| Wild weekend down, another coming up at NCAAs |
Wed Mar 23 04:57:00 2011 EST |
| Heels make an impressive late-season run. Since Marshall took over as the starting point guard, the Tar Heels have won 16 of 18. He is the wheel that makes the Heels go. --- NUMBERS 2 - Big East teams remaining out of a record 11 to get in (UConn and Marquette). 3 - Number of ACC teams (Duke, North Carolina, Florida State) in the round of 16, most of any conference. 4.03 - Assist-to-turnover ratio of Wisconsin's Jordan Taylor, best in the nation. 5 - Times Ohio State and Kentucky ha |
| Big East proves Sir Charles prophetic; more thoughts on the Madness |
Tue Mar 22 11:04:18 2011 EST |
| amont Jones to set up wing shooters and give Kyle Singler some space to work against Williams. On the flip side, Arizona must take care of the ball and feed Williams, who is much more assertive when he is involved offensively from the outset. The UConn-San Diego State bout will come down to D.J. Gay and Chase Tapley's ability to disrupt Walker's rhythm and force Lamb and Jamal Coombs-McDaniel to beat them. Alex Oriakhi does not need to handle an offensive load, but if he disappears like he did |
| Will we ever see Sergio at the top? |
Mon Mar 21 13:14:13 2011 EST |
| as the one where all of the prize money was donated to charity. I understand if someone didn't want to play, you're an independent contractor, but it was very cool that a Hall of Famer like Karrie Webb won that title. - For the record, I had UNC, UConn, Kansas and Pitt and have Kansas over UNC in the championship. Serves me right for picking Pitt, but hated every team in that bracket. - Movie moment - I love the impact that bad movies can have on people. For example, I specifically love when pa |
| Purdue advances with strong defense |
Sun Mar 20 17:36:16 2011 EST |
| 21 points to lead the ninth-seeded Purdue Boilermakers to a 53-45 victory over the eighth-seeded Kansas State Wildcats in first-round action of the NCAA Tournament. Drey Mingo added 16 points for Purdue (21-11), which will clash with top- seeded UConn in round two. Brittany Chambers posted 18 points in defeat for Kansas State (21-11), which also received 16 points from Taelor Karr. Kansas State didn't score a single point in the first seven minutes of the game, and Purdue led 25-17 at intermis |
| UConn hammers Hartford as expected |
Sun Mar 20 15:16:13 2011 EST |
| oore scored 12 points as the top-seeded Connecticut Huskies rolled to a 75-39 victory over the 16th-seeded Hartford Hawks in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Tiffany Hayes, Bria Hartley and Stefanie Dolson all tallied 12 points as well for UConn (33-1), which advances to the second round to take on either eighth-seeded Kansas State or ninth-seeded Purdue. The Huskies also got 10 points from Kelly Faris. Alex Hall netted 10 points in the lopsided loss for Hartford (17-16), which is coache |
| Big East foes do battle in third round of East Regional |
Sun Mar 20 10:34:10 2011 EST |
| to this tournament from the Big East Conference, an unprecedented figure. Also a member of the loaded Big East, Syracuse rolled to a 77-60 decision over 14th-seeded Indiana State on Friday. The club had won six consecutive games before falling to UConn in overtime in the Big East Conference Tournament, but the impressive showing against the Sycamores quickly erased any lingering feelings of disappointment. The Orange won their lone NCAA Tournament title back in 2003, and the program is 53-33 in |
| Southeast Regional action pits Panthers against Bulldogs |
Sat Mar 19 10:31:59 2011 EST |
| he tournament, advancing to the Sweet Sixteen in five of the last nine seasons and carrying a 23-23 overall record into the weekend. The Panthers were on a bit of shaky ground entering the tournament with three losses in six games after losing to UConn in their Big East tourney opener. Butler got by Old Dominion Thursday with a buzzer-beating putback from Matt Howard to finish off a wild back-and-forth 60-58 win for the Bulldogs. Kent Bazemore's two free throws with 32 seconds remaining pulled |
| Big East foes Cincinnati and UConn meet in third round of Big Dance |
Sat Mar 19 10:30:55 2011 EST |
| y head coach Jim Calhoun and also moved the program to 47-28 in the tournament overall. As for the sixth-seeded Bearcats, they took care of Missouri two days ago with a 78-63 triumph, giving the program a mark of 41-23 all-time in the event. Like UConn, which won the national championship in both 1999 and 2004, Cincinnati has trophies stemming from the years of 1961 and 1962, a time when the team made it to the Final Four in five straight seasons. Not only are the Bearcats familiar with UConn, |
| Sycamores tangle with Orange in East Regional action |
Fri Mar 18 10:43:39 2011 EST |
| ead coach Jim Boeheim has the level of talent necessary to extend that run to three years. Boeheim has posted 33 20-win seasons as a Division I coach, and this year's group is 26-7 overall. Syracuse had won six consecutive games before falling to UConn in overtime in the Big East Conference Tournament. This game marks the first-ever meeting between Syracuse and Indiana State on the hardwood. Overall this season, Indiana State is scoring just 66.5 ppg on 43 percent shooting from the field, numbe |
| Big East goes 3-0 in DC; Butler also advances |
Fri Mar 18 03:38:00 2011 EST |
| om beating them with his sweet jumper and knifing moves to the basket. They often double-teamed the 6-foot-1 junior guard, leaving him no choice but to pass the ball. Walker did just that, with unprecedented success. Now it's time for another UConn-Cincy matchup. Yancy Gates helped hold up Cincinnati's end of that deal with 18 points and 11 rebounds for the Bearcats (26-8) against the 11th-seeded Tigers (23-11). Cincinnati is back in the NCAAs for the first time since 2005 - before coach |
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