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Murray State pulled away in the second half to advance to the College Insider.com Tournament semifinals, beating Towson 85-73 Thursday in a quarterfinal game at Murray, Ky. The Racers (21-11) will play host to Pacific (18-15) next Tuesday, with the winner moving on to the April 3 title game against Yale or VMI. Towson (25-11) […]
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Dayton advanced 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. The 11th-seeded Flyers (26-10) advance to play the winner of Thursday’s late game between top-seeded Florida and fourth-seeded UCLA for passage to […]
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Wisconsin junior center Frank Kaminsky had 19 points and a career-high six blocked shots, and the Badgers carved up the Baylor zone early en route to a 69-52 victory in the Sweet 16 at the Honda Center on Thursday night. Wisconsin’s dominance was such that Kaminsky had as many field goals as […]
Shaka Smart will not become the next head coach at Marquette, multiple media outlets reported Thursday. Speculation centered on the Virginia Commonwealth coach possibly returning to his native Wisconsin to succeed Buzz Williams, who left Marquette last week after six seasons to take the head coaching job at Virginia Tech. One media outlet in Milwaukee […]
Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is well past retirement age at 67, yet there are no plans to hit the rocking chair as he prepares for his 35th season with the Blue Devils. “I’m looking forward to the next five years,” Krzyzewski said Thursday during his season-ending press conference. “What do we do in the next […]
Milwaukee forward Ersan Ilyasova will miss the remainder of the season with a right ankle injury, just the latest in a long season of losses for the Bucks. The Bucks, who entered play Thursday with an NBA-low 13 victories, said Ilyasova was examined by Dr. Richard Ferkel, a foot and ankle specialist who recommended the […]
Louisville and Kentucky are not friendly rivals, but players downplayed that factor entering Friday’s Midwest Regional semifinal matchup, a rematch of Kentucky’s victory in December. Coach John Calipari is 5-1 against Cardinals coach Rick Pitino since joining the Wildcats. “If you aren’t from Kentucky, you don’t understand it,” Kentucky sophomore center Willie Cauley-Stein said. “It’s […]
Michigan knows all about the Final Four. The Wolverines are not as familiar with the First Four. The second-seeded Wolverines draw No. 11 Tennessee in Friday’s Midwest regional semifinal in Indianapolis (7:15 p.m. ET) at Lucas Oil Stadium, where the winner faces eight-seeded Kentucky or Louisville, the No. 4 seed and defending national champion, in […]
Kansas freshman 7-footer Joel Embiid, considered one of the surprise newcomers in college basketball season, plans to enter the 2014 NBA Draft. According to multiple reports, Embiid will make a formal announcement as soon as this weekend and he is in the process of selecting an agent. The 20-year-old Cameroon native told The Sports Xchange […]
SALT LAKE CITY — For about 44 minutes Wednesday night, the Memphis Grizzlies looked as if they might be content to join the Utah Jazz in the NBA’s draft lottery pool. The final four minutes of the game kept the Grizzlies right in the playoff mix. Forward Zach Randolph scored 22 points, hit a key […]
