Category: Wirenews
INDIANAPOLIS — The team that made it out of the First Four will not be going to the Final Four. Shooting 55.1 percent from the field, No. 2 Michigan put four players in double figures and ended the surprising NCAA Tournament run of 11th-seeded Tennessee on Friday night with a 73-71 Midwest Regional semifinal win […]
Houston Rockets starting point guard Patrick Beverley has a torn meniscus in his right knee and is out indefinitely, coach Kevin McHale confirmed Friday. Beverley was injured during Thursday’s win over the Philadelphia 76ers. The injury was initially called a sprain. The timeline for recovery is unclear because a decision has not been made as […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Dayton used superior depth to advance to the Elite Eight for the first time in 30 years with an 82-72 victory over Stanford on Thursday night in the NCAA South Regional semifinals at FedExForum.“It was a true team effort,” Dayton coach Archie Miller said after his bench outscored the Stanford bench 34-2 […]
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Guard Nick Johnson scored all 15 of his points in the final three minutes, and top-seeded Arizona rallied to beat fourth-seeded San Diego State 70-64 in the NCAA Tournament’s Sweet 16 at Honda Center on Thursday. Arizona (33-4) will play in its second West Region final in the past four years, facing […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Top-seeded Florida won its 29th consecutive game, holding off fourth-seeded UCLA 79-68 Thursday night in the NCAA Tournament’s South Regional semifinals at FedExForum. Florida (35-2) will play 11th-seeded Dayton, which defeated Stanford in the region’s other semifinal, on Saturday for a trip to the Final Four. Although the Gators led 66-55 with […]
ATLANTA — The Portland Trail Blazers are getting healthy just in time. The same can’t be said for the reeling Atlanta Hawks. Portland forward LaMarcus Aldridge returned from a seven-game absence with a big game, leading the Blazers past the Hawks 100-85 on Thursday at Philips Arena. Aldridge suffered a back injury after an ugly […]
MILWAUKEE — Point guard Brandon Knight scored 30 points as the Milwaukee Bucks held off the Los Angeles Lakers for a 108-105 victory Thursday night at the BMO Harris Bradley Center. The Bucks led by as many as 12 in the final quarter but had to sweat out the final minute as Lakers swingman Kent […]
HOUSTON — The Philadelphia 76ers etched their name in the NBA record book ignominiously, dropping their 26th consecutive game in a 120-98 loss to the Houston Rockets on Thursday night at Toyota Center. The 76ers (15-57) matched the 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers for the longest losing skid in the four major American professional sports leagues. They […]
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Wisconsin never had to break a sweat against a zone defense that had carried Baylor into the Sweet 16. The Badgers, patient and precise with their passing, fed center Frank Kaminsky in the middle of the zone early in the game and then had its way with the Bears on both ends […]
ATLANTA — The Portland Trail Blazers are getting healthy just in time. The same can’t be said for the reeling Atlanta Hawks. Portland forward LaMarcus Aldridge returned from a seven-game absence with a big game, leading the Blazers past the Hawks 100-85 on Thursday at Philips Arena. Aldridge suffered a back injury after an ugly […]
