G	8	13	4	8	6	6	1	3	4	5	2	0	3	3	26
Sherron Collins		5	9	2	3	3	4	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	4	15
Sasha Kaun		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	2
Team										3
Totals		27	54	9	20	16	22	9	27	39	16	4	0	14	25	79
Gonzaga	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Przemek Karnowski	C	4	8	0	0	4	6	1	2	3	0	0	1	2	4	12
Johnathan Williams	F	2	6	1	3	3	4	2	5	7	0	0	0	1	4	8
Nigel Williams-Goss	F	3	8	0	3	3	6	2	4	6	6	1	0	1	2	9
Jordan Mathews	G	3	8	1	4	1	2	0	1	1	5	2	0	0	3	8
Josh Perkins	G	4	5	4	5	2	3	0	1	1	4	0	0	2	1	14
Zach Collins		7	10	0	0	3	5	3	6	9	1	0	3	1	4	17
Silas Melson		2	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5
Killian Tillie		2	5	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	5
Team										3
Totals		27	57	7	18	17	28	8	20	31	16	4	5	7	21	78
Player of the Game	Mario Chalmers

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Kansas	37	42	79
Gonzaga	40	38	78

 

Here is Sunday’s Third Round Schedule for the Midwest and West Regions

MIDWEST REGION

1 – UCLA 1968 vs. 8 – Cincinnati 1962

8 – Duke 2015 vs. 9 – North Carolina 2017

3 – Indiana 1976 vs. 6 – Arkansas 1994

10 – UCLA 1975 vs. 15 – Houston 1968

WEST REGION

1 – UCLA 1972 vs. 8 – Connecticut 2004

12 – Texas Western 1966 vs. 13 – Louisville  1986

3 – Ohio St. 1960 vs. 11 – Marquette  1977

2 – Kansas 2008 vs. 10 – North Carolina 1982

 

Coming Tomorrow–Third Round Action From The East And South Regions.  Eight teams will advance to the Sweet 16.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Greatest NCAA Tournament That Never Was–Thursday, March 19 Results

Welcome to the Second Round of the NCAA Tournament between the best teams of the last 60 years.

After two nights in Dayton, we are down to 64 teams, and today, the East and South Regions are featured.

Our See BS Network has all the games for you hear today.  16 games were played in these two regions, and the results are in.  Without further adieu, let’s get out to the East Region for the first game.

 

THE EAST REGION

 

Blue Devils Shoot Lights Out And Turns Lights Out On The Bonnies

 

1 Duke 2001	84
16 St. Bonaventure 1970	70

 

Boxscore
Duke	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Carlos Boozer	C	6	9	0	0	5	6	2	6	8	1	0	2	2	4	17
Shane Battier	F	7	13	2	4	4	4	1	7	8	4	1	2	3	3	20
Mike Dunleavy	F	5	9	1	2	2	2	1	5	6	3	0	0	1	3	13
Nate James	G	2	6	1	3	1	2	0	3	3	1	0	0	3	2	6
Jay Williams	G	6	11	3	6	4	5	0	4	4	5	2	0	2	1	19
Chris Duhon		3	6	0	0	1	2	0	3	3	3	0	0	3	3	7
Casey Sanders		0	0	0	0	2	2	1	4	5	0	0	0	1	3	2
Matt Christensen		0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
Team										3
Totals		29	55	7	15	19	23	6	35	44	17	3	4	15	20	84
St. Bonaventure	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Bob Lanier	C	8	19	0	0	4	7	4	11	15	0	0	3	2	3	20
Matt Gantt	F	5	13	0	0	4	6	3	6	9	0	0	0	1	1	14
GregBubba Gary	F	3	9	0	2	1	2	3	2	5	1	1	1	0	4	7
Paul Hoffman	G	4	12	1	3	4	4	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	13
Bill Kalbaugh	G	4	10	3	8	2	3	0	2	2	4	2	0	2	2	13
Mike Kull		1	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	3
Tom Baldwin		0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
Team										2
Totals		25	69	5	19	15	22	11	21	34	7	4	4	7	17	70
Player of the Game	Jay Williams

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Duke	45	39	84
St. Bonaventure	39	31	70

 

Wildcats Have Too Much Inside Punch For Spartans

 

9 Kentucky 1978	73
8 Michigan St. 1979	59

 

Boxscore
Kentucky	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Rick Robey	C	5	8	0	0	3	4	3	7	10	2	2	2	2	1	13
Mike Phillips	F	3	7	0	0	2	3	2	5	7	0	0	2	1	3	8
Jack Givens	F	5	10	0	1	5	6	0	3	3	2	1	0	3	1	15
Truman Claytor	G	1	4	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	1	0	1	2	3
Kyle Macy	G	4	9	3	8	4	4	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	1	15
James Lee		3	5	0	0	2	3	1	4	5	0	0	1	1	4	8
Jay Shidler		2	5	2	5	1	1	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	1	7
Chuck Aleksinas		1	2	0	0	2	3	1	5	6	0	0	2	0	2	4
LaVon Williams		0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										2
Totals		24	52	6	17	19	24	7	28	37	13	6	7	12	15	73
Michigan St.	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Ron Charles	C	2	5	0	0	0	0	1	6	7	0	0	0	1	5	4
Greg Kelser	F	6	14	0	0	3	4	2	5	7	1	0	0	4	3	15
Jay Vincent	F	2	6	0	0	1	2	1	3	4	0	1	1	0	4	5
Mike Brkovich	G	3	9	2	7	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	10
Magic Johnson	G	5	11	1	3	5	7	2	7	9	7	2	0	2	2	16
Terry Donnelly		2	5	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	3	3	7
Rob Gonzalez		1	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	3	2
Team										2
Totals		21	54	5	15	12	16	6	23	31	12	5	1	13	22	59
Player of the Game	Rick Robey

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Kentucky	39	34	73
Michigan St.	24	35	59

 

 

Wolf Pack Relies on Stars Thompson, Burleson, and Towe To Top the Blue Devils

 

4 North Carolina St. 1974	94
13 Duke 1999	72

 

Boxscore
N. C. State	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Tom Burleson	C	10	17	0	0	5	7	4	9	13	0	0	4	3	3	25
Tim Stoddard	F	2	5	0	0	1	2	3	7	10	0	1	2	2	4	5
David Thompson	F	11	23	2	5	9	12	4	6	10	3	3	1	3	2	33
Mo Rivers	G	3	9	2	7	2	2	1	1	2	4	2	0	2	1	10
Monte Towe	G	5	12	4	11	5	5	0	1	1	6	6	0	4	1	19
Mark Moeller		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	4	2
Steve Nuce		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	2	0
Phil Spence		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0	1	2	3	0
Team										3
Totals		32	69	8	23	22	28	15	27	45	14	13	8	17	20	94
Duke	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Elton Brand	C	7	12	0	0	4	6	2	6	8	0	1	2	3	5	18
Corey Maggette	F	1	5	0	2	3	5	1	5	6	1	1	1	5	4	5
Chris Carrawell	F	1	4	0	1	1	2	0	2	2	3	2	0	1	2	3
Trajan Langdan	G	6	14	4	11	2	2	1	2	3	3	2	0	6	4	18
William Avery	G	8	17	2	6	4	4	0	1	1	4	2	0	5	2	22
Shane Battier		1	3	0	1	1	1	1	3	4	0	1	1	2	4	3
Chris Burgess		1	1	0	0	1	2	1	4	5	0	0	0	1	2	3
Nate James		0	1	0	1	0	0	1	2	3	1	1	0	1	3	0
Team										2
Totals		25	57	6	22	16	22	7	25	34	12	10	4	24	26	72
Player of the Game	David Thompson

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
N. C. State	41	53	94
Duke	37	35	72

 

 

Griffith Leads Cardinals To Upset Victory

 

12 Louisville 1980	82
5 Connecticut 1999	74

 

Boxscore
Louisville	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Wiley Brown	C	5	9	0	0	1	3	2	4	6	0	0	2	1	3	11
Rodney McCray	F	3	7	0	0	2	3	3	8	11	2	0	1	2	3	8
Derek Smith	F	7	13	0	0	2	4	3	11	14	1	1	2	2	4	16
Darrell Griffith	G	9	18	1	3	5	6	1	3	4	4	2	1	3	3	24
Jerry Eaves	G	2	4	1	2	1	2	0	1	1	5	2	0	2	2	6
Poncho Wright		3	5	0	0	1	1	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	2	7
Roger Burkman		1	3	1	3	4	4	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	7
Tony Branch		1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	3
Team										3
Totals		31	60	4	9	16	23	9	31	43	14	6	6	14	20	82
Connecticut	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jake Voskuhl	C	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	6	8	0	0	2	1	3	0
Kevin Freeman	F	2	5	0	0	2	3	1	8	9	1	0	0	1	5	6
Richard Hamilton	F	8	19	2	7	5	6	2	5	7	3	2	0	2	4	23
Ricky Moore	G	5	11	2	5	4	6	1	2	3	5	1	0	3	3	16
Khalid El-Amin	G	8	18	0	2	4	5	0	1	1	6	1	0	1	1	20
Albert Mouring		2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	4
Edmund Saunders		1	2	0	0	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	1	1	3	3
Souleymane Wane		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	2
Rashamel Jones		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Antric Klaiber		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										3
Totals		27	64	4	14	16	22	7	25	35	16	5	3	9	21	74
Player of the Game	Darrell Griffith

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Louisville	41	41	82
Connecticut	41	33	74

 

 

Cavs’ Defense Stifles High-Flying Hogs

 

3 Virginia 2019	70
14 Arkansas 1991	61

Boxscore
Virginia	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Mamadi Diakete	C	3	5	0	0	0	2	2	5	7	0	0	2	1	3	6
De’Andre Hunter	F	6	12	1	3	3	4	3	6	9	1	0	0	2	2	16
Guy Jerome	F	6	11	4	8	3	3	1	6	7	6	1	0	4	2	19
Kyle Guy	G	5	14	3	9	2	3	1	5	6	2	0	0	3	1	15
Kihei Clark	G	1	4	0	2	1	2	1	1	2	3	1	0	4	2	3
Braxton Key		3	5	1	2	2	2	1	5	6	2	1	0	3	3	9
Jack Salt		1	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	2	2
Team										1
Totals		25	53	9	24	11	16	10	29	40	14	3	2	17	15	70
Arkansas	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Oliver Miller	C	7	12	0	0	2	4	2	6	8	1	0	1	3	3	16
Isaiah Morris	F	1	3	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	0	0	1	2	2
Todd Day	F	3	9	2	8	5	5	1	3	4	3	3	0	3	0	13
Lee Mayberry	G	4	11	2	9	4	5	0	1	1	2	2	0	2	2	14
Arlyn Bowers	G	2	8	1	5	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	1	2	5
Ron Huery		2	6	1	4	1	2	0	2	2	2	2	0	1	3	6
Roosevelt Wallace		1	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	2
Ernie Murry		1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	3
Rod Fletcher		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Team										2
Totals		21	53	7	27	12	16	5	20	27	13	9	1	12	15	61
Player of the Game	Guy Jerome

