the essential eight bids for the candy sixteen inside the boys’s NCAA event shall be locked up Saturday, whereas the women’s event finally ends up the essential spherical.
Furman and Princeton took the sports activities world by storm Thursday with upsets of No. 4 Virginia and No. 2 Arizona, respectively. each have been in movement as quickly as extra. The thirteen-seeded Paladins started the boys’s movement with a loss to No. 5 San Diego State. nonetheless the 15-seeded Tigers superior to the candy sixteen with a win in opposition to No. 7 Missouri.
On the women’s side, No. 1 seed Indiana was in movement after extreme seeds South Carolina, Virginia Tech and Stanford took care of enterprise on Friday. The Hoosiers kicked off Day 2 of the women’s first spherical with a seventy seven-forty seven win in opposition to No. sixteen seed Tennessee Tech, which beat Monmouth in a essential 4 recreation on Thursday.
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UCLA win closes out first spherical of women’s event
No. 4 UCLA started the sport on a sixteen-2 run and by no means regarded again, dealing with thirteenth-seeded Sacramento State with ease, worthwhile sixty seven-forty five. Freshman Kiki Rice led the biggest means with 15 factors, whereas senior Charisma Osborne accomplished with eleven factors, 12 rebounds, 5 assists and two blocks. UCLA outrebounded Sac State forty seven-32 and turned the ball over simply 5 occasions. The Bruins will play Oklahoma on Monday for a spot inside the candy sixteen.
women’s remaining: Texas seventy nine, East Carolina forty
Shaylee Gonzales led 4 gamers in double figures with 20 factors, Rori Harmon dished out 12 assists and Texas dominated East Carolina in every part of the sport in a seventy nine-forty win. Texas had as many factors inside the paint as East Carolina had complete, and the Longhorns shot fifty 4% whereas holding the Pirates to diminish than 18% taking pictures. Texas did have 17 turnovers, however East Carolina may solely flip them into eight factors.
— Nancy Armour
No. 1 Alabama defeats No. eight Maryland to close out males’s slate
No. eight Maryland obtained off to a quick 9-2 start however Alabama asserted administration after which cruised to a seventy three-fifty one victory inside the remaining recreation of Saturday’s males’s NCAA event slate. Alabama joined Houston as a consequence of the one No. 1 seeds to make it by means of the opening weekend after Kansas misplaced earlier Saturday and Purdue was shocked by No. sixteen Fairleigh Dickinson inside the essential spherical on Friday.
It was a battle from the sphere for every teams. Maryland shot simply 35.2% from the sphere, collectively with a 1-for-eight mark from three-level fluctuate. Alabama wasn’t masses greater even having fun with in entrance of a partisan crowd in Birmingham, altering simply 39.7% from the sphere and hitting six of its 21 three-level makes an try.
Brandon Miller, who did not rating inside the Crimson Tide’s first-spherical win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, found a semblance of his pre-harm type, ending with 19 factors, although he went simply 5-for-17 from the sphere. Jahvon Quinerly led Alabama with 22 factors.
The Crimson Tide will face No. 5 San Diego State inside the candy sixteen.
women’s remaining: Duke 89, Iona forty nine
Third-seeded Duke outrebounded No. 14 seed Iona forty three-15 (no, that’s not a misprint) as a consequence of the Blue Devils led wire-to-wire of their 89-forty nine blowout win.
Kennedy Brown scored 10 factors, grabbed eight rebounds and handed out 4 assists. Twelve fully different Blue Devils obtained inside the scorebook as Duke shot fifty eight% from the sphere, advancing to the second spherical to meet sixth-seeded Colorado.
women’s remaining: Oklahoma eighty five, Portland sixty three
Seven gamers scored eight factors or extra, led by 14 from each Taylor Robertson and Aubrey Joens, and Oklahoma grew to become the second fifth-seed to win Saturday, using a 24-level third quarter to separate from Portland and go on to win, eighty five-sixty three.
