Twelfth-seeded Yale beat fifth-seeded Baylor 79-75 for the Ivy League school’s first ever NCAA Tournament victory. “Then he made a lot of plays and got into his groove”.
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In his Big Dance debut, the 18-year-old Ingram put it all on display for a crowd of 11,656 that was likely littered with National Basketball Association scouts.
When the final horn sounded, coach James Jones walked across the floor with his arms raised. It was a told-you-so, it-finally-happened moment. “We’re all very close in here, and I definitely am able to influence things in a positive way, just upon the things that I say to them, ‘We’ve got to stay focused”. “It all shows [now]”.
The historic win comes at the Yale Bulldogs’ first trip to the NCAAs since 1962, as Yale’s student newspaper reports. If Yale does not become a Sweet 16 Cinderella team, then perhaps ALR will be the one.
With the victory, Yale now moves on to the second round of the tournament where they will face a Duke Blue Devils team that fought off a tough UNC-Wilmington team, 93-85 in the first round. Even with talent like Mason and Sears, who claimed back-to-back Ivy League player of the year honors after averaging 15.8 points and 7.5 rebounds during the regular season, Jones said the Ivy League still isn’t getting the respect it deserves. We picked 12-5 upsets 15.1 percent of the time. The Bulldogs advance to face fourth-seeded Duke on Saturday. The first game of the second round on your schedule features a point guard matchup between Miami’s Angel Rodgriguez (12.1 ppg, 4.4 apg) and Wichita State’s Fred Vanvleet (12.2 ppg, 5.6 apg).
“It’s a huge honor to be coached by one of the greatest coaches of all time, regardless of the sport”, guard Grayson Allen said. “I thought Mason really controlled the game”. He also went 11-for-11 from the free-throw line.
Last week, sources confirmed to Business Insider that Jack Montague, the senior captain of the Yale basketball team, was expelled in connection with a sexual-misconduct investigation.
“During the summer I got comfortable and my knee felt fine, and I was back”, Victor said.
The Bulldogs led through much of the game, taking a 39-34 advantage into the halftime break. The smaller Seahawks also had no answer for center Marshall Plumlee, who drew several fouls, which could be an issue for Yale, which had most of its post players in foul trouble against Baylor in the second half.
Consecutive three-pointers by Anthony Dallier and Blake Reynolds made it 51-45. I wrote about the Huskies’ foul-shooting at the Final Four two years ago, in the middle of an wonderful display of sharpshooting. It was 64-51 with 7:12 remaining after a jumper by Mason, and the lead was still nine with five minutes remaining, eight with less than four left, six with under three, five with under two. Yale outrebounded Baylor, 35-30. Sears threw away the inbounds pass, Jake Lindsey laid it in and, suddenly, it was 72-70. Jones recalls it well.
“We’re not done yet”, Arkansas-Little Rock head coach Chris Beard said Thursday.
The 11th-seeded Shockers played ahead from the start and caused Miller to sweat through his white dress shirt barely midway through the first half. “We feel that we have an opportunity that we can be successful, and we can’t wait to get on the court (Saturday)”.
The Bears had a chance to tie or win after Nick Victor air-balled the second free throw with 6.8 seconds left. Lester Medford, an Amphitheater High School graduate, finished with two points and committed a turnover with Baylor trailing by two points late.
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“That was kind of a statement from the go that we were going to start the game playing hard”, Baker said.