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Virginia	34	36	70
Arkansas	29	32	61

 

Hoyas Come From Behind In Last 4 Minutes To Top ‘Nova

Villanova led 58-52 & Georgetown ends game on 13-2 run

 

11 Georgetown 1984	65
6 Villanova 2016	60

 

Boxscore
Georgetown	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Patrick Ewing	C	6	10	0	0	4	6	3	6	9	0	0	5	2	2	16
Reggie Williams	F	4	10	2	5	2	3	1	3	4	1	0	0	3	1	12
Fred Brown	F	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	2	1	0	2	0	2
David Wingate	G	4	10	0	0	3	4	0	6	6	3	1	0	1	1	11
Michael Jackson	G	3	6	1	3	3	3	0	1	1	4	1	0	4	1	10
Michael Graham		2	3	0	0	0	2	2	3	5	0	0	2	1	2	4
Horace Broadnax		2	4	1	2	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	6
Gene Smith		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	0	2
Bill Martin		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
Ralph Dalton		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	1	0
Team										3
Totals		24	50	4	10	13	19	6	28	37	15	5	8	14	8	65
Villanova	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Daniel Ochefu	C	3	6	0	0	1	2	1	7	8	0	0	1	1	5	7
Kris Jenkins	F	3	9	2	6	0	0	1	3	4	2	0	0	1	5	8
Josh Hart	F	5	11	2	4	1	2	1	6	7	3	1	0	2	2	13
Jalen Brunson	G	3	7	1	4	2	2	1	2	3	2	0	0	3	0	9
Ryan Arcidiacono	G	6	15	2	8	2	2	1	2	3	4	2	0	2	1	16
Darryl Reynolds		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0
Phil Booth		2	6	1	3	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	5
Mikal Bridges		1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	1	3	2
Team										2
Totals		23	58	8	26	6	8	6	22	30	14	5	1	11	18	60
Player of the Game	Patrick Ewing

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Georgetown	28	37	65
Villanova	26	34	60

 

Callaway Sinks Crucial Foul Shots To Give Hoosiers The Win

 

10 Indiana 1987	76
7 UCLA 1995	75

 

Boxscore
Indiana	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Dean Garrett	C	3	5	0	0	1	2	2	6	8	0	0	2	3	3	7
Daryl Thomas	F	4	9	0	0	3	4	1	7	8	1	1	0	2	2	11
Rick Callaway	F	4	8	0	0	7	8	0	4	4	2	1	0	4	1	15
Keith Smart	G	4	8	2	4	2	2	1	2	3	3	1	0	1	2	12
Steve Alford	G	9	17	4	7	4	5	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	2	26
Steve Eyl		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0
Joe Hillman		0	2	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	2
Todd Meier		0	0	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	3	1
Kreigh Smith		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	2
Team										2
Totals		25	51	6	12	20	25	5	23	30	13	4	2	14	18	76
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
George Zidek	C	4	7	0	0	1	2	3	5	8	1	0	0	0	5	9
Ed O’Bannon	F	5	11	1	3	3	4	2	4	6	3	1	1	3	3	14
Charles O’Bannon	F	4	7	0	0	3	4	1	3	4	1	2	1	1	2	11
Cameron Dollar	G	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	1	2	2
Tyus Edney	G	3	7	3	7	4	5	0	1	1	6	2	0	4	1	13
Toby Bailey		3	8	1	3	3	4	1	3	4	2	2	0	3	2	10
J.R. Henderson		2	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	4	4
Ike Nwankwo		3	5	0	0	0	1	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	2	6
Kris Johnson		2	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	4
Omm’A Givens		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team										1
Totals		28	58	5	14	14	20	8	25	34	17	7	2	13	23	75
Player of the Game	Rick Callaway				Callaway hit 2 FT on last possession to win for IU

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Indiana	37	39	76
UCLA	44	31	75

 

 

May’s Last Second Block Shot Secure Exciting Overtime Victory for Carolina

 

2 North Carolina 2005	104	2 OT
15 Ohio St. 1962	103

 

Boxscore
North Carolina	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Sean May	C	9	15	0	0	7	9	3	11	14	1	2	1	4	3	25
Jawad Williams	F	4	9	2	5	5	6	1	8	9	1	0	0	2	4	15
Jackie Manuel	F	2	4	0	0	1	2	0	3	3	3	1	1	1	1	5
Rashad McCants	G	6	14	3	6	3	5	0	4	4	5	2	0	3	4	18
Raymond Felton	G	5	11	2	5	5	5	1	2	3	10	3	0	5	2	17
Marvin Williams		5	10	0	0	6	6	1	1	2	0	1	0	2	3	16
Melvin Scott		1	4	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
Reyshawn Terry		1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	2
David Noel		1	3	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	3
Quentin Thomas		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Team										4
Totals		34	71	9	23	27	34	7	31	42	22	10	2	19	23	104
Ohio St.	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Jerry Lucas	C	10	16	0	0	5	6	5	13	18	3	1	3	1	3	25
Doug McDonald	F	4	7	0	0	1	2	1	4	5	1	0	1	2	5	9
John Havlicek	F	7	15	2	6	4	4	4	9	13	5	5	0	1	4	20
Richard Reasbeck	G	4	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	9
Mel Nowell	G	7	16	4	9	2	3	0	1	1	6	2	0	4	4	20
Gary Bradds		1	3	0	0	2	3	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	3	4
Jim Doughty		1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Gary Gearhart		1	4	0	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	3
LeRoy Frazier		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	2
Don Flatt		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
Bob Knight		2	4	1	3	2	3	0	2	2	1	0	0	2	2	7
Dick Taylor		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team										4
Totals		39	80	7	20	18	25	11	31	46	20	9	4	18	31	103
Player of the Game	Raymond Felton

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	OT	OT	Final
North Carolina	44	36	11	13	104
Ohio St.	36	44	11	12	103

 

THE SOUTH REGION

 

Big Blue Press and Three-Point Shooting Downs Terps

 

1 Kentucky 1996	98
16 Maryland 1974	88

 

Boxscore
Kentucky	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Walter McCarty	C	5	9	0	0	1	2	2	5	7	1	1	2	2	3	11
Antoine Walker	F	11	19	1	2	5	7	3	7	10	3	0	0	4	2	28
Derek Anderson	F	2	6	1	3	0	0	0	3	3	3	2	0	1	5	5
Tony Delk	G	5	11	3	8	3	4	1	2	3	4	2	0	3	1	16
Anthony Epps	G	3	5	2	3	2	3	2	1	3	6	1	0	2	4	10
Ron Mercer		7	12	3	5	4	5	2	4	6	3	1	0	3	3	21
Mark Pope		1	3	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	0	0	2	1	4	2
Jeff Sheppard		1	4	1	3	2	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	2	5
Wayne Turner		0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0
Allen Edwards		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	1	0	0
Team										0
Totals		35	70	11	24	17	24	13	26	39	23	10	4	18	26	98
Maryland	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Len Elmore	C	7	11	0	0	6	8	3	8	11	0	0	4	2	3	20
Tom McMillen	F	7	15	1	3	5	7	2	4	6	2	0	2	4	2	20
Owen Brown	F	4	7	0	0	1	2	1	5	6	1	1	1	1	5	9
John Lucas	G	8	19	5	13	5	6	0	2	2	5	3	0	5	3	26
Mo Howard	G	2	6	1	4	4	5	0	1	1	4	2	0	3	4	9
Jap Trimble		1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	1	3	2
Tom Roy		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	2
Billy Hahn		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	0
Team										3
Totals		30	61	7	20	21	28	7	24	34	14	7	7	19	22	88
Player of the Game	Antoine Walker

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Kentucky	55	43	98
Maryland	43	45	88

 

UCLA Pulls Away From Hoosier With Second Half 14-2 Run

 

8 UCLA 1964	87
9 Indiana 1981	80

 

Boxscore
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Fred Slaughter	C	2	4	0	0	1	2	3	6	9	0	1	1	3	3	5
Keith Erickson	F	3	6	0	0	2	2	1	8	9	2	2	0	2	1	8
Jack Hirsch	F	5	11	0	0	3	4	3	4	7	1	1	0	4	2	13
Walt Hazzard	G	7	17	2	5	7	9	0	3	3	2	2	0	2	3	23
Gail Goodrich	G	7	15	4	9	7	7	0	1	1	5	3	0	3	2	25
Kenny Washington		4	7	0	0	2	3	4	9	13	0	0	1	3	3	10
Doug McIntosh		1	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	3
Kim Stewart		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Chuck Darrow		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Higgins		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Vaughn Hoffman		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										3
Totals		29	62	6	14	23	29	11	33	47	11	9	2	19	16	87
Indiana	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Landon Turner	C	5	8	0	0	1	2	2	7	9	0	0	1	1	4	11
Ray Tolbert	F	6	13	1	3	3	3	1	7	8	2	1	0	2	3	16
Ted Kitchel	F	6	17	4	13	3	4	0	3	3	1	0	0	2	4	19
Randy Wittman	G	3	6	2	5	2	2	1	5	6	3	2	0	5	2	10
Isiah Thomas	G	5	14	3	8	4	5	0	4	4	6	1	0	4	3	17
Jim Thomas		1	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	2	0	2	3	3
Tony Brown		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	2
Steve Risley		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	2	0
Glen Grunwald		1	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team										4
Totals		28	66	11	32	13	16	5	33	42	16	8	1	16	23	80
Player of the Game	Gail Goodrich

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
UCLA	36	51	87
Indiana	39	41	80

 

 

Bruins Control The Glass & Place Starting 5 in Double Figures

 

