Kentucky’s Jamal Murray (23) reacts to making a three point basket against Texas A&M during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in the championship of the Southeastern Conference tournament in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, March 13, 2016.
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The 2011 BCS National Championship Game, LSU baseball’s 12-2 loss to Houston in the Super Regionals in 2014 and you could put Saturday’s loss to Texas A&M in the same category or maybe in a category below it.
-This is the first time the teams have played in the SEC Tournament. “I mean, they’re Final Four good”.
Jalen Jones added 12 points and Admon Gilder had 10.
Texas A&M’s Tyler Davis, right grabs a rebound against LSU’s Ben Simmons, left, during the s …
The Aggies (26-8, 13-5 SEC) opened the season as one of the hottest teams in college basketball despite beginning the year unranked.
Other impact players for the Wildcats were Derek Willis (10 points and a clutch three in overtime), and Isaiah Briscoe (10 points, six assists, five rebounds, two steals).
Kentucky, the seventh-ranked team in blocked shots, registers an average of 5.6 per game.
Texas A&M led 38-34 at the half and kept fighting back every time it appeared Kentucky might be on the verge of breaking the game open in front of what might as well have been a home crowd for the Wildcats.
The closest call – the most famous near-miss in tournament history – came in 1989, when Princeton, coached by the legendary Pete Carril, had a shot to beat Georgetown to the buzzer but lost 50-49.
Dedric Lawson led Memphis with 21 points and 11 rebounds. The Kentucky game TV details and how to watch the SEC Championship game live online streaming is just ahead. The Orange is a 10th seed. This is a balanced team that starts four seniors (one a fifth-year). He finished with zero points for the first time all season as he was 0 for 5 from the field.
-Kentucky is 127-25 (.836) all-time in the SEC Tournament and won its 29th tourney title today.
The defending champion and second-seeded Rams (24-9) will face fourth-seeded St. Joseph’s at Barclays Center. It set a quick pace that had the Wildcats reacting for most of the half, and its top trio of Maten, Gaines and Frazier combined to score 32 points.
Korey Billbury led VCU with 17 points and Lewis added 11. Vegas opens with United Kingdom a 4 point favorite, and within a few hours, the line has slipped to 3 ½ points.
-With 16:09 remaining, Poythress extended UK’s streak of 973 games with a 3-pointer. They should have been a three where Texas A&M is in the West and you’ve got to play what they give you.
– Middle Tennessee 55, Old Dominion 53: At Birmingham, Ala., Reggie Upshaw made two free throws with 2.9 seconds left to lift Middle Tennessee over Old Dominion in the Conference USA tournament.
Aaron Bacote dribbled once and launched a 3-pointer from before midcourt for Old Dominion (22-13), and Brandan Stith’s tip-in attempt didn’t fall. VCU has a better balance on offense and defense, so look for this matchup to be one of your 10-7 upsets.
Trey Freeman led Old Dominion with 17 points. He will likely end up at the Philadelphia 76ers under former Australian Olympic coach Brett Brown, who coached his father Dave Simmons at the NBL’s Melbourne Tigers in the 1990s, or with the Los Angeles Lakers.
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– Stony Brook 80, Vermont 74: At Stony Brook, N.Y., Jameel Warney scored 43 points and Stony Brook reached the NCAA Tournament for the first time by coming from behind to win the America East Tournament championship against Vermont.
