ST. LOUIS – Malachi Richardson scored 21 points, Syracuse stumped Dayton with its trademark zone and the Orange rolled to a victory in their return to the NCAA Tournament. Walkup averages 18 points per game and dropped 33 on the Mountaineers in the win Friday, and Brey said it won’t be an easy task containing him.
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They looked back at home in the first round of the Midwest Regional.
Pittsburgh had a chance to take the lead in the closing seconds when Hayes missed a 3-point try and James Robinson took the rebound the other way.
No. 7 Wisconsin 47, No. 10 Pittsburgh 43: In St. Louis, Ethan Happ had 15 points and nine rebounds, none bigger than one he pulled down in the closing seconds, as Wisconsin won. Was he Buddy Hield? They made shots when they had to.
“He’s a hard worker who is like a coach on the court”, Walkup’s teammate and fellow senior Clide Geffrard said. Over that same stretch, Auguste failed to grab 10 or more rebounds only three times and never less than eight in a game.
Walkup set a new career-high in free throws made, making 19 of the 20 he attempted.
Historically, the Irish are 35-38 in NCAA Competition since participating in the tournament for the first time in 1953 and are 10-10 under Mike Brey.
The Golden Bears’ played without popular assistant coach Yann Hufnagel, dismissed amid allegations of sexual harassment, and the loss of leading scorer Tyrone Wallace, who broke his hand Wednesday in practice. It was expected they would try to use their muscle inside, especially with Devin Williams and Jonathan Holton, but the pressure was such that the guards never could get into sets. 1 in forced turnovers in the regular season with 18.63 per game and West Virginia was second with 18.5 per outing. The Lumberjacks ran the table in the Southland, demolishing every conference opponent on their way to a 27-5 overall record.
Certainly he needed a change in the flow, having scored one field in the last 11:30 of the half. Starting point guard Trey Pinkney didn’t have a single turnover.
Deondre Parks fumbled a pass from Keaton Moffitt for the 12th-seeded Jackrabbits (26-8) and Rasheed Sulaimon picked up the ball and stuffed it for the final score.
It was still enough to knock off the equally cold-shooting Panthers.
Austin’s Thomas Walkup responds to questions during a news conference before a second-round men’s college basketball game against Notre Dame in the NCAA Tournament, Saturday, March 19, 2016, in NY.
MI stormed out to a 13-point lead midway through the first half, leading 41-29 at halftime. “Once we were three, four games into the win streak, I was like, oh, I’ve got to keep it. We’re still riding off that win streak”.
Austin is a much better team than its No. 14 seeding might indicate.
He said it’s not disrespectful, but at some point you have to turn off the TV.
SPOKANE, Wash. – Carrying the marquee for the underachieving Pac-12, OR showed no nerves playing as a top seed and rolled past Holy Cross.
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11 – Three point field goals in post season play for V.J. West Virginia is the first No. 3 seed to fall in this year’s tournament, losing 70-56. Boucher slammed a trio of lob dunks in the first 12 minutes and the expected blowout quickly developed.
