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NCAA TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP
DAYTON, Ohio - Capsules from the NCAA tournament Friday. ___ SOUTH REGIONAL FLORIDA GULF COAST 78, GEORGETOWN 68 PHILADELPHIA - College basketball, meet Florida Gulf Coast. Sherwood Brown scored 24 points and Bernard Thompson had 23 to lead FGCU to an incredible NCAA tournament debut. The Eagles, in their second season of being eligible for Division I postseason, became just the seventh No. 15 seed to beat a No. 2. FGCU (25-10) will play seventh-seeded ...
Kansas State falters late, fails to get timeout
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas State coach Bruce Weber challenged his team at halftime to show some emotion.
Illinois topples Colorado
AUSTIN, Texas - Brandon Paul and D.J. Richardson made consecutive 3-pointers to give Illinois back the lead with 6 minutes left and the No. 7-seed Illini pulled out a tough 57-49 win over No. 10 Colorado in a game of wild momentum swings Friday in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Kansas avoids upset bug, beats Western Kentucky
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas coach Bill Self predicted this week that a No. 1 seed would someday lose to a No. 16.
Hurricanes storm past Pacific
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) -Miami coach Jim Larranaga has so much confidence in Shane Larkin that he pretty much let his only non-senior starter run the show in the NCAA tournament.
Injured Wyatt leads Temple past NC State
DAYTON, Ohio - Khalif Wyatt grabbed his left thumb - the one alarmingly wrapped in black support tape - pulled it toward his stomach and grimaced.
No upset for Duke this time around
PHILADELPHIA - Duke had been hearing about Lehigh for a year. The second-seeded Blue Devils used the perimeter shooting of Seth Curry and the inside dominance of Mason Plumlee to put last season's NCAA tournament upset to rest, beating Albany 73-61 on Friday in the second round of the Midwest Regional. It was in the same round - and with the same seeding - that Duke was shocked by Lehigh last March. "Doesn't really matter to us ...
Ole Miss knocks out sluggish Badgers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - It turns out there is someone who can tone down the taunting and irreverent antics Marshall Henderson is becoming known for.
Wright comes through when everything goes wrong late for Kansas State
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - La Salle wouldn't let a stellar first half go to waste. Jerrell Wright made three foul shots in the final 30 seconds, and the No. 13 seed Explorers survived after blowing an 18-point halftime advantage to beat fourth-seeded Kansas State 63-61 on Friday afternoon in a second-round West Region NCAA tournament game. Wright, who scored a game-high 21 points for the Explorers (22-9), made the first two free throws to give La Salle a 62-61 ...
NCAA Tournament TV Listings
NCAA on TV Friday's Games 11:15 a.m. (CBS) -- Albany vs. Duke, Philadelphia 11:40 a.m. (Tru-TV) -- Wisconsin vs. Mississippi, Kansas City, Mo. 12:40 p.m. (TBS) -- North Carolina State vs. Temple, Dayton, Ohio 1:10 p.m. (TNT) -- Miami, Fla. vs. Pacific, Austin, Texas 1:45 p.m. (CBS) -- Creighton vs. Cincinnati, Philadelphia 2:10 p.m. (Tru-TV) -- Kansas State vs. Boise State-LaSalle winner, Kansas City, Mo. 3:10 p.m. (TBS) -- Indiana vs. Long Island-Brooklyn-James Madison ...
GOIN’ TO KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Kansas State gathered to watch La Salle play its first-round game in the NCAA tournament, unsure whether they'd be getting the Explorers or Boise State this afternoon.
Jayhawks set for Hilltoppers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - The first step off the bus was familiar. So was going through security, navigating the maze of tunnels, walking into the locker room and getting cozy in one of the wooden stalls.
Syracuse blows past Montana
SAN JOSE, Calif. - After being sent cross-country to open the NCAA tournament, Syracuse is in no hurry to go back home.
Harvard upsets New Mexico
SALT LAKE CITY - Give those Harvard kids an A-plus in another subject: Bracketbusting 101.
Kansas' NCAA Tournament history
• NCAA TOURNAMENT HISTORY KANSAS (93-40) PHOG ALLEN 1940 - beat Rice 50-44; beat Colorado 60-56, OT; lost to Indiana 60-42. NCAA runner-up. 1942 - lost to Colorado 46-44; beat Rice 55-53. 1952 - beat TCU 68-64; beat Saint Louis 74-55; beat Santa Clara 74-55; beat St. John's 80-63. NCAA champion. 1953 - beat Oklahoma City 73-65; beat Oklahoma A&M 61-55; beat Washington 79-53; lost to Indiana 69-68. NCAA runner-up. DICK HARP 1957 - beat ...
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