The Sooners, common season co-champions of the massive 12, led almost the full recreation. OU held Portland to 38% from the sphere and simply sixteen% from three, and out rebounded UP forty nine-30. The Sooners turned 18 Portland turnovers into 23 factors, too. Portland forward Alex Fowler accomplished with 18 factors and seven rebounds.
UCLA wins, however consideration turns to well being of David Singleton
one other day, one other essential harm for UCLA … presumably.
The Bruins acquired sixty eight-sixty three over seventh-seeded Northwestern on Saturday, nonetheless it obtained here with a scare.
Fifth-12 months guard David Singleton, who averages 9.2 factors for the second-seeded Bruins, went down with 20.three seconds to play and UCLA up sixty 4-60 after badly turning his proper ankle.
Singleton was clearly in pretty a quantity of ache, and paramedics actually obtained here on to the floor to cart him off. He managed to hobble off with assist, nonetheless the scarcity of one other guard may presumably be devastating for UCLA. simply earlier than the convention event the Bruins misplaced Jaylen Clark, thought of one of many nation’s biggest perimeter defenders, to a season-ending harm.
Singleton obtained here again out to the handshake line and was strolling on his personal vitality, which is an environment nice signal for the Bruins. Mick Cronin said afterward that he wasn’t sure how unhealthy Singleton’s harm was, however “I knew it scared him.”
Singleton had 5 factors and 6 rebounds in 28 minutes in UCLA’s win. he’ll possible be re-evaluated and his availability shall be introduced later this week.
Brandon Miller will get on the board
Alabama star Brandon Miller lastly obtained inside the factors column inside the Crimson Tide’s second-spherical recreation in opposition to No. eight Maryland. After going scoreless (zero-for-5 from the sphere) inside the essential-spherical victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi whereas dealing with a groin harm, Miller hit three of eight shot makes an try inside the essential half in opposition to the Terrapins to take a recreation-extreme 9 factors into halftime. No. 1 Alabama led 28-23.
males’s remaining: Texas seventy one, Penn State sixty six
No. 2 Texas was in administration lots of the sport, however a ten-zero Penn State run put the No. 10 Nittany Lions up fifty eight-fifty five with 4:50 to go.
Undaunted, the Longhorns responded with a ten-zero run of their very personal, powered by 4 Dylan Disu baskets. Disu accomplished with a recreation-extreme 28 factors and added 10 rebounds for the double-double.
The victory superior Texas to the second weekend of the NCAA event for the essential time since 2008. it would face the winner of Sunday’s recreation between Xavier and Pitt.
women’s remaining: Colorado eighty two, center Tennessee 60
Frida Formann scored 15 of her workforce-extreme 21 factors on three-pointers, and Colorado used its prolonged-fluctuate taking pictures to roll previous center Tennessee eighty two-60. The sixth-seeded Buffaloes made a season-extreme thirteen three-pointers, collectively with one by Tayanna Jones midway by means of the essential quarter that gave Colorado the lead for good.
It’s the essential time since 2003 that Colorado has acquired a essential-spherical recreation.
– Nancy Armour
No. 5 Louisville women fend off No. 12 Drake in first-spherical thriller
A frenzied again-and-forth recreation that contains 12 lead modifications and 14 ties obtained here to an finish when Hailey Van Lith, Louisville’s All-American guard, hit a pull-up on the elbow with fifty three seconds to play, giving Louisville a lead it wouldn’t relinquish.
The Cardinals clinched the eighty three-eighty one win by making 4 of 5 free throws inside the remaining 20 seconds, staving off what would have been the third 12-5 upset of the day.
After Drake hit two free throws to get inside one, seventy eight-seventy seven, a terrific sideline out of bounds play from Louisville obtained Van Lith open for an and-1 layup with sixteen seconds to play, which made it a two possession recreation. a quick three from Drake’s Sarah Beth Gueldner as quickly as extra launched the Bulldogs inside one, however Van Lith hit two extra free throws to current Louisville respiratory room. Drake’s subsequent three try missed badly, and Louisville fouled to not allow a three. Drake made the essential free throw and missed the second, however Louisville corralled the rebound.