4 UCLA 1970	113
13 Oklahoma 1988	85

 

Boxscore
UCLA	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Steve Patterson	C	7	13	0	0	4	6	4	7	11	1	0	3	2	3	18
Sidney Wicks	F	8	15	0	0	6	7	7	9	16	1	1	5	4	2	22
Curtis Rowe	F	10	17	0	0	7	8	3	7	10	3	3	1	3	4	27
John Vallely	G	6	13	1	3	3	5	1	2	3	3	1	0	2	1	16
Henry Bibby	G	5	10	2	5	4	5	0	2	2	7	2	0	4	3	16
John Ecker		2	3	1	2	1	1	2	3	5	0	0	0	1	1	6
Kenny Booker		1	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	0	2	3	2
Terry Schofield		1	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	3
Andy Hill		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Bill Siebert		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
Rick Betchley		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jon Chapman		1	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	3
Team										3
Totals		41	79	6	16	25	32	18	36	54	17	10	9	20	19	113
Oklahoma	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Stacey King	C	8	14	0	0	3	5	2	5	7	0	0	1	3	4	19
Harvey Grant	F	7	13	0	0	3	4	1	7	8	0	0	0	2	5	17
Dave Sieger	F	1	5	1	5	0	0	1	4	5	2	1	0	1	3	3
Mookie Blaylock	G	6	17	5	13	2	4	1	2	3	4	4	0	5	3	19
Ricky Grace	G	4	11	3	9	4	6	0	0	0	6	3	0	4	5	15
Terrence Mullins		2	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	5
Tony Martin		1	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	3	1	2
Andre Wiley		2	4	0	0	1	2	1	3	4	0	0	0	1	1	5
Mike Bell		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Art Pollard		0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0
Team										2
Totals		31	72	10	29	13	21	7	23	32	16	8	1	20	29	85
Player of the Game	Curtis Rowe

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
UCLA	58	55	113
Oklahoma	39	46	85

 

 

Siva’s Foul Shooting In Final Two Minutes Seals Victory For The Cardinals

 

5 Louisville 2013	74
12 North Carolina St. 1983	73

 

Boxscore
Louisville	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Gorgiu Dieng	C	2	4	0	0	1	2	3	6	9	0	0	1	1	2	5
Chane Behanen	F	2	5	0	0	3	6	4	5	9	0	0	0	3	1	7
Wayne Blackshear	F	4	9	1	3	2	3	1	6	7	1	2	0	2	3	11
Russ Smith	G	7	14	2	5	6	7	0	3	3	2	1	0	4	1	22
Peyton Siva	G	3	8	2	6	8	9	0	4	4	4	2	0	4	2	16
Luke Hancock		1	4	1	4	1	2	0	1	1	3	1	0	2	0	4
Montrezl Harrell		2	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	1	1	1	4
Stephan Van Treese		2	2	0	0	0	0	2	2	4	1	1	0	2	2	4
Kevin Ware		0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	0	1
Team										3
Totals		23	49	6	18	22	31	11	30	44	13	8	2	20	12	74
N. Carolina St.	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Cozell McQueen	C	3	7	0	0	0	0	2	5	7	0	0	0	1	5	6
Thurl Bailey	F	6	12	0	1	2	3	2	6	8	1	1	3	2	3	14
Lorenzo Charles	F	3	6	0	0	0	0	1	4	5	0	0	1	1	4	6
Dereck Whittenberg	G	6	15	4	12	3	4	0	1	1	3	1	0	3	3	19
Sidney Lowe	G	3	9	2	7	3	3	0	1	1	6	2	0	2	4	11
Terry Gannon		2	5	2	5	2	3	1	2	3	2	0	0	1	3	8
Alvin Battle		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	2
Ernie Myers		3	7	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	4	7
Team										2
Totals		27	63	9	28	10	13	6	20	28	14	5	4	11	28	73
Player of the Game	Peyton Siva

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Louisville	43	31	74
N.C. State	30	43	73

 

 

Roy Williams’ Jayhawks Upset Roy Williams’ Tar Heels

 

14 Kansas 1997	92
3 North Carolina 2009	82

 

Boxscore
Kansas	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Scot Pollard	C	4	7	0	0	3	4	4	4	8	0	1	1	2	4	11
Raef LaFrentz	F	6	11	0	0	4	5	5	5	10	0	0	2	1	4	16
Paul Pierce	F	10	15	3	5	4	6	3	3	6	2	1	0	4	3	27
Jerod Haase	G	3	7	2	5	3	4	1	2	3	4	1	0	3	4	11
Jacque Vaughn	G	2	7	1	3	2	2	0	2	2	7	1	0	3	2	7
Ryan Robertson		1	3	1	3	1	1	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	3	4
Billy Thomas		4	9	2	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	2	10
T.J. Pugh		1	3	0	0	1	2	0	3	3	0	0	0	1	2	3
B.J. Williams		1	2	0	0	1	2	1	4	5	1	0	1	0	1	3
Nick Bradford		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Team										4
Totals		32	65	9	21	19	26	14	25	43	18	5	4	17	27	92
North Carolina	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Tyler Hansbrough	C	7	10	0	0	8	10	2	7	9	1	1	0	2	3	22
Deon Thompson	F	3	6	0	0	2	3	0	8	8	0	0	1	1	5	8
Danny Green	F	4	10	2	4	1	2	2	4	6	5	0	1	3	2	11
Wayne Ellington	G	5	11	2	5	5	6	1	5	6	4	1	0	5	4	17
Ty Lawson	G	4	11	1	3	5	6	1	1	2	5	4	0	3	3	14
Ed Davis		2	4	0	0	1	2	1	6	7	1	0	1	2	3	5
Bobby Frasor		1	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	1	3
Larry Drew		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0
Tyler Zeller		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	1	1	2
Team										3
Totals		27	58	6	14	22	29	7	35	45	17	7	3	18	24	82
Player of the Game	Paul Pierce

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Kansas	41	51	92
North Carolina	40	42	82

 

Blue Devils Pull Away In Final Three Minutes To Advance

 

6 Duke 1992	75
11 Connecticut 2014	68

 

Boxscore
Duke	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Christian Laettner	C	5	9	1	2	5	6	3	6	9	1	2	1	1	2	16
Brian Davis	F	2	6	0	0	3	4	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	3	7
Grant Hill	F	6	11	2	4	3	4	1	5	6	2	1	0	2	2	17
Thomas Hill	G	3	7	1	3	2	3	1	2	3	3	1	0	1	2	9
Bobby Hurley	G	4	7	2	4	3	4	0	1	1	6	0	0	1	1	13
Antonio Lang		2	4	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	2	5
Cherokee Parks		3	5	0	0	0	1	2	1	3	0	0	0	1	3	6
Marty Clark		1	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2
Team										2
Totals		26	51	6	13	17	23	8	20	30	15	4	1	6	16	75
Connecticut	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Phillip Nolan	C	2	4	0	0	2	2	2	4	6	0	0	0	0	3	6
DeAndre Daniels	F	8	14	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	1	0	1	1	1	16
Niels Giffey	F	2	5	1	3	0	0	1	4	5	1	0	0	0	2	5
Ryan Boatright	G	2	5	1	3	4	5	1	2	3	3	1	0	2	2	9
Shabazz Napier	G	8	17	3	8	3	4	2	8	10	5	1	0	4	2	22
Lasan Kromah		2	5	0	0	1	2	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	2	5
Amidah Brimah		1	2	0	0	1	2	1	3	4	0	0	1	1	3	3
Terrence Samuel		0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2
Team										2
Totals		25	52	5	14	13	17	8	30	40	12	3	2	9	16	68
Player of the Game	Grant Hill

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Duke	37	38	75
UConn	34	34	68

 

 

Balanced Gator Offense Offsets Incredible Game By Anthony

 

7 Florida 2007	82
10 Syracuse 2003	76

 

Boxscore
Florida	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Joakim Noah	C	5	9	0	0	3	4	2	6	8	1	0	1	2	4	13
Al Horford	F	6	11	0	0	7	9	5	8	13	2	0	3	1	1	19
Corey Brewer	F	4	9	3	7	3	3	3	2	5	1	3	0	2	2	14
Lee Humphrey	G	3	8	2	6	2	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	2	2	10
Taurean Green	G	4	9	3	7	3	5	0	1	1	6	0	0	4	3	14
Walter Hodge		2	5	1	2	1	2	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	6
Chris Richard		1	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	0	0	0	2	2
Dan Warner		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	2
Marreese Speights		1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	2
Team										3
Totals		27	57	9	22	19	26	11	24	38	15	5	5	13	19	82
Syracuse	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Craig Forth	C	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	2	1	5	2
Carmelo Anthony	F	12	22	2	6	5	7	4	7	11	2	1	0	3	2	31
Hakim Warrick	F	3	7	0	0	2	4	1	2	3	0	1	0	0	4	8
Kueth Duany	G	2	5	1	3	2	2	3	1	4	1	2	0	2	4	7
Gerry McNamara	G	6	15	3	7	4	4	0	1	1	5	0	0	3	1	19
Billy Edelin		2	5	0	0	3	4	0	1	1	3	2	0	1	2	7
Josh Pace		1	3	0	0	0	0	1	7	8	2	2	0	0	4	2
Jeremy McNeil		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0
Team										3
Totals		27	60	6	16	16	21	10	21	34	13	8	3	11	24	76
Player of the Game	Al Horford

 

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Florida	37	45	82
Syracuse	40	36	76

 

 

‘Nova Opens Hitting 9 of First 11 Shots To Put Game Away Early

 

2 Villanova 2018	81
15 Illinois 2005	70

 

