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Smart, Martin are guest TV analysts
NEW YORK (AP) - VCU coach Shaka Smart and Kansas State's Frank Martin are serving as guest analysts for NCAA tournament coverage this week.
Top-seeded Kentucky knocks off Indiana 102-90
ATLANTA - Anthony Davis had a rather quiet night. No worries. He's got plenty of help at Kentucky.
Tar Heels survive against Ohio in OT
ST. LOUIS - The last of the little guys gave North Carolina a massive scare. Harrison Barnes scored five of his 12 points in overtime and the top-seeded Tar Heels escaped a huge upset with a 73-65 victory over No. 13 seed Ohio on Friday night in the Midwest Regional semifinals. Ohio, trying to become the first team seeded 13th or worse to make the regional finals since the NCAA tournament expanded in ...
Acy lifts Baylor to second regional final in three years
ATLANTA - Quincy Acy picked up the slack for his roommate to help push Baylor to another regional final.
Robinson leads KU past Wolfpack
ST. LOUIS - All the upstarts are headed home. It comes down to North Carolina and Kansas, the bluest of the bluebloods, for a spot in the Final Four.
SYRACUSE SURVIVES
BOSTON - Syracuse will be playing for a spot in the Final Four because of numbers.
Beal-led Gators knock out Marquette
PHOENIX (AP) - Almost every time he touches the ball, Bradley Beal does something special. His latest bit of basketball wizardry pushed Florida a win away from the Final Four and set up Billy Donovan with a perfectly scripted matchup against his old coach and boss, Rick Pitino.
Ohio State clips Cincinnati
BOSTON - Ohio State won the Battle of the Buckeye State and advanced to the NCAA regional finals for the first time since 2007.
Louisville knocks off No. 1-seeded Michigan State
PHOENIX - Gorgui Dieng swatted away the West Region's top seed to send Rick Pitino into another regional final.
Jayhawks wary of No. 11 seed
ST. LOUIS - Tyshawn Taylor and the rest of the Kansas Jayhawks know better than to focus on seeds this time of year. Especially when it comes to those nasty No. 11s.
SPLITTING DEFENDERS
LAWRENCE - The double-doubles have turned into double troubles for Thomas Robinson.
NCAA Tournament capsules
EAST REGION SYRACUSE (33-2) Nickname: Orangemen (Syracuse, N.Y.); Coach: Jim Boeheim. Conference: Big East. Bid: At large. Region: East. Seed: No. 1. Tournament Record: 55-34, 35 years. Last appearance: 2011. Scoring: Team (74.5); Kris Joseph 13.7; Dion Waiters 12.7; Brandon Triche 9.1; Scoop Jardine 8.6; C.J. Fair 8.3. Rebounds: Team (35.2); Fab Melo 5.8 (ineligible); C.J. Fair 5.4; Kris Joseph 4.9. Assists/Turnovers: Team (15.7/10.6); Scoop Jardine 4.9/2.3; Brandon Triche 2.7/1.3; Dion Waiters 2.5/1.3; Michael Carter-Wiliiams ...
Marshall injury stirs memories of 1984 at UNC
North Carolina is reliving a 28-year-old nightmare. In 1984, the Tar Heels began the year favored to win the national basketball championship - but their point guard broke his wrist. Fast forward to 2012, and point guard Kendall Marshall could be out with a broken wrist when North Carolina meets Ohio Friday in the NCAA tournament's round of 16 in St. Louis. The Tar Heels were unable to get it done in 1984 with the ...
NC State peaking as it heads into NCAA round of 16
RALEIGH, N.C. - North Carolina State started the year as the afterthought behind Duke and North Carolina. Not anymore.
Old NCAA Tournament rivals meet again as Bearcats face Buckeyes
CINCINNATI - George Wilson scanned the NCAA tournament bracket quickly, his eyes focusing on the lines that included Cincinnati and Ohio State. He followed them toward the middle of the page to see if they intersected.
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