Van Lith led all scorers with 26 factors, whereas Mykasa Robinson added 14 factors and seven assists. 5 Drake gamers scored in double figures, led by Katie Dinnebier, who had 20 factors and seven assists.
No. 1 Houston overcomes gradual start to obtain candy sixteen
No. 1 Houston found itself down 10 at halftime in opposition to No. 9 Auburn in Birmingham, Alabama. The Cougars have been in peril of altering into the third No. 1 seed to be eradicated earlier than the candy sixteen. however they turned it on inside the second half, outscoring Auburn 50-23 on the biggest decision to an eighty one-sixty 4 victory.
This was not an aesthetically pleasing recreation. The teams mixed to shoot sixty five free throws. thought of one of many essential variations inside the rivals was the taking pictures from the free throw line: Houston hit 24 of its 29 makes an try (eighty two.eight%); Auburn went a dreadful 19-for-36 (fifty two.eight%).
Houston acquired a elevate from the return of Marcus Sasser. The AAC participant of the 12 months aggravated a groin harm suffered inside the convention event in Thursday’s first-spherical win over Northern Kentucky. however he obtained the start Saturday and scored 22 factors on 7-for-14 taking pictures. That trailed solely Tramon Mark, who had a recreation-extreme 26 factors.
The Cougars will play the winner of Sunday’s recreation between Miami and Indiana.
Princeton males and women make Ivy League historic previous
This was a event to bear in thoughts for the Ivy League even earlier than the Princeton males reached the candy sixteen.
that is the essential 12 months the Ivy’s teams have acquired first-spherical video games in each tournaments. A day after the No. 15 Princeton males shocked No. 2 Arizona, the tenth-seeded Princeton women upset N.C. State on Friday evening time on a three-pointer with seven seconds left.
“We have been watching (the boys) inside the locker room proper earlier than observe,” Julia Cunningham said Friday evening time. “Watching them, all of the safety they’re getting from the media, it was so properly deserved. We checked out every fully different and thought, we’re subsequent, now it’s our flip.
“it is particular,” she added. “A particular week to be a Tiger.”
– Nancy Armour
No. 15 Princeton reaches candy sixteen
In a battle of Tigers, No. 15 Princeton regarded simply like the greater seed with a sturdy seventy eight-sixty three win over No. 7 Missouri.
Ryan Langborg led the biggest means with a recreation-extreme 22 factors.
Princeton is simply the fourth No. 15 seed to obtain the boys’s candy sixteen, becoming a member of 2013 FGCU, 2021 Oral Roberts and 2022 Saint Peter’s, which made all of it of the biggest decision to the Elite Eight final 12 months earlier than falling to nationwide runner-up North Carolina.
The Ivy League’s Tigers will play the winner of Sunday’s Baylor-Creighton recreation.
Arkansas coach Eric Musselman rips shirt off after upset of Kansas
The No. eight Razorbacks despatched the defending champions dwelling, defeating No. 1 Kansas seventy two-seventy one inside the second spherical of the boys’s NCAA event. To have fun, coach Eric Musselman ripped his shirt off. actually.
Musselman, a quantity of the extreme-vitality coaches in faculty basketball – which is saying one factor – pulled his polo up over his head and twirled it earlier than “Calling the Hogs” with celebrating Arkansas followers. photographs confirmed him embracing gamers and coaches sans-shirt.
that ought to not be the essential time the fifty eight-12 months-previous’s shirt has come off on the courtroom or locker room. Musselman was recognized to tear his shirt off in celebration all by means of his earlier cease at Nevada from 2015-2019.
The Razorbacks are into the candy sixteen for the third consecutive 12 months. We think about in the event that they break by means of to the remaining 4, we’re going to see extra of Musselman’s midriff this March.
males’s remaining: No. eight Arkansas upsets No. 1 Kansas
The second No. 1 seed inside the NCAA males’s event has gone down earlier than the candy sixteen.
