Category: NCAA News Wire
ST. LOUIS — Kentucky center Willie Cauley-Stein looked in the air, his heart having climbed to his throat, as Wichita State guard Fred VanVleet’s clean look at a potential game-winning 3-pointer headed for the bucket. “That guy’s so smooth,” Cauley-Stein said. “His face never changes expression. I just knew if he got a clean look […]
SAN ANTONIO — Iowa State is beaten up, but the Cyclones are not going away. Cyclones guard DeAndre Kane went into the lane and threw in a floater off the glass for the winning basket with 1.6 seconds left, sending third-seeded Iowa State past sixth-seeded North Carolina 85-83 on Sunday in the third round of […]
ST. LOUIS — Stanford guard Anthony Brown had no doubt that teammate Josh Huestis could put the clamps on Kansas forward Andrew Wiggins in the South Regional on Sunday. “He’s tough,” Brown said of Huestis. “I know all his tricks. I knew he would make it difficult for him.” With Huestis and the Cardinal’s 2-3 […]
ST. LOUIS — Stanford rock-chalked the Jayhawks out of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. Using a 2-3 zone to keep Kansas from dominating inside and overcoming turnover issues down the stretch, the 10th-seeded Cardinal advanced to the South Regional semifinals with a 60-57 upset at the Scottrade Center. Forward Dwight Powell scored 15 points, guard […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. — A fter sitting out most of the first half with foul trouble, guard Shabazz Napier made up for lost time as he scored 21 of his game-high 25 points in the second half on Saturday night to carry the seventh-seeded Connecticut Huskies over the No. 2 seed Villanova Wildcats 77-65 in an […]
SPOKANE, Wash. — Harvard, the Ivy League school best known for producing scholars, almost produced a major upset in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night. The Crimson erased a 16-point deficit in the second half against Michigan State, but the Spartans quickly regained the lead and held on for an 80-73 victory at Spokane Arena. […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. — After sitting out most of the first half with foul trouble, guard Shabazz Napier made up for lost time as he scored 21 of his game-high 25 points in the second half on Saturday night to carry the seventh-seeded Connecticut Huskies over the No. 2 seed Villanova Wildcats 77-65 in an NCAA […]
MILWAUKEE — All season long, the Wisconsin Badgers had worked to get to this moment. After losing five of six to negate a 13-0 start, the Badgers finished strong, winning nine of their last 11 games to land the No. 2 seed in a wide-open West Region and virtual home games to start the NCAA […]
SPOKANE, Wash. — Junior swingman Braden Dawson scored a career-high 26 points Saturday night to lead the Michigan State Spartans past the Harvard Crimson 80-73 in the third round of the NCAA Tournament. Spartans guard Gary Harris scored 14 of his 18 points in the second half to help foil Harvard’s comeback attempt. The fourth-seeded […]
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Junior guard Jordan Sibert’s 3-pointer with 49 seconds left put Dayton up by six and the 11th-seeded Flyers held on to stun third-seeded Syracuse 55-53 in an NCAA South Regional third-round game on Saturday night at the First Niagara Center. Syracuse guard Tyler Ennis missed a 3-pointer just before the final buzzer […]