Boxscore
Villanova	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
Omari Spellman	C	3	7	1	3	1	2	2	6	8	0	0	3	2	3	8
Eric Paschall	F	3	6	2	5	2	3	2	4	6	3	1	0	1	2	10
Michael Bridges	F	8	14	2	4	4	5	1	4	5	2	2	1	2	1	22
Phil Booth	G	3	6	1	2	1	2	0	3	3	4	1	0	2	2	8
Jalen Brunson	G	7	15	1	1	4	4	0	2	2	4	0	0	2	2	19
Donte DiVincenzo		3	7	1	3	2	2	1	2	3	3	1	0	0	3	9
Collin Gillespie		1	3	1	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	2	3
Tim Delaney		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Dhamir Cosby-Roundtree		1	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	2
Jermaine Samuels		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										4
Totals		29	60	9	21	14	18	7	24	35	16	6	4	10	16	81
Illinois	Start	FG	FGA	3P	3PA	FT	FTA	ORB	DRB	TRB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	PTS
James Augustine	C	3	6	0	0	4	6	2	7	9	1	0	1	2	3	10
Roger Powell	F	3	7	0	1	0	0	4	6	10	4	2	0	1	2	6
Luther Head	F	6	14	2	7	2	2	2	5	7	2	0	0	2	4	16
Deron Williams	G	5	11	2	4	1	2	1	3	4	4	1	0	3	3	13
Dee Brown	G	7	15	4	10	5	7	0	1	1	5	2	0	4	2	23
Jack Ingram		1	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	2	2
Richard McBride		0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
Nick Smith		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
Warren Carter		0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Shaun Pruitt		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fred Nkemdi		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Team										2
Totals		25	60	8	24	12	17	11	25	38	17	6	2	15	16	70
Player of the Game	Jalen Brunson

Score By Halves
Team	1	2	Final
Villanova	48	33	81
Illinois	32	38	70

 

Saturday’s East & South Region Schedule

 

East

1 – Duke 2001 vs. 9 – Kentucky 1978

4 – North Carolina St. 1974 vs. 12 – Louisville 1980

3 – Virginia 2019 vs. 11 – Georgetown 1984

2 – North Carolina  2005 vs. 10 – Indiana 1987

 

South

1 – Kentucky 1996 vs. 8 – UCLA 1964

4 – UCLA 1970 vs. 5 – Louisville 2013

6 – Duke  1992 vs. 14 – Kansas 1997

2 – Villanova 2018 vs. 7 – Florida 2007

 

Coming Tomorrow: Second Round Action From The Midwest and West Regions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Greatest March Madness That Never Was

Due to the cancellation of the 2020 Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament, we cannot issue our great Bracketnomics 505 Course for 2020.  2020 figured to be the year where we debuted many new pieces to our bracket-picking formula, as we spent well dozens of days researching and back-testing data, as well as research what we call the morphing of the game, where one style of play became more successful over another style of play, and where one metric proved more accurate in predicting March Madness success over other metrics.   

Alas, all that research must now go into hibernation until such a time that an NCAA Tournament can be played.  If the tournament re-schedules to May, June, July, or August, we will not issue a Bracketnomics tutorial, since this will be totally uncharted water.  We hear that the NCAA is trying to salvage something by possibly conducting a 16-team tournament much like the old NIT where all 16 teams gather in one venue.  This was the last gasp plan before the tournament was  completely cancelled, and there is talk that the top 16 teams, which would have been the top four seeds in each region could still be put into one venue for five days, just like 16 teams played at Madison Square Garden.

Our unique plan would be to play a tournament like this outdoors in a warm weather and dry climate where rain would not be a factor.  Games have been played outdoors in the past, including in the Olympics.

In place of the real tournament, The PiRate Selection Committee has seeded 68 of the greatest  teams in modern day history in the “Greatest NCAA Tournament That Never Was.”

This simulated tournament will consist of 44 past National Champions and the best teams that fell a little short.  The only rules in our selection system is that no single school can have teams picked from consecutive seasons.  That means that we could not award all three of Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s UCLA teams bids.  And, because the 1968 team rates the highest of the three, we did not select the 1967 and 1969 Bruins in order to get the great 1968 team.

Additionally, because we wanted National Champions first and foremost, great teams like the 1975 Indiana Hoosiers and 1991 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels were ineligible for the tournament, since the 1976 IU and 1990 UNLV teams received automatic bids.

 
Four regions with 17 teams in each region have been seeded and games have been scheduled, starting Tuesday night with two first round games in Dayton, Ohio.

These games will be played via a tabletop game created by our Captain and inspired by the Avalon Hill/Sports Illustrated Professional Game called Statis-Pro Basketball.  If you want to take a peak at this out of print game, go to the following link:  https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4453/statis-pro-basketball

The Captain is the utmost sports boardgame geek.  Games like the one above and Strat-O-Matic Baseball led to his falling in love with statistics.  The Captain cracked the ratings codes for many of these games, including Statis-Pro,  and he decided to create his own college version of the game.  He even added three-point shooting to the game with the addition of a few simple rules, and voila, he had created a homemade board game that supplied him (and friends) with many hours of great fun.  Teams were made from the 1960’s through the 1980’s and later into the 1990’s.  After many years of use, when Mrs. PiRate placed the ring on his finger, the game was put away in a storage closet in the Captain’s basement.  When the Coronavirus claimed almost all sports as its victims, the Captain’s Lady thought it might be a good idea for him to play out a tournament by using the old game and reporting the results on this website.

The first thought was to make 68 teams from the 2020 season based on regular season conference champions and at-large teams that his bracketology showed to be the right 68.  There was a problem with that, because he could not make 68 new teams from 2020 and play this tournament beginning Tuesday, as it would be April before he could make 68 teams.  So, since he had dozens of the greatest teams from 1960 to about 1997, he only needed to update the set of teams from 1998 to 2019, which he spent most of Thursday and Friday and some of Saturday night making.  The 68 teams have been chosen and are ready to begin “The Greatest NCAA Basketball Tournament Never Played.”

The Selection Committee, otherwise known as the Simple Rating System at Sports Reference, has chosen and seeded the field.  Let’s get to it.

First, we began with the East Region. These games will be played in Hartford, Connecticut, on Thursday and will not be broadcast on CBS.  Our PiRate Ratings Network is “See BS.”

The number one seed in the East Region is—————- 

The 2001 Duke Blue Devils.   Coach Mike Krzyzewski has a roster stacked with talent, including Shane Battier, Jay Williams, and Mike Dunleavy.

Duke will play the winner of the 16-seeded play-in game Tuesday night between the 1984 North Carolina Tar Heels, with eight McDonald’s All-Americans on the roster, and the 1970 St. Bonaventure Bonnies.  Just so you know, Bob Lanier will be healthy for all NCAA Tournament games St. Bonaventure plays. In real life, Lanier’s injury in the Eastern Regional Final cost his team any chance to compete against Jacksonville in the National Semifinal Game.

The number eight seed is the 1979 Michigan State Spartans featuring the great Magic Johnson. They will play the nine-seed Kentucky Wildcats of 1978.  This was Wildcats’ coach Joe B. Hall’s lone national title with a team featuring Jack “Goose” Givens and the Twin Towers of Rick Robey and Mike Phillips.

The number four seed is the 1974 North Carolina State Wolf Pack, with Norm Sloan coaching the great David Thompson along with tiny Monte Towe and huge Tom Burleson. NC State will play the number 13 seed 1999 Duke Blue Devils, one of the at-large non-national champions.  This Blue Devil team had eight McDonald’s All-Americans, including Trajan Langdon, Shane Battier, and Elton Brand.

And, the final game in this Hartford pod features the number five-seed 1999 Connecticut Huskies.  UConn was led by Richard Hamilton and Khalid El-Amin.  The Huskies will be  playing the number 12-seed Louisville Cardinals of 1980 with the great Darrell Griffith leading the way.

Now, let’s go to the bottom half of the bracket in the East Region. These games will take place in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum on Friday.

The number three-seed Virginia Cavaliers of 2019, the team that avenged the embarrassment of being the first number one seed to lose to a 16-seed in 2018 by winning the national championship in 2019.  The Wahoos will take on the number 14-seed Arkansas Razorbacks of 1991, another at-large team that failed to win the national championship.  This Razorback squad featured three big stars in Todd May, Lee Mayberry, and Oliver Miller.

The next game features the number six-seed Villanova Wildcats of 2016 playing the number 11-seed Georgetown Hoyas of 1984, two hot rivals that won national championships. In this simulation, trying not to have multiple teams from the same school in each region was more important than having teams from the same conference playing each other, and that is why two Big East teams are playing in their first game.

Let’s move on. The number seven-seed UCLA Bruins of 1995 will play the number 10-seed Indiana Hoosiers of 1987, the team that won the title on a last second shot by Keith Smart.  And, rounding out the East Region, the number two-seed North Carolina Tar Heels of 2005 will take on the number 15-seed Ohio State Buckeyes of 1962, a heavy favorite that lost their national championship game that year to in-state rival Cincinnati, in a game played by the previous two national champions.

East Region

Play-in Round for #16 Seed
North Carolina 1984 vs. St. Bonaventure 1970

1-Duke 2001 vs. 16-UNC/St. Bonaventure
8-Michigan St. 1979 vs. 9-Kentucky 1978
4-North Carolina St. 1974 vs. 13-Duke 1999
5-Connecticut 1999 vs. 12-Louisville 1980
3-Virginia 2019 vs. 14-Arkansas 1991
6-Villanova 2016 vs. 11-Georgetown 1984
7-UCLA 1995 vs. 10-Indiana 1987
2-North Carolina 2005 vs. 15-Ohio St. 1962

Now, let’s look at the South Region. These next four games will play Thursday at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville, Tennessee. The top seed in the South is the 1996 Kentucky Wildcats. Rick Pitino finally won his first national championship with a team loaded with talent that could go 10-deep without the Wildcats missing a beat.

 

The Big Blue will play the winner of the play-in round Tuesday night between the 1974 Maryland Terrapins and the 1970 Florida State Seminoles. Maryland did not make the NCAA Tournament, and partly because one of the top three teams in the nation was just the number two team in the ACC, the NCAA expanded to 32 teams in 1975 and began to allow two teams from each conference to make the tournament. The 1970 Seminoles were definitely one of the top teams in the nation, but they were on probation and ineligible for the tournament that year. In our simulation world, a great team with the terrific Dave Cowens is getting a ticket to this dance.

 

The next game in this pod features the number eight-seed UCLA Bruins of 1964, featuring Walt Hazzard, Gail Goodrich, and Keith Erickson. They will face the nine-seed Indiana Hoosiers of 1981 with the great Isaiah Thomas in what should be an excellent study in contrasts.

 

Moving on, the number four-seed is the 1970 UCLA Bruins, the semi-surprise champion in Westwood after Kareem Abdul Jabbar graduated. They will play the number 13-seed Oklahoma Sooners of 1988, another at-large non-champion.

 

Rounding out this pod, the number five-seed is the 2013 Louisville Cardinals, and they will take on the 12-seed North Carolina State Wolf Pack of 1983, the Cinderella champion of the great Jim Valvano.

