Category: NCAA News Wire
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Even as the game’s leading scorer, Louisville guard Chris Jones did not have a lot to say about the No. 5 Cardinals’ 92-31 victory over Rutgers on Thursday afternoon in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic Conference at FedEx Forum. But there was a lot to be said about coming back to […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In a game that befitted a matchup of the preseason favorites to win the Big 12 Conference more than a typical No. 1 seed vs. No. 8 seed in the conference quarterfinals, Kansas edged Oklahoma State 77-70 in overtime in quarterfinal action on Thursday at the Big 12 tournament in the […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Third-seeded Morgan State guard Justin Black made his first six second-half shots as the Golden Bears blitzed the No. 6 Florida A&M Rattlers 81-68 Thursday night in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Association tournament quarterfinals Thursday night at the Scope Arena. The Bears (14-15) will meet No. 7 Coppin State in a “Battle of […]
INDIANAPOLIS — Ohio State does not do things the easy way. The defending Big Ten tournament champions survived another grinder on Thursday, escaping upset-minded Purdue for a 63-61 first-round tournament victory at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. Boilermakers guard Terone Johnson’s bid for a game-winning 3-pointer bounced off the rim as time expired and the No. 24 […]
Once again, Middle Tennessee State’s defense proved to be too much for Old Dominion. The third-seeded Blue Raiders suffocated the sixth-seeded Monarchs for the second time this season, limiting Old Dominion to 32 percent shooting in a 62-48 victory in the Conference USA quarterfinals Thursday at the Don Haskins Center in El Paso, Texas. The […]
Richmond left nothing to chance in its Atlantic 10 tournament opener, scoring the first nine points of the second half to break open a close game and advance past Duquesne 76-64 Thursday at the Barclays Center in New York. The seventh-seeded Spiders (19-13) snapped a four-game losing streak and won for the 17th in the […]
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Baylor jumped out to an early lead and kept No. 17 Oklahoma at bay the rest of the way in a 78-73 victory Thursday in the Big 12 tournament quarterfinals at Sprint Center. Center Isaiah Austin led Baylor (23-10) with 18 points, and forward Cory Jefferson scored 14. All five Baylor […]
NEW YORK — Appearing in their first game in the Big East tournament at Madison Square Garden, the Creighton Bluejays looked quite comfortable in their 84-62 win over the DePaul Blue Demons in the quarterfinals on Thursday. No. 4 Creighton (25-6), the second seed, received 35 points from forward Doug McDermott, the Big East’s Player […]
NORFOLK, Va. — Longtime Coppin State coach Ron “Fang” Mitchell has seen his share of championship teams. He thinks he may be looking at another one now. Mitchell’s seventh-seeded Eagles got some key defensive stops and made 11 of 12 free throws in the final 1:18 to upset second-seeded Hampton 83-77 in the Mid-Eastern Athletic […]
NEW YORK – For only the second time since joining the Big East Conference, DePaul has advanced to the second round of the Big East tournament after knocking off Georgetown 60-56 Wednesday at Madison Square Garden. The 10th-seeded Blue Demons (12-20) were led by guard Billy Garrett Jr., the Big East’s Rookie of the Year, […]