No. eight Arkansas knocked off No. 1 Kansas seventy two-seventy one with a spirited second-half surge and late free throws by Ricky Council IV.
Baylor women full comeback from 18 all of the means down to knock out Alabama
Baylor’s prolonged-fluctuate taking pictures stored the Bears inside the NCAA event.
After being held to a season-low 4 factors inside the essential quarter and trailing by as a lot as 18 inside the essential half, Baylor shot itself again into the sport from prolonged fluctuate. Baylor made 14 three-pointers – no, that’s not a misprint – with Ja’Mee Asberry contributing seven of them inside the No. 7 seed’s seventy eight-seventy 4 victory over tenth-seeded Alabama.
Baylor didn’t have the lead till Sarah Andrews made a three – what else? – with 5:35 left inside the third quarter. however Alabama obtained here again and regained administration, main by eight early inside the fourth quarter. The Crimson Tide went chilly, nonetheless, making simply two subject targets over the remaining 6:21, and made a quantity of errors that allowed Baylor to close it out.
The loss spoiled a monster effort by Alabama’s Brittany Davis, who matched her profession extreme with 33 factors. At one level inside the essential half, Davis was singlehandedly outscoring Baylor.
— Nancy Armour
No. 15 Princeton males lead No. 7 Missouri at half
Princeton takes a 33-26 lead into the locker room in opposition to Missouri as a consequence of it goals to develop to be the fourth No. 15 seed to obtain the candy sixteen of the boys’s NCAA event.
Princeton led 33-19 earlier than Missouri closed on a 7-zero run that included Sean East II beating the buzzer to take considerably little bit of momentum into halftime.
– Jace Evans
women’s remaining: No. 4 Villanova seventy six, No. eleven Cleveland State fifty nine
Maddy Siegrist reached one other milestone inside the Wildcats’ seventy six-fifty nine win over the Vikings. She grew to become simply the fifth participant in women’s Division I historic previous to discover 1,000 factors in a single season following her 35-level efficiency on her birthday. She’s the essential particular person to take movement in Villanova historic previous.
The Wildcats shot forty three.9% from the sphere, 10-for-25 from three and outrebounded the Vikings forty five-29. Christina Dalce added sixteen rebounds and eight offensive boards.
future Leo had 25 factors.
women’s remaining: UNC sixty one, St. John’s fifty nine
North Carolina’s Deja Kelly obtained here up clutch in an thrilling first-spherical recreation Saturday in Columbus, Ohio, driving and scoring on an and-1 to current the Tar Heels a sixty one-fifty eight edge with 2.2 seconds left.
St. John’s Danielle Patterson was fouled on a three-level try with 1.5 seconds to play and had an alternative to tie, nonetheless the eighty one% free throw shooter missed her first two makes an try and North Carolina held on to win and advance to play third-seeded Ohio State on Monday.
St. John’s took its first lead with 6:39 to go on a three to go up forty nine-forty eight, and the teams traded huge performs for the the rest of the sport. Mimi Reid scored for St. John’s on a wild layup with 6.5 seconds to go, and it regarded like overtime was shut to. however then Kelly obtained here up huge for UNC.
Kelly scored 18 factors and grabbed 4 rebounds, whereas Kennedy Todd-Williams added 14 factors and seven rebounds. Jayla Everett led St. John’s with 17 factors.
No. 1 Kansas leads No. eight Arkansas at half
The Jayhawks entered halftime with a 35-27 lead over the Razorbacks, however Kansas followers collectively held their breath when Dajuan Harris Jr. went down with an ankle harm. He hobbled to the locker room with three:07 left inside the half after touchdown awkwardly on his proper foot whereas contesting a shot. He had 4 factors, whereas Jalen Wilson leads the workforce with 9 factors.