 

The other half of the pod in the South Region will take place in Chicago on Friday at the United Center. The number three-seed North Carolina Tar Heels of 2009 will play the number 14-seed Kansas Jayhawks of 1997, another at-large power that did not win the national championship. Coach Roy Williams of the Tar Heels will go up against Coach Roy Williams of the Jayhawks.

The number six-seed is the 1992 Duke Blue Devils, and Coach Mike Krzyzewski’s second ever champion will take on the number 11-seed Connecticut Huskies of 2014, a team that almost lost their first tournament game in real life and won it in overtime before reeling off five more victories.

The number seven-seed is the 2007 Florida Gators, the better of Billy Donovan’s consecutive national champions. Florida will play the number 10-seed Syracuse Orangemen on 2003.

And,  rounding out the South Region, the number two-seed Villanova Wildcats of 2018 will play the number 15-seed Illinois Fighting Illini of 2005, another at-large team that came up a few minutes short in the title game.

Half the field is now chosen. Are you hoping your favorite team will make this dance? If they won the national championship, and it isn’t a consecutive season from another national championship, they will be in the field, but there are still eight at-large teams that will be in one of the final two regions.

 

South Region

Play-In Round for 16-seed
Maryland 1974 vs. Florida St. 1970

1-Kentucky 1996 vs. 16 Maryland/Florida St.
8-UCLA 1964 vs. 9-Indiana 1981
4-UCLA 1970 vs. 13-Oklahoma 1988
5-Louisville 2013 vs. 12-North Carolina St. 1983
3-North Carolina 2009 vs. 14-Kansas 1997
6-Duke 1992 vs. 11 Connecticut 2014
7-Florida 2007 vs. 10-Syracuse 2003
2-Villanova 2018 vs. 15-Illinois 2005

Let’s go to the Midwest Region. These four games will be played on Friday at the KFC Yum Center in Louisville, Kentucky. The top seed in the Midwest is the 1968 UCLA Bruins, the best of the three seasons when Kareem Abdul Jabbar was in Westwood. The Bruins will face the winner of Wednesday’s play-in round game in Dayton between the 2008 Memphis Tigers and the 1973 Providence Friars. This Providence team will have a healthy Marvin Barnes, unlike the team that lost to Memphis State in the Final Four.

 

The number eight seed is the 1962 Cincinnati Bearcats, the repeat national champion that beat in-state rival Ohio State for the second year in a row. Cinti will take on the number nine-seed Loyola of Chicago Ramblers of 1963, the closest opening round game that was actually played in a national championship.

 

The number four seed in the Midwest is the 2015 Duke Blue Devils, Coach K’s most recent national champion. Duke plays the number 13-seed Connecticut Huskies of 2011 led by the incredible Kemba Walker.

 

The number five seed is the 2017 North Carolina Tar Heels, and Roy Williams’ squad will face the 12-seed Villanova Wildcats of 1985, one of the biggest upset winners in national championship game history.

 

Now moving on to the bottom half of this region’s bracket, these four games will take place Thursday in Kansas City. The number three seed is the 1976 Indiana Hoosiers, Coach Bob Knight’s first title team and the last team to go undefeated. Their opponent is the number 14-seed Stanford Cardinal of 2001, another of the at-large teams that did not win the national championship.

 

The number six seed is the 1994 Arkansas Razorbacks, and Arkansas will take on the number 11-seed Kansas Jayhawks of 1988, the surprise national champion led by the great Danny Manning.

 

The number seven seed is the 1998 Kentucky Wildcats, the team led by Coach Tubby Smith. The Big Blue will face the 10-seed UCLA Bruins of 1975, Coach Wooden’s final national champion.

 

Rounding out the Midwest Region, the number two seed Michigan Wolverines of 1989 will play the number 15-seed Houston Cougars of 1968, another at-large team that did not win the national title, featuring the Big E, Elvin Hayes, and Donald “Duck” Chaney.

 

Midwest Region

Play-In Round for 16-seed
Memphis 2008 vs. Providence 1973

1-UCLA 1968 vs. 16-Memphis/Providence
8-Cincinnati 1962 vs. 9-Loyola (Chi.) 1963
4-Duke 2015 vs. 13-Connecticut 2011
5-North Carolina 2017 vs. 12-Villanova 1985
3-Indiana 1976 vs. 14-Stanford 2001
6-Arkansas 1994 vs. 11-Kansas 1988
7-Kentucky 1998 vs. 10-UCLA 1975
2-Michigan 1989 vs. 15-Houston 1968

 

That’s three regions down and just one to go. Here’s the seeding for the West Region. These next four games will take place at the Key Arena in Seattle on Friday. The number one seed and the top seed in the entire tournament is the 1972 UCLA Bruins, led by Bill Walton, Jamaal Wilkes, and Henry Bibby. They will face the winner of Wednesday’s play-in game in Dayton between 16-seeds 1972 North Carolina and 1983 Houston, two teams that fell a tad short in the Final Four.

 

The number eight seed Connecticut Huskies of 2004 led by Emeka Okafor will face the nine-seed Arizona Wildcats of 1997, Coach Lute Olson’s lone national champion.

 

The number four seed is the 2000 Michigan State Spartans, the last Big Ten team to win the title. Sparty will face the number 13-seed 1986 Louisville Cardinals with Never Nervous Pervis Ellison.

 

The number five seed is the 2012 Kentucky Wildcats, John Calipari’s national championship team. Kentucky will play the 12-seed Texas Western Miners of 1966, a team that spoiled another Kentucky team’s hopes and dreams.

 

And in the last pod, these games that will be played Thursday at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah.  The number three seed is the 1960 Ohio State Buckeyes with Jerry Lucas, John Havlicek, and Larry Siegfried. The Buckeyes will square off against the number 14-seed Cincinnati Bearcats of 1960, an exact match from the 1960 Final Four. This is the Cinti team led by one of the all-time greats in the Big O, Oscar Robertson.

 

The number six seed is the 1990 UNLV Runnin’ Rebels, the team that holds the record for largest margin of victory in the National Championship Game. The Rebels will face the number 11-seed Marquette Warriors of 1977, Coach Al McGuire’s only national champions that came in his final year of coaching.

 

The number seven seed is the 2002 Maryland Terrapins, and the Terps will face the 10-seed 1982 North Carolina Tar Heels, featuring the great Michael Jordan, along with James Worthy and Sam Perkins.

 

And, finally, rounding out the field of 68, the two seed is the 2008 Kansas Jayhawks, and Rock Chalk, Jayhawk, KU faces the 15-seed Gonzaga Bulldogs of 2017, the last of our at-large field.

 

West Region

Play-in Round For 16-seed
North Carolina 1972 vs. Houston 1983

1-UCLA 1972 vs. 16-UNC/Houston
8-Connecticut vs. 9-Arizona 1997
4-Michigan St. 2000 vs. 13-Louisville 1986
5-Kentucky 2012 vs. 12-Texas Western 1966
3-Ohio St. 1960 vs. 14-Cincinnati 1960
6-UNLV 1990 vs. 11-Marquette 1977
7-Maryland 2002 vs. 10-North Carolina 1982
2-Kansas 2008 vs. 15-Gonzaga 2017

 

Who were the teams that just barely missed out on getting into this dance?

The First Four Out were in order, the 1975 Kentucky Wildcats, the 1986 Duke Blue Devils, the 1993 Michigan Wolverines, and the 1969 Purdue Boilermakers.

The Next Four Out were the 2007 Ohio State Buckeyes, the 1996 Massachusetts Minutemen, the 1960 California Golden Bears, and the 1989 Seton Hall Pirates.

We’ll be back Tuesday Night with the results of the first two games in Dayton.

 

Tuesday Night:
East Region: 1984 North Carolina Tar Heels vs. 1970 St. Bonaventure Bonnies

South Region: 1974 Maryland Terrapins vs. 1970 Florida State Seminoles

PiRate Ratings Contingency Plans For College Basketball

Hello to all college basketball fans.  This is a little premature, but it is starting to become apparent that the 2020 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament might be postponed or cancelled.

 

It is our personal belief that the tournament should be re-scheduled for summer, maybe July, and then create a tournament where all 353 teams will be involved so that all fans can return to the game.  Have the bottom 194 teams play on the higher-rated home court to get from 353 to 256 teams and then play the next four rounds on the higher seeded teams’ home courts.  This will get the field down to the Sweet 16, and then the final four rounds could be played as the Sweet 16 was planned earlier this year.

If the tournament is postponed and not played in March, we are going to host our own March Madness of 68 of the best teams in modern college basketball history.  We will take all the great teams between 1960 and 2019 and pick our own 68-team bracket and then play the games with stats and post them here.

We have a college basketball strategy board game available (created by our captain), and he already has made cards for the great teams between 1960 and 1990.  He has the codes for rating the players and can even estimate the three-point shooting percentages for teams that played prior to 1987.

Included in this tournament would be all the great UCLA teams of the 1960’s and 1970’s, multiple Indiana, Duke, Kentucky, and North Carolina teams, and even a couple of greats that did not win the title, like UNLV in 1991, Houston in 1968, and Indiana in 1975.

So, if you don’t have real games to watch next week, come here for the next best thing.  John Wooden and Dean Smith are ready to come out of the old basketball court in rural Iowa to coach again!

