At that point, the Wildcats were already in control of an eventual 87-68 victory at Barclays Center. Sara Potomak had a goal and an assist.
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There were six more double-digits in action Sunday: No. 10 VCU, No. 11 Northern Iowa, No. 13 Hawaii, No. 14 Stephen F. Auston and No. 15 Middle Tennessee, which took on another double-digit in No. 10 Syracuse. All but Pitt advanced to the Sweet 16.
Middle Tennessee State plays the Orange on Sunday.
And the Big 12 had better overall seeding than did the ACC: a No. 1 (KU), a No. 2 (OU), a No. 3 (West Virginia), a No. 4 (Iowa State), a No. 5 (Baylor), a No. 6 (Texas) and a No. 8 (Texas Tech).
Meanwhile, preseason No. 1-ranked North Carolina and Virginia both pushed past ninth-seeded Big East teams in their second-round games Saturday night in Raleigh.
And the Midwest has No. 1 Virginia vs. No. 4 Iowa State including the Syracuse and Gonzaga game.
Is this ACC better than that Big East? The Badgers are headed to their fifth Sweet 16 in six years. The Terps wore down Hawaii 73-60. Melo Trimble led the Terps with 24.
Ochefu, who said he heard the first question about the Sweet 16 last summer, was thinking of a lot of Villanova players. Villanova shot just over 59 percent from the field and hit 10 of 19 3-pointers.
Junior Josh Hart said everyone will judge Villanova on this game. The Hawkeyes closed the year with six defeats in eight games, mirroring a collapse in 2014. Villanova plays Miami next.
Thomas Walkup, the bearded star for Stephen F. Austin, is as positive as one can be heading into a second-round matchup with sixth-seeded Notre Dame.
The ACC is 12-1 in the ACC Tournament with a record SIX schools in the Sweet 16. On defense, Virginia is fourth, which elevates it to tournament favorite’s status among KenPom acolytes. Texas A&M was led by Alex Caruso’s 25. Danuel House scored all 22 of his points in the second half and overtime for the Aggies.
Now the final game of the second round is at halftime with OR leading 32-27 over No. 8 seed Saint Joseph’s. If you thought OR was the weakest of the No. 1 seeds, you won’t get an argument here (OR, for that matter, anywhere). The Spartans had won 13 of their last 14.
– John Wawrow reporting from Syracuse, New York. Former Mets outfielder Chris Young hit a three-run homer. Mets starter Noah Syndergaard gave up two runs in five innings. I think the tournament is a good measuring stick. They haven’t been there since their run to the Final Four in 2009. It’s safe to say the Hurricanes will go as far as Rodriguez can take them. Ellsbury underwent treatment yesterday.
And let’s remember that this a league that also includes a very could Louisville team that banned itself from the postseason this year because of NCAA violations.
That it came down to the last shot was no surprise. Soriano was an All-Star with Tampa Bay in 2010. It is still hard to believe the Aggies erased a 12-point Northern Iowa lead with less than 40 seconds left, but it’s worth wondering how they got in such a big hole in the first place.
The Formula One season got underway in Australia in spectacular fashion with Nico (NEE’-koh) Rosberg of Mercedes beating out teammate and defending world champion Lewis Hamilton, with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel third. The bad news is that a majority of the teams not only lost, but were promptly spanked. What more could a college basketball fan want? It was another great moment for Palmer, the 86-year-old tournament host who watched it unfold on the 18th green. With that said, Syracuse is led by a championship winning coach in Jim Boeheim and the ‘Zags have made a name for themselves in the tournament recently.
Loser: 16-seeds. Top-seeds are now 128-0 against 16-seeds all time. Kim also matched the tournament record of 62 set Thursday by Mi Hyang Lee.
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The Monday start of a weeklong rally is the opening round for the 2016 title in the extreme sport, with the main prize awarded for freestyle, trick-based maneuvers and another in the “big air” category for whoever can fly off the surf the highest.