Arkansas’ Anthony Black turned his ankle early inside the sport, however returned after getting his ankle re-taped. He has two factors and Ricky Council IV has a recreation-extreme 10 factors.
each teams are struggling from the three-level line. Kansas was 1-for-7 from past the arc, whereas Arkansas was 1-for-9.
women: No. 12 Toledo eighty, No. 5 Iowa State seventy three
inside the second 12-5 upset of the day, the Rockets of Toledo used forty eight% taking pictures to knock off fifth-seeded Iowa State eighty-seventy three. Toledo advances to play Tennessee on the lady Vols’ dwelling floor Monday.
5-foot-10 guard Quinesha Lockett — fittingly nicknamed “Lockett the Rocket” — scored 24 factors and grabbed thirteen rebounds inside the win, and Jayda Jansen added 17 factors on 6-for-thirteen taking pictures. Iowa State star Ashley Joens, a perennial All-American, accomplished with 23 factors and thirteen rebounds, however her workforce went simply thirteen-for-30 on layups and couldn’t get greater after being outscored 23-thirteen inside the second quarter.
Toledo constructed as a lot as a sixteen-level lead inside the second half as a consequence of the Rockets picked up their first NCAA event win since 1996.
women: No. 2 UConn ninety five, No.15 Vermont fifty two
Aaliyah Edwards did considerably little bit of every little thing in UConn’s forty three-level win over Vermont. She accomplished with a profession-extreme 28 factors, 7 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and two blocks. Caroline Ducharme added 12 factors off the bench.
The Huskies managed the boards, outrebounding the Catamounts forty three-19, and had 14 free throw makes an try, in contrast with Vermont’s two. UConn shot sixty one.9% from the sphere, in contrast with the Catamounts taking pictures 33.three%.
males: No. 4 Tennessee sixty five, No. 5 Duke fifty two
Tennessee’s Olivier Nkamhoua was on fireplace inside the second half, scoring 23 of his 27 factors after halftime. He entered Friday’s matchup taking pictures 31.three% from three-level fluctuate however went three-for-three from past the arc to enhance Tennessee’s lead inside the second half. Nkamhoua put an exclamation level on the win with a put-again dunk with 1:sixteen left.
“They didn’t let me play inside the essential so I needed to get my movement inside the second,” Nkamhoua said after the sixty five-fifty two win.
Turnovers have been the story of the sport for the Blue Devils. They dedicated 15 turnovers that led to 18 factors for the Volunteers. Tyrese Proctor led Duke with sixteen factors. Dereck energetic II had eleven rebounds, however didn’t try a shot the full recreation. Jeremy Roach, who was in foul trouble a majority of the sport, accomplished with thirteen factors.
women: No. 12 FGCU seventy 4, No. 5 Washington State sixty three
The nation’s chief in three-pointers per recreation needed solely 5 treys — Florida Gulf Coast averages almost 12 — to tug off thought of one of many biggest upsets of the women’s first spherical, topping fifth-seeded Washington State seventy 4-sixty three.
that is the second 12 months in a row that No. 12 seed FGCU beat a 5 inside the essential spherical (final 12 months Virginia Tech fell sufferer to the Eagles). FGCU shot a scorching fifty six% from the sphere and dominated the paint (50 to 26) inside the win.
It was a huge letdown for Washington State, which solely a pair weeks in the past acquired the varsity’s first-ever Pac-12 championship when the Cougars knocked off UCLA inside the convention event championship. FGCU did a terrific job locking up WSU star Charlisse Ledger-Walker, who accomplished with simply 5 factors earlier than fouling out with 5:25 to play.
4 Eagles scored in double figures, led by guard Sha Carter, who had 24 on 10-for-thirteen taking pictures. She additionally grabbed 6 rebounds.
women: No. 9 Miami sixty two, No. eight Oklahoma State sixty one
The Hurricanes edged out a sixty two-sixty one win over the Cowgirls on Friday and it was a dramatic finish. Oklahoma State’s Anna Gret Asi knocked down a quick three with 5.three seconds left inside the sport to carry the Cowgirls inside one, sixty two-sixty one. Miami was hit with a 5-second violation and turned the ball over whereas making an try to inbound the ball. Oklahoma State’s Naomie Alnatas missed a jumper that will have acquired the sport as a consequence of the clock expired.