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For March 12, 2020

Thursday’s Games

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Massachusetts	VCU	-8.1
St. Bonaventure	George Mason	2.6
Davidson	La Salle	8.4
Duquesne	Fordham	10.5
Central Florida	South Florida	0.1
Connecticut	Tulane	9.7
SMU	Temple	1.5
Memphis	East Carolina	12.4
Florida St.	Clemson	7.1
Duke	North Carolina St.	9.5
Virginia	Notre Dame	1.2
Louisville	Syracuse	6.7
Texas	Texas Tech	-5.5
Kansas	Oklahoma St.	12.0
Baylor	Kansas St.	11.1
Oklahoma	West Virginia	-3.6
Creighton	St. John’s	5.3
Providence	Butler	-1.8
Villanova	DePaul	8.9
Seton Hall	Marquette	1.4
Eastern Washington	Sacramento St.	4.3
Portland St.	Montana St.	2.9
Northern Colorado	Southern Utah	5.3
Montana	Idaho St.	8.9
Rutgers	Michigan	-2.1
Iowa	Minnesota	1.1
Ohio St.	Purdue	2.8
Penn St.	Indiana	1.1
Cal St. Northridge	Cal St. Fullerton	1.2
UC Santa Barbara	UC Riverside	3.0
UC Irvine	Long Beach St.	12.1
Hawaii	UC Davis	1.2
North Texas	Florida Atlantic	7.9
Charlotte	Florida Intl.	-0.6
Western Kentucky	UAB	5.2
Louisiana Tech	Marshall	5.6
Rider	Niagara	7.4
Monmouth	Quinnipiac	3.3
Akron	Ohio	6.6
Northern Illinois	Miami (O)	3.1
Bowling Green	Toledo	-1.4
Ball St.	Kent St.	0.8
Bethune-Cookman	Morgan St.	2.4
Norfolk St.	Coppin St.	6.3
Oregon	Oregon St.	7.3
USC	Arizona	-5.8
UCLA	California	6.8
Arizona St.	Washington St.	6.4
Tennessee	Alabama	-1.1
Florida	Georgia	6.8
Texas A&M	Missouri	-2.7
South Carolina	Arkansas	-2.4
Sam Houston St.	Northwestern St.	5.4
Nicholls St.	Lamar	3.9
New Mexico St.	Chicago St.	29.3
Grand Canyon	UMKC	-1.9
UT Rio Grande Valley	Cal St. Bakersfield	0.3
Seattle	Utah Valley	3.1

 

Today’s TV Schedule

 

Time (EST)	Network	Team	Team
12:00 PM	FS1	Creighton	St. John’s
12:00 PM	NBCSN	Massachusetts	VCU
12:00 PM	BTN	Rutgers	Michigan
12:00 PM	ESPN+	Akron	Ohio
12:30 PM	ESPN	Florida St.	Clemson
12:30 PM	ESPN2	Texas	Texas Tech
1:00 PM	ESPNU	Central Florida	South Florida
1:00 PM	SECN	Tennessee	Alabama
2:00 PM	watchbigsky.com	Eastern Washington	Sacramento State
2:25 PM	BTN	Iowa	Minnesota
2:30 PM	ESPN2	Kansas	Oklahoma State
2:30 PM	ESPN	Duke	NC State
2:30 PM	FS1	Providence	Butler
2:30 PM	NBCSN	St. Bonaventure	George Mason
2:30 PM	ESPN+	Northern Illinois	Miami (O)
3:00 PM	PAC12	Oregon	Oregon St.
3:00 PM	ESPNU	Connecticut	Tulane
3:00 PM	ESPN+	New Mexico St.	Chicago St.
3:00 PM	ESPN3	Cal St. Northridge	Cal St. Fullerton
3:00 PM	SECN	Florida	Georgia
4:30 PM	watchbigsky.com	Portland St.	Montana St.
5:30 PM	ESPN3	UC Santa Barbara	UC Riverside
5:30 PM	ESPN+	Grand Canyon	UMKC
5:30 PM	PAC12	USC	Arizona
6:00 PM	ESPN+	Sam Houston St.	Northwestern St.
6:00 PM	Flohoops pay	Bethune-Cookman	Morgan St.
6:00 PM	NBCSN	Davidson	La Salle
6:30 PM	BTN	Ohio St.	Purdue
6:30 PM	ESPN+	Bowling Green	Toledo
7:00 PM	ESPN2	Baylor	Kansas St.
7:00 PM	FS1	Villanova	DePaul
7:00 PM	ESPN	Virginia	Notre Dame
7:00 PM	SECN	Texas A&M	Missouri
7:00 PM	ESPN3	Rider	Niagara
7:00 PM	Stadium	North Texas	Florida Atlantic
7:30 PM	Facebook	Charlotte	Florida Intl.
7:30 PM	watchbigsky.com	Northern Colorado	Southern Utah
8:00 PM	ESPNU	SMU	Temple
8:30 PM	ESPN+	Nicholls	Lamar
8:30 PM	NBCSN	Duquesne	Fordham
8:30 PM	Flohoops pay	Norfolk St.	Coppin St.
8:55 PM	BTN	Penn St.	Indiana
9:00 PM	ESPN	Louisville	Syracuse
9:00 PM	ESPN2	Oklahoma	West Virginia
9:00 PM	ESPN+	UT Rio Grande Valley	Cal St. Bakersfield
9:00 PM	ESPN3	UC Irvine	Long Beach St.
9:00 PM	SECN	South Carolina	Arkansas
9:00 PM	ESPN+	Ball St.	Kent St.
9:00 PM	PAC12	UCLA	California
9:30 PM	FS1	Seton Hall	Marquette
9:30 PM	ESPN3	Monmouth	Quinnipiac
9:30 PM	Stadium	Western Kentucky	UAB
10:00 PM	watchbigsky.com	Montana	Idaho St.
10:00 PM	Facebook	Louisiana Tech	Marshall
10:00 PM	ESPNU	Memphis	East Carolina
11:30 PM	FS1	Arizona St.	Washington St.
11:30 PM	ESPN3	Hawaii	UC Davis
11:30 PM	ESPN+	Seattle	Utah Valley

 

CONFERENCE TOURNAMENTS UPDATE

 

Yesterday’s Championship Game

 

Patriot League Tournament
Championship
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Boston U	64	Colgate	61

 

Yesterday’s Other Results

 

Atlantic 10 Tournament
1st Round
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
George Mason	77	Saint Joseph’s	70
Fordham	72	George Washington	52

 

 

Atlantic Coast Tournament
2nd Round
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Clemson	69	Miami (Fla.)	64
North Carolina St.	73	Pittsburgh	58
Notre Dame	80	Boston College	58
Syracuse	81	North Carolina	53

 

 

Big 12 Tournament
1st Round
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Oklahoma St.	72	Iowa St.	71
Kansas St.	53	TCU	49

 

 

Big East Tournament
1st Round
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
St. John’s	75	Georgetown	62
DePaul	71	Xavier	67

 

 

Big Sky Tournament
1st Round
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Sacramento St.	62	Weber St.	54
Southern Utah	75	Idaho	69
Idaho St.	64	Northern Arizona	62

 

 

Big Ten Tournament
1st Round
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Minnesota	74	Northwestern	57
Indiana	89	Nebraska	64

 

 

Conference USA Tournament
1st Round
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Florida Atlantic	66	Old Dominion	56
Florida Intl.	85	Rice	76
UAB	74	UTSA	69
Marshall	86	UTEP	78

 

 

Metro Atlantic Athletic Tournament
Quarterfinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Siena	63	Manhattan	49
St. Peter’s	56	Iona	54

 

 

Mid-Eastern Athletic Tournament
Quarterfinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
North Carolina Central	92	Delaware St.	75
North Carolina A&T	86	Howard	77

 

 

Pac-12 Tournament
1st Round
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Oregon St.	71	Utah	69
Arizona	77	Washington	70
California	63	Stanford	51
Washington St.	82	Colorado	68

 

 

Southeastern Tournament
1st Round
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Georgia	81	Ole Miss	63
Arkansas	86	Vanderbilt	73

 

 

Southland Tournament
1st Round
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Northwestern St.	79	Texas A&M-CC	62
Lamar	80	McNeese St.	59

 

 

Sun Belt Tournament
Quarterfinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Georgia Southern	81	Georgia St.	62
Texas St.	85	Appalachian St.	68

 

 

Today’s Schedule

 

American Athletic Tournament
1st Round	March 12	Forth Worth, TX (Dickies Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
8 Central Florida (16-14)	9 South Florida (14-17)	1:00 PM	ESPNU
5 Connecticut (19-12)	12 Tulane (12-18)	3:00 PM	ESPNU
7 SMU (19-11)	10 Temple (14-17)	8:00 PM	ESPNU
6 Memphis (21-10)	11 East Carolina (11-20)	10:00 PM	ESPNU

 

 

Atlantic 10 Tournament
2nd Round	March 12	Brooklyn (Barclays Center)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
8 Massachusetts (14-17)	9 VCU (18-13)	12:00 PM	NBCSN
5 St. Bonaventure (19-12)	12 George Mason (17-15)	2:30 PM	NBCSN
7 Davidson (16-14)	10 La Salle (15-15)	6:00 PM	NBCSN
6 Duquesne (21-9)	14 Fordham (9-22)	8:30 PM	NBCSN

 

 

Atlantic Coast Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 12	Greensboro, NC (Greensboro Coliseum)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
1 Florida St. (26-5)	8 Clemson (16-15)	12:30 PM	ESPN
4 Duke (25-6)	5 North Carolina St. (20-12)	2:30 PM	ESPN
2 Virginia (23-7)	7 Notre Dame (20-12)	7:00 PM	ESPN
3 Louisville (24-7)	6 Syracuse (18-14)	9:00 PM	ESPN

 

 

Big 12 Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 12	Kansas City (Sprint Center)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
4 Texas (19-12)	5 Texas Tech (18-13)	12:30 PM	ESPN2
1 Kansas (28-3)	8 Oklahoma St. (18-14)	2:30 PM	ESPN2
2 Baylor (26-4)	10 Kansas St. (11-21)	7:00 PM	ESPN2
3 Oklahoma (19-12)	6 West Virginia (21-10)	9:00 PM	ESPN2

 

 

Big East Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 12	New York (Madison Square Garden)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
1 Creighton (24-7)	9 St. John’s (17-15)	12:00 PM	FS1
4 Providence (19-12)	5 Butler (22-9)	2:30 PM	FS1
2 Villanova (24-7)	10 DePaul (16-16)	7:00 PM	FS1
3 Seton Hall (21-9)	6 Marquette (18-12)	9:00 PM	FS1

 

Big Sky Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 12	Boise, ID (Century Link Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
1 Eastern Washington (23-8)	9 Sacramento St. (16-14)	2:00 PM	watchbigsky.com
4 Portland St. (18-14)	5 Montana St. (16-15)	4:30 PM	watchbigsky.com
2 Northern Colorado (22-9)	7 Southern Utah (17-15)	7:30 PM	watchbigsky.com
3 Montana (18-13)	11 Idaho St. (8-22)	10:00 PM	watchbigsky.com

 

 

