Archive By Section - NCAA Tournament
HUSKIES PERSEVERE
No conference wanted them. Several teammates and their coach left them. The NCAA kept them out for a year.
Role players key in UConn’s 63-53 win over Florida
ARLINGTON, Texas - Connecticut will not ride a one-man gang into the national championship game this time.
FINAL FOUR
The invitation to this year's Final Four seemed to have specific rules: No upstarts or Cinderellas. Big boys only.
UConn upsets Michigan State 60-54, back to Final Four
NEW YORK - Shabazz Napier owed UConn.
Harrison's 3-pointer helps Wildcats edge Michigan
INDIANAPOLIS - Aaron Harrison made a 3-pointer from NBA range with 2.3 seconds left Sunday to lift Kentucky and its freshmen to a 75-72 win over Michigan and a trip to the Final Four.
Wisconsin edges Arizona in overtime
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Frank Kaminsky carried Wisconsin to the Final Four with 28 points, including six in overtime, as the Badgers defeated Arizona 64-63 in a physical West Region final Saturday night.
Florida reaches fifth Final Four with win over Dayton
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - First yet again this season, the Florida Gators want more. Much more.
Kentucky took hard way to verge of Final Four; set to play Michigan
INDIANAPOLIS - If the crew of growing-on-the-job freshmen at Kentucky find themselves in Dallas next week, nobody can tell them they didn't take the toughest path possible.
Michigan State gets its timing back just in time
NEW YORK - Michigan State guard Keith Appling drove the lane one day in practice and flipped a lob to Branden Dawson as he had many times before.
BYE-BYE BAYLOR
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Frank Kaminsky scored 19 points and blocked six shots, and Wisconsin romped into the West Regional final with a dominant 69-52 victory over Baylor on Thursday night.
Dayton advances with win over Stanford
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Jordan Sibert scored 18 points, Kendall Pollard added a season-high 12 and Dayton rolled past Stanford 82-72 on Thursday to make the NCAA tournament's Elite Eight for the first time since 1984.
Rivalry set to play out at NCAA Tournament
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville's quest of fulfilling coach Rick Pitino's hopes for the Cardinals repeating as national champions and becoming a "mini-dynasty" hinge on beating archrival Kentucky.
No. 1 TO GET TESTED
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Scottie Wilbekin has defended the 6-foot-6 Harrison twins of Kentucky and seen his share of tall guards during his four seasons at Florida.
OH, HOW SWEET IT IS
The Billion Dollar Dream has been over for a while. Most bracket sheets are loaded with red X's. Still, there is plenty of March Madness ahead of us in the NCAA tournament's round of 16.
Several top freshmen were given early exit from NCAA Tournament
SAN DIEGO - Jabari Parker looked to the floor as he if was searching for answers for Duke's stunning loss to Mercer to open the NCAA tournament. Tears filled his eyes, disappointment cast a pall over his face, his words mumbled, almost inaudible.
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