The Hurricanes outscored the Cowgirls forty two-24 inside the second half to erase a 17-level halftime deficit, which is tied for the fifth largest comeback in NCAA event historic previous. It was a workforce effort for Miami with 4 starters in double digits, led by Haley Cavinder’s sixteen factors, eight rebounds and 6 assists.
Duke and Tennessee in low-scoring defensive battle
The Blue Devils and Volunteers are discovering a troublesome time discovering the bucket as Tennessee leads 27-21 at halftime.
Tennessee is taking pictures 33% and closed the essential half on a 14-2 run and Duke, who’ve additionally dedicated eleven turnovers is doing barely greater, hitting at a 36 % clip.
Dariq Whitehead leads Duke with eight factors, whereas Santiago Vescovi is pacing the Volunteers with eight factors.
women: No. three Ohio State eighty, No. 14 James Madison sixty six
No lead is protected when Ohio State is having fun with.
The third-seeded Buckeyes rallied from sixteen factors down to beat 14th-seeded James Madison eighty-sixty six. It’s the seventh time this 12 months Ohio State has acquired after trailing by double digits, collectively with a file-setting comeback in opposition to Indiana inside the massive Ten event semifinals when the Buckeyes erased a 24-level deficit.
huge Ten freshman of the 12 months Cotie McMahon had 18 earlier than fouling out to information 4 Buckeyes in double figures. Ohio State additionally obtained a huge recreation from Jacy Sheldon, who was having fun with simply her fourth recreation – and making her first start – after lacking a lot of the final three months with a foot harm. Sheldon had 17 factors, 9 assists and 4 steals.
The loss continued the streak of futility for 14 seeds inside the women’s event.
– Nancy Armour
women: No. 4 Tennessee ninety five, No. thirteen Saint Louis 50
Rickea Jackson and Jordan Horston mixed for 39 of the lady Vols’ ninety five factors in a essential-spherical win over the Billikens. Horston (eight rebounds) was two level shy of a double-double. The forty five-level win marked Tennessee’s largest margin of victory of the season and the lady Vols improved to 25-zero inside the essential spherical of the NCAA event at dwelling.
Brooke Flowers, Saint Louis’ all-time chief in blocks, added 5 extra to her profession complete Saturday, collectively with 17 factors and 9 rebounds in her final collegiate recreation. The Billikens collectively shot three-for-20 from three-level fluctuate, had 20 turnovers and have been outrebounded 39-28.
San Diego State seventy five, Furman fifty two
San Diego State is heading to the candy sixteen after using a suffocating defensive effort to close down Furman, ending the Paladins’ Cinderella run inside the second spherical.
The Aztecs advance to the South Regional in Louisville, Kentucky to face the winner of Alabama and Maryland, making their first candy sixteen look since 2014.
Micah Parrish had sixteen factors for San Diego State, who shot 50 % and outrebounded Furman by sixteen as a consequence of the Paladins had no reply for the Aztecs and their inside recreation. Darrion Trammell had thirteen factors, Lamont Butler scored 12, and Matt Bradley chipped in with 10.
Jalen Slawson, the Southern convention participant of the 12 months, had eight factors and two rebounds earlier than fouling out with 10 minutes left. Mike Bothwell led Furman with 15 factors. The Paladins shot 32 %, collectively with 6-26 from three-level fluctuate.
Alabama’s Brandon Miller anticipated to play vs. Maryland: report
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – Alabama forward Brandon Miller is predicted to play in opposition to Maryland, a particular person with information of the state of affairs instructed The Tuscaloosa information on Saturday. The particular person was granted anonymity as a consequence of they weren’t authorised to communicate publicly about Miller’s standing.
Miller performed solely 19 minutes inside the win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Thursday and did not rating . he is dealing with a groin harm suffered inside the SEC event remaining.