Big Ten Tournament
2nd Round	March 12	Indianapolis (Bankers Life Fieldhouse)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
8 Rutgers (20-11)	9 Michigan (19-12)	12:00 PM	Big Ten Network
5 Iowa (20-11)	12 Minnesota (15-16)	2:30 PM	Big Ten Network
7 Ohio St. (21-10)	10 Purdue (16-15)	6:30 PM	Big Ten Network
6 Penn St. (21-10)	11 Indiana (20-12)	9:00 PM	Big Ten Network

 

 

Big West Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 12	Anaheim, CA (Honda Center)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
2 Cal St. Northridge (15-17)	7 Cal St. Fullerton (11-20)	3:00 PM	ESPN3
3 UC Santa Barbara (21-10)	6 UC Riverside (17-15)	5:30 PM	ESPN3
1 UC Irvine (21-11)	8 Long Beach St. (11-21)	9:00 PM	ESPN3
4 Hawaii (17-13)	5 UC Davis (14-18)	11:30 PM	ESPN3

 

Conference USA Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 12	Frisco, TX (Ford Center)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
1 North Texas (20-11)	9 Florida Atlantic (17-15)	7:00 PM Court A	Stadium
4 Charlotte (16-13)	5 Florida Intl. (19-13)	7:30 PM Court B	Facebook
2 Western Kentucky (20-10)	7 UAB (19-13)	9:30 PM Court A	Stadium
3 Louisiana Tech (22-8)	6 Marshall (17-15)	10:00 PM Court B	Facebook

 

 

Metro Atlantic Athletic Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 12	Atlantic City, NJ (Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
3 Rider (18-12)	6 Niagara (12-20)	7:00 PM	ESPN3
4 Monmouth (18-13)	5 Quinnipiac (15-15)	9:30 PM	ESPN3

 

 

Mid-American Tournament (MACtion)
Quarterfinals	March 12	Cleveland (Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
1 Akron (24-7)	8 Ohio U (17-15)	12:00 PM	ESPN+
4 Northern Illinois (18-13)	12 Miami (O) (13-19)	2:30 PM	ESPN+
2 Bowling Green (21-10)	7 Toledo (17-15)	6:30 PM	ESPN+
3 Ball St. (18-13)	6 Kent St. (20-12)	9:00 PM	ESPN+

 

 

Mid-Eastern Athletic Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 12	Norfolk, VA (Scope Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
4 Bethune-Cookman (16-14)	5 Morgan St. (15-16)	6:00 PM	Flohoops (pay)
3 Norfolk St. (16-15)	6 Coppin St. (11-20)	8:00 PM	Flohoops (pay)

 

 

Pac-12 Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 12	Las Vegas (T-Mobile Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
1 Oregon (24-7)	8 Oregon St. (18-13)	3:00 PM	Pac-12 Network
4 USC (22-9)	5 Arizona (21-11)	5:30 PM	Pac-12 Network
2 UCLA (19-12)	10 California (14-18)	9:00 PM	Pac-12 Network
3 Arizona St. (20-11)	11 Washington St. (16-16)	11:30 PM	FS1

 

 

Southeastern Tournament
2nd Round	March 12	Nashville (Bridgestone Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
8 Tennessee (17-14)	9 Alabama (16-15)	1:00 PM	SEC Network
5 Florida (19-12)	13 Georgia (16-16)	3:30 PM	SEC Network
7 Texas A&M (16-14)	10 Missouri (15-16)	7:00 PM	SEC Network
6 South Carolina (18-13)	11 Arkansas (20-12)	9:30 PM	SEC Network

 

 

Southland Tournament
2nd Round	March 12	Katy, TX (Leonard E. Merrell Center)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
4 Sam Houston St. (18-13)	5 Northwestern St. (15-15)	6:00 PM	ESPN+
3 Nicholls St. (21-10)	6 Lamar (17-15)	8:30 PM	ESPN+

 

 

Western Athletic Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 12	Las Vegas (Orleans Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
1 New Mexico St. (25-6)	8 Chicago St. (4-25)	3:00 PM	ESPN+
4 Grand Canyon (12-17)	5 Seattle (14-15)	5:30 PM	ESPN+
2 UT Rio Grande Valley (14-16)	7 Utah Valley (11-19)	9:00 PM	ESPN+
3 Kansas City (16-14)	6 Cal St. Bakersfield (12-18)	11:30 PM	ESPN+

 

 

 

PiRate Ratings College Basketball For March 7, 2020

Saturday’s Games

 

Home	Visitor	Spread
Alabama A&M	Jackson St.	-3.9
Alabama St.	Grambling	-0.1
Alcorn St.	Texas Southern	-0.8
Arizona	Washington	10.0
Arizona St.	Washington St.	9.9
Arkansas Pine Bluff	Mississippi Valley St.	8.3
Belmont	Murray St.	2.9
Bradley	Drake	3.0
Cal St. Fullerton	Long Beach St.	4.1
Cal St. Northridge	Hawaii	1.4
Central Arkansas	Northwestern St.	4.7
Cincinnati	Temple	9.8
Creighton	Seton Hall	3.0
Dartmouth	Brown	5.2
Dayton	George Washington	23.8
Drexel	UNC Wilmington	3.1
Duke	North Carolina	12.5
East Tennessee St.	VMI	13.9
Eastern Washington	Weber St.	12.0
Elon	James Madison	1.0
Florida	Kentucky	2.7
Florida Intl.	Western Kentucky	-0.4
Florida St.	Boston College	17.8
Fordham	George Mason	-2.1
Furman	Wofford	6.3
Georgetown	Villanova	-2.2
Grand Canyon	Cal St. Bakersfield	3.0
Hartford	UMass Lowell	3.0
Harvard	Yale	-1.6
Idaho	Idaho St.	-1.0
Incarnate Word	Abilene Christian	-11.7
Indiana	Wisconsin	2.1
Kansas St.	Iowa St.	2.1
Lamar	McNeese	3.5
Louisiana	Arkansas St.	1.7
Louisiana Tech	Charlotte	9.1
LSU	Georgia	8.8
Massachusetts	Rhode Island	-5.2
Mercer	Western Carolina	-2.2
Miami (Fla.)	Syracuse	-0.5
Middle Tennessee	Southern Miss.	2.6
Mississippi St.	Ole Miss	5.3
Missouri	Alabama	-0.8
Missouri St.	Valparaiso	2.1
Montana	Southern Utah	4.2
Montana St.	Northern Colorado	-5.8
New Orleans	Southeastern Louisiana	5.4
North Dakota St.	Denver	11.7
Northwestern	Penn St.	-8.2
Notre Dame	Virginia Tech	6.1
Oregon	Stanford	7.0
Oregon St.	California	9.6
Pacific	San Francisco	-3.4
Penn	Columbia	12.2
Portland St.	Sacramento St.	3.8
Princeton	Cornell	10.9
Providence	DePaul	7.9
Purdue	Rutgers	4.5
Rice	UTEP	2.3
Robert Morris	Long Island	5.0
Saint Joseph’s	La Salle	-3.4
Saint Louis	St. Bonaventure	6.3
Saint Mary’s	Pepperdine	8.5
San Diego St.	Utah St.	5.2
South Dakota St.	Purdue Fort Wayne	9.9
South Florida	SMU	0.6
Southern	Prairie View	0.1
St. Francis (PA)	Sacred Heart	4.6
St. John’s	Marquette	-1.6
Stephen F. Austin	Sam Houston	10.0
Stony Brook	Albany	9.0
TCU	Oklahoma	-0.7
Tennessee	Auburn	1.1
Texas	Oklahoma St.	4.1
Texas A&M	Arkansas	-4.5
Texas A&M-CC	Houston Baptist	9.8
Texas Tech	Kansas	-4.0
UAB	Old Dominion	1.2
UC Santa Barbara	Cal Poly	13.2
UMBC	New Hampshire	2.2
UNC Greensboro	Chattanooga	5.9
USC	UCLA	3.8
UT Rio Grande Valley	California Baptist	-0.9
UT-Arlington	Coastal Carolina	6.8
Utah	Colorado	-4.8
UTSA	Marshall	-0.4
Vanderbilt	South Carolina	-5.1
Vermont	Maine	20.3
Virginia	Louisville	-2.3
West Virginia	Baylor	0.4
Xavier	Butler	1.4

 

Saturday’s Key Games on TV

 

Time (EST)	Network	Home	Visitor
12:00 PM	ESPN	Indiana	Wisconsin
12:00 PM	ESPN2	Tennessee	Auburn
12:00 PM	ESPN3	St. Francis (PA)	Sacred Heart
1:00 PM	CBS	Florida	Kentucky
1:00 PM	ESPN+	West Virginia	Baylor
2:00 PM	ESPN	Texas Tech	Kansas
2:00 PM	ESPN3	Robert Morris	Long Island
2:30 PM	Fox	Creighton	Seton Hall
3:15 PM	CBS	USC	UCLA
3:35 PM	CBSSN	Bradley	Drake
4:00 PM	ESPN	Virginia	Louisville
5:30 PM	CBS	San Diego St.	Utah St.
5:30 PM	ESPN3	Stephen F. Austin	Sam Houston St.
6:00 PM	ESPN+	Penn	Columbia
6:00 PM	ESPN+	Princeton	Cornell
6:00 PM	ESPN2	TCU	Oklahoma
6:05 PM	CBSSN	Missouri St.	Valparaiso
7:00 PM	ESPN+	Harvard	Yale
8:00 PM	ESPN2	Belmont	Murray St.
8:30 PM	ESPN+	UNC Greensboro	Chattanooga
8:30 PM	FS1	Xavier	Butler
11:00 PM	FS1	Oregon	Stanford
12:00 AM	ESPN2	Saint Mary’s	Pepperdine

 

CONFERENCE  TOURNAMENTS  UPDATE

 

America East Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 7	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
1 Vermont (24-7)	8 Maine (9-21)	7:00 PM	ESPN3
2 Stony Brook (19-12)	7 Albany (14-17)	7:00 PM	ESPN3
3 Hartford (16-15)	6 UMass Lowell (13-18)	5:00 PM	ESPN3
4 UMBC (15-16)	5 New Hampshire (15-14)	1:00 PM	ESPN3

Vermont is the heavy favorite to repeat as AEC Champions.  The Catamounts will host every game they play in this tournament, and while Vermont’s two conference losses did come at home, it would be a major upset if another team represented the league in the NCAA Tournament.  Vermont is certainly an upset-worthy double-digit seed in the Big Dance, while no other team in this league is talented enough to win anything other than a play-in game in Dayton.

