Freshman guard Jordan Poole squared up and drained a long 3-pointer at the buzzer, giving third-seeded MI a heart-stopping 64-63 victory over No. 6 seed Houston in the second round of the NCAA Tournament on Saturday night.
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West Virginia completely dominated in-state rival and No. 13 seed Marshall for a 94-71 second-round win in the NCAA tournament on Sunday night. Should the Wildcats advance, they will next play either No. 2 seed Purdue or No. 3 seed Texas Tech.
Looking ahead to the second round of action, which games were played on Saturday and Sunday, the drama didn’t stop. “In the middle of her prayer there’s a scouting report mixed in”.
Welcome to the upset club, Nevada, who mounted a huge 22-point comeback to defeat No. 2 seed Cincinnati in a 75-73 shootout. “But I’ve had to mature, like I said, all season”.
“I hate losing”, Young said after Oklahoma’s first-round overtime loss to Rhode Island.
“Chennedy is a great player, knocked down shots, and we had no answer for her”, DePaul coach Doug Bruno said. “That’s not our responsibility”.
West Virginia’s players feel the same way.
Sunday night, as Xavier was going into full meltdown mode against Florida State, Xavier guard J.P. Macura stole the ball and was whistled for a phantom foul. Don’t matter who it is.
While D’Antoni would like to see the rivalry renewed, Huggins, a West Virginia alum, thinks too much is being made about it.
Not because we came out of the winter unscathed (maybe I shouldn’t speak so soon). They get to trick you into thinking the tournament already started, boost the ratings of an obscure network – which relies on the antics of a group of middle-aged men playing pranks on each other in the show “Impractical Jokers” for its ratings – and make a little extra money. Purdue had actually lost five straight in the series before that, but prior to that streak, the Bulldogs dropped 12 in a row against the Boilermakers.
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“We’re familiar with them, obviously being so close”. In Loyola-Chicago’s way is, arguably, the easiest team that they will have faced so far in this year’s tournament in No. 7 Nevada, the Wolf Pack have been just as surprising and entertaining as any team over this past opening weekend. I hope so, because I’ve got nothing. “So we definitely follow their progress and how they’ve been doing”. They are the ultimate combination of balance, veteran leadership, and explosive youth that you often see make a wild run to a championship.
Most of those victories came under late Hall of Fame coach Pat Summitt, who led the program to eight national championships.
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“I left everything I could, and I know my teammates did as well, (left) everything they could on that floor”, Young said. The return of highly touted Missouri forward Michael Porter Jr., who had essentially missed the whole season following a spinal surgery, drew attention from National Basketball Association scouts and analysts as they anticipated his presence to serve as a boost for the Tigers to take down the Seminoles.