The SEC participant of the 12 months, who has been inside the headlines attributable to his involvement in a capital homicide case, was held out of stay observe drills Friday, Alabama coach Nate Oats said. “i suppose realizing Brandon and the means sturdy he is, bodily, mentally, i suppose he’ll be ready to go tomorrow.”
— Nick Kelly, The Tuscaloosa information
women: No. 1 Indiana seventy seven, No. sixteen Tennessee Tech forty seven
Sydney Parrish led the Hoosiers to a 30-level win over the Golden Eagles with 19 factors, eight rebounds and one steal. Indiana had two fully different starters in double digits: Grace Berger (17 factors) and Yarden Garzon (12 factors).
nonetheless the star of the current was the Hoosiers’ protection with eleven blocks and seven steals in entrance of a crowd of 14,000 followers at Simon Skjodt meeting hall in Bloomington, Indiana. “it is such a bonus having a sixth man,” Berger said of the dwelling crowd.
Tennessee Tech was held to eight fourth-quarter factors. Maaliya Owens had a workforce-extreme 17 factors.
San Diego State making an try to cease Furman’s Cinderella run
San Diego State is 20 minutes from the candy sixteen as a consequence of it leads Furman 39-25 at halftime in second-spherical movement inside the South area.
The Aztecs took administration with an 18-1 run, holding Furman with no subject aim for greater than 10 minutes. The Paladins shot 33 %, collectively with 2-of-eleven from three-level fluctuate, inside the essential half.
Micah Parrish has 14 factors off the bench for SDSU, whereas Furman’s Jalen Slawson has eight factors and two rebounds.
– Scooby Axson
rating Saturday’s video games
Saturday’s winners earn a spot inside the candy sixteen, and the eight video games function a quantity of thought of one of the biggest teams and gamers in faculty basketball. Three No. 1 seeds are in movement, and the spotlight is on first-workforce All-people Jalen Wilson of Kansas and Alabama forward Brandon Miller, and probably Houston’s do-every little thing guard Marcus Sasser.
right here’s the guidelines of Saturday’s eight video games ranked by how watchable they’re.
- No. 4 Tennessee vs. No. 5 Duke (2:forty p.m. ET)
- No. 1 Alabama vs. No. eight Maryland (9:forty p.m.)
- No. 7 Missouri vs. No. 15 Princeton (6:10 p.m.)
- No. 1 Kansas vs. No. eight Arkansas (5:15 p.m.)
- No. 1 Houston vs. No. 9 Auburn (7:10 p.m.)
- No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 7 Northwestern (eight:forty p.m.)
- No. 2 Texas vs. No. 10 Penn State (7:forty five p.m.)
- No. 5 San Diego State vs. No. thirteen Furman (12:10 p.m.)
– Scooby Axson
invoice Self out as quickly as extra
Kansas head coach invoice Self will not coach inside the workforce’s second-spherical recreation in opposition to Arkansas on Saturday, the varsity introduced. Self continues to get greater from a coronary heart catheterization, which brought on him to overlook the massive 12 event. The 60-12 months-previous Self did attend the Jayhawks observe on Friday, however principally sat and watched.
Assistant Norm Roberts will as quickly as as quickly as extra carry out performing head coach for Kansas. He coached the Jayhawks to a ninety six-sixty eight win over Howard inside the essential spherical.
The defending nationwide champions will tip off in opposition to the Razorbacks at 5:15 p.m. at Wells Fargo area in Des Moines, Iowa.
Did that basically happen?!?!
In case you missed it Friday evening time (although we will not think about how), Purdue grew to become simply the second males’s No. 1 seed to fall to a sixteen as a consequence of the bracket expanded to sixty 4 teams in 1985, when Fairleigh Dickinson shocked the nation with a sixty three-fifty eight upset.
If there’s a winner moreover current Fairleigh Dickinson gamers and first-12 months head coach Tobin Anderson — to not level out each FDU graduate and fan — it’s most possible Virginia coach Tony Bennett, who’s not the one coach to lose to a No. sixteen seed. Yikes. communicate about a membership you don’t want to hitch.
however maybe the most vital winners are followers of faculty hoops. That we’ve now seen two sixteen-seeds beat 1-seeds inside the final 5 years is proof that parity continues to develop in males’s faculty basketball, which makes the NCAA event extra unpredictable and finally, extra pleasurable.