 

 

 

Big South Tournament
Semifinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Winthrop	78	Gardner-Webb	66
Hampton	86	Radford	78

With top seed Radford losing to Hampton, Winthrop now becomes host team for Sunday’s Big South Championship Game.  The Eagles will host the surprise Hampton Pirates at 1:00 PM tomorrow in a game televised on ESPN.

 

 

 

Colonial Athletic Tournament
1st Round	March 7	Washington, D.C. (Entertainment & Sports Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
8 Drexel (13-18)	9 UNC Wilmington (10-21)	4:00 PM	FloHoops (Subscrip.)
7 Elon (11-20)	10 James Madison (9-20)	6:30 PM	FloHoops (Subscrip.)

 

Five CAA Teams finished with double-digit conference wins, and none of them play today, as they received byes to the quarterfinals.  We don’t expect any of today’s combatants to be around by the semifinals.  

The #’s 5 & 6 seeds in this tournament, Delaware and Northeastern, are the two dark horses that could create some havoc during the the next few days.  Hofstra and William and Mary are the top two seeds, but neither is a shoo-in to make the conference championship game.

 

 

 

Missouri Valley Tournament (Arch Madness)
Quarterfinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Drake	77	Northern Iowa	56
Bradley	64	Southern Illinois	59
Valparaiso	74	Loyola (Chi.)	73 ot
Missouri St.	78	Indiana St.	51

 

Missouri Valley Tournament (Arch Madness)
Semifinals	March 7	St. Louis (Enterprise Center)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
4 Bradley (21-11)	8 Drake (20-13)	3:30 PM	CBSSN
6 Missouri St. (16-16)	7 Valparaiso (18-15)	6:00 PM	CBSSN

 

As we mentioned in our first preview of Arch Madness, this tournament has been won by a team coming from back in the pack as often as it has been won by the top seed.  Well, after yesterday, you can kiss the top three seeds good bye!  Northern Iowa, Loyola of Chicago, and Indiana State all went home, and we are left with a 4, 6, 7, and 8 seed.  And, the 8-seeded Drake Bulldogs looked the most impressive by far in the quarterfinal shellacking of UNI.  

Missouri State vastly played beneath the level of its talent in the regular season, so it would not be surprising to see the Bears playing for a spot in the NCAA Tournament tomorrow.  MSU coach Dana Ford comes from the Gregg Marshall coaching tree, and his team plays a similar style, which tends to bring teams to their peak performance in March.

 

 

 

Mountain West Tournament
Semifinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
San Diego St.	81	Boise St.	68
Utah St.	89	Wyoming	82

 

Mountain West Tournament
Championship	March 7	Las Vegas (Thomas & Mack Center)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
1 San Diego St. (30-1)	2 Utah St. (25-8)	5:30 PM	CBS

 

With the top two teams making it to the Championship Game, the league is now guaranteed to have two Dance tickets punched.  Utah St. has now moved off the Bubble into the safe part of the projected field.  

San Diego State started cold last night and trailed by 16 points before a barrage of three-pointers brought the Aztecs back and allowed them to tie the game at the half and then run away in the second half in a similar manner to their blowout of Iowa across town in a mid-season tournament in Vegas.  A win today could secure a number one seed for SDSU, as they are locked in a fierce battle with Dayton for the fourth number one seed as of this moment.

 

 

 

Northeast Tournament
Quarterfinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Robert Morris	59	St. Francis (NY)	58
St. Francis (PA)	87	Bryant	61
Sacred Heart	61	Mount St. Mary’s	59
Long Island	73	Fairleigh-Dickinson	72

Northeast Tournament
Semifinals	March 7	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
2 St. Francis (PA) (21-9)	3 Sacred Heart (20-12)	12:00 PM	ESPN3
1 Robert Morris (18-14)	4 Long Island (15-17)	2:00 PM	ESPN3

 

 

 

Ohio Valley Tournament
Semifinals
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
Belmont	60	Eastern Kentucky	50
Murray St.	73	Austin Peay	61

 

Ohio Valley Tournament
Championship	March 7	Evansville, IN (Ford Center)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
1 Belmont (25-7)	2 Murray St. (23-8)	8:00 PM	ESPN2

 

This tournament can almost schedule this game as part of its regular season package.  Belmont and Murray State have met in the OVC Title Game numerous times since the Bruins entered the league.  Last year, both teams made the NCAA Tournament and won their first games.  Neither are as strong as they were last year, but that doesn’t mean that the winner of this game must be taken lightly in the Big Dance.  The champion will receive a #14 or #15 seed in the field, and some #2 or 3 seed will be in for a real fight.

 

 

Southern Tournament
1st Round
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
VMI	96	Samford	78
Wofford	93	The Citadel	76

Southern Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 7	Asheville, NC (Harrah’s Cherokee Center)
Team	Team	Time ET	TV
1 East Tennessee St. (27-4)	9 VMI (9-23)	12:00 PM	ESPN+
4 Mercer (17-14)	5 Western Carolina (18-11)	2:30 PM	ESPN+
2 Furman (25-6)	7 Wofford (17-15)	6:00 PM	ESPN+
3 UNC Greensboro (23-8)	6 Chattanooga (19-12)	8:30 PM	ESPN+

East Tennessee coach Steve Forbes doesn’t let his troops rest on their laurels.  When Northern Iowa was upset yesterday in the quarterfinal round of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament, you can bet he used this to make sure his team knew it better come ready to play against VMI today.  The Keydets can score points in a hurry, and if ETSU comes out flat thinking they can walk over VMI like Sherman marched through Atlanta, the Bucs may find themselves in a big hole.

All four of these games are worth watching.  Any of the remaining eight teams are strong enough and talented enough to win three games in the next three days.  Even the lowest remaining seed, Wofford, can cut the nets, as they did last year.  

If East Tennessee wins two games in this tournament and then loses to a Furman or UNC Greensboro, the Buccaneers could still receive an at-large bid, but it isn’t a sure thing.  The chances that two SoCon teams get bids are rather slim, which makes this tournament so exciting with eight quality teams remaining.  If you like contrasting styles of play, this is a tournament you want to watch even if you have no dog in the fight.

 

 

 

Summit Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 7 & 8	Sioux Falls, SD (Sanford Premier Center)
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
1 North Dakota St. (22-8)	8 Denver (7-23)	7:00 PM 3/7	ESPN+
4 Oral Roberts (16-13)	5 Omaha (16-15)	7:00 PM 3/8	ESPN+
2 South Dakota St. (22-9)	7 Purdue Fort Wayne (13-18)	9:30 PM 3/7	ESPN+
3 South Dakota (20-11)	6 North Dakota (13-17)	9:30 PM 3/8	ESPN+

 

Depending on which way you drive into the Denny Sanford Premier Center, you might think the building is a giant cylinder or you might think it is a long rectangular complex.  Take it from somebody that was there and mistook the building for something else because he arrived on the back side of the arena rather than the front.

This year’s Summit League Tournament may have the same feeling.  On the front side of the league, South Dakota State and North Dakota State look like potent teams destined to make the championship round.  But, on the back side of the league, teams like Omaha and Oral Roberts might look like they belong in a different league, but when the front end and back end are brought together (the venue looks like a giant barge), the tournament takes on a different style with some potentially interesting games.  Don’t put the top two seeds in the Championship Game bracket in pen.  

Having no connection to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, let me highly endorse visiting this beautiful city.  The Falls here are nothing like those in Niagara, but they are incredibly wonderful in their own way.  There is a traquilizing effect to seeing multiple falls at the level of the falls as opposed to being well above in Niagara or in the Maid of the Mist in the water.  While Niagara is a power plant of water flow, Sioux Falls has more peaceful water.  Consider Sioux Falls in a future Summer Vacation when you plan a visit to Mount Rushmore.

 

 

 

Sun Belt Tournament
1st Round	March 7	at Higher Seed’s Home Court
Home	Visitor	Time (ET)	TV
8 Louisiana (13-18)	9 Arkansas St. (16-15)	12:00 PM	ESPN+
7 UT-Arlington (14-17)	10 Coastal Carolina (15-16)	3:00 PM	ESPN+

 

The Sun Belt Conference plays its tournament in a similar manner to the Ohio Valley and West Coast Conferences.  The bottom four teams play in the first round with the two winners advancing to play the next two teams above them in the seed line.  Then, the two winners in the second round advance to play the next two teams above them in the seed line.  Meanwhile, the top two seeds receive byes to the Semifinal Round.

Unlike the OVC and WCC, the first three rounds are played on the home courts of the higher-seeded teams, so it really makes the regular season standings meaningful.

This format gives the top two seeds, Little Rock and South Alabama, huge advantages over the rest of the field, since they can plan to be in Le Vieux Carre while the other teams must earn their way to the Smoothie King Center.

In this tournament, the 3rd-seeded Texas State Bobcats are probably the best team, and they should make it to New Orleans to face 2nd-seed South Alabama.  If they beat the Jaguars in the semifinal round, they stand a better than 50-50 chance of knocking off Little Rock if the Trojans knock of 4th-seed Georgia Southern or an upset winner in the prior rounds.

 

 

 

West Coast Tournament
2nd Round
Winner	Score	Loser	Score
San Francisco	82	Loyola Marymount	53
Pepperdine	84	Santa Clara	73

West Coast Tournament
Quarterfinals	March 7	Las Vegas (Orleans Arena)
Team	Team	Time (ET)	TV
4 Pacific (23-9)	5 San Francisco (21-11)	10:00 PM	ESPN2
3 Saint Mary’s (24-7)	6 Pepperdine (16-15)	12:30 AM	ESPN2

The two winners last night looked very impressive beating teams they were favored to beat.  Now, the competition gets a little tougher, and tonight’s games should be tense and close.  Gonzaga faces the winner of the Pacific-San Francisco game, while BYU faces the winner of the SMC-Pepperdine game.  The remainder of this tournament is going to be uber interesting, and you should stay up late and catch all the action.  Hopefully, the zebras won’t become too much of a factor like last night’s Pepperdine-Santa Clara game, when they whistled more technical fouls in a three-minute stretch than most conference tournaments have in the entire meet.

 

Don’t Forget–Spring Forward Tonight Before Bedtime–Turn up your clocks one hour for daylight savings time and realize you are “losing an hour of sleep.”  I’ve heard about that thing called sleep; maybe some time, I will try it out.