“That would be a game we were playing to get to the Final Four, so if we get to that game, I will answer all your questions about all that stuff”, Bennett said.
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Kansas never gave WVU a chance in the second half.
“We didn’t win this tournament championship, but we have momentum regardless”. “We know how good a team they are”. Kansas turned it over on 26.3 percent of its possessions, which is a few too many obviously, but when they attempted shots things went well.
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Williams finished with a career-best 31 points and 10 rebounds for the second-seeded Mountaineers (26-8).
After setting a school record for regular-season wins, the Buffaloes were rewarded by facing one of the hottest teams in the nation in American tourney champion UConn.
Jaysean Paige was most remorseful. “I just try to play hard, play my heart out”, added Graham, who hit five threes in six tries and went 10-of-10 from the foul line. It’s still a great accomplishment.
The Mountaineers welcome that. He also chipped in five boards, three assists, and four steals in what was a superb all around effort. We witnessed Kansas and West Virginia battle for the conference’s automatic bid as the top two teams from the regular season.
Kansas and North Carolina are virtual locks after winning their respective conference tournaments. “I still think it’s premature to think about that”. “I just focused in and I just wanted it so bad for my guys, for us, for this program”.
They’re coached by Brad Underwood, who was an assistant coach at Kansas State from 2006-12 and was hired by Huggins for the lone season he coached the Wildcats.
“It just put a stamp on us in the Big 12”, Traylor said.
Boeheim missed the first nine games of the season, while serving a suspension for committing NCAA violations, but Castiglione said that didn’t much factor into bringing Syracuse in.
Ellis has been every bit one of the stars of this conference for years and the championship reinforces that just a little bit more. The victor meets sixth-seeded Arizona (25-8) on Thursday in Providence. Kentucky coach John Calipari touted his SEC rivals from Vandy, saying the Commodores were a tournament team when many thought they were not.
Villanova came in a No. 2 seed following its championship game loss.
– 3 Utah vs 14 Fresno State: Enjoy watching Pac-12 player of the year Jakob Poeltl of Utah and Fresno State guard Marvelle Harris, two of the best players in this region.
Kansas, Oregon, Virginia and North Carolina lead the way into the NCAA men’s basketball tournament as the No. 1 seeds.
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Michigan State (29-5), which won the Big Ten tournament championship earlier Sunday, is the No. 2 seed in the Midwest Region. The Mountaineers finished a game ahead of the Sooners in the Big 12 standings and won Friday night’s semifinal. “They say it doesn’t, but they’ve been ranked higher than us for a majority of the year”. But the Huskies held them off and provided some momentary relief for teams looking for good news.