— Lindsay Schnell and Paul Myerberg
Sisters may face off in second spherical with Saturday wins
Lior Garzon’s preliminary pleasure all by means of Sunday’s selection current was over Oklahoma State receiving No. eight seed inside the NCAA women’s event reverse No. 9 Miami (Fla.). It took the junior forward decrease than a minute to understand not solely have been the Cowgirls dancing, they have been heading to Bloomington, Indiana, the place her youthful sister, Yarden Garzon, is a freshman guard for No. 1-seed Indiana.
At their respective schools by the use of Ra’anana, Israel, the Garzon sisters by no means talked about the probability of ending up collectively inside the bracket earlier to Sunday, however they knew it may a minimal of be in play. Indiana tip-off in opposition to Tennessee Tech at eleven:30 a.m. ET, adopted by Oklahoma State-Miami at 2 p.m.
Thursday’s reunion on the workforce resort marked the essential time the sisters have seen every fully different since Yarden visited Stillwater, Oklahoma over winter break.
“i am actually excited to watch her play,” said Lior, who averages eleven factors and shoots forty three% off the bench.
As for the probability of an Indiana-Oklahoma State second-spherical matchup — and Lior was quick to level out they nonetheless ought to win their first-spherical video games — it would mark the essential time the sisters have gone head-to-head since they performed in a membership recreation shortly earlier than Lior left for the usa.
— Brian Haenchen, Indianapolis Star
Princeton partying choose it is 1996
No. 15 seeded Princeton dominated inside and threw the South area into chaos with an upset of Arizona.
presumably this wasn’t precisely like when the Tigers pulled off a memorable upset of UCLA in 1996, after they have been seeded 14th and beat the third-seeded and defending champion Bruins forty three-forty one. There was extra offense and given how widespread upsets at the second are, it most possible didn’t shock as many people. nonetheless it’s nonetheless a huge deal. And it’s the simply the second event win for Princeton since that recreation. The Tigers beat UNLV inside the essential spherical in 1998.
— Lindsay Schnell
What’s a Paladin?
Princeton might have pulled off the most vital upset Thursday, however thirteen-seeded Furman’s downing of No. 4 Virginia was a pleasurable (besides you are a Cavaliers fan, in spite of every little thing) start to the 2023 males’s NCAA event.
it has been an prolonged anticipate Paladins males’s basketball followers. It was greater than forty years since Furman was final inside the event, and over forty five years since its final March madness win.
The American Heritage faculty Dictionary defines a Paladin as a “paragon of chivalry” or “a heroic champion.” A Paladin was additionally thought of one of many 12 legendary friends or knightly champions in attendance on the courtroom of Charlemagne, or Charles the good, inside the eighth century.
— Jordan Mendoza
Alabama’s biggest opponent may even be exhaustion from infinite chaos
The athletics director issued a press launch at halftime. basically the most scrutinized 20-12 months-previous in basketball couldn’t make a shot earlier than finally going to the bench to relaxation a sore groin. The stroll-on nobody had heard of earlier than Wednesday evening time threatened to sue the mannequin the prolonged island occasions. And the coach is shedding his thoughts on every dribble for two straight hours of a recreation he didn’t come shut to shedding.
In fully different phrases, it was simply one other day in Alabama basketball.
— Dan Wolken
Houston ruins title hopes by having fun with Marcus Sasser earlier than he was ready
That backfired in spectacular trend.
simply 5 days after Marcus Sasser strained his groin inside the American Athletic convention event semifinals, he was again inside the Cougars’ starting lineup Thursday evening time. For a essential-spherical recreation in opposition to a No. sixteen workforce.
In a shock to almost nobody, Sasser did not even make it to halftime. Now extreme-seeded Houston might not make it to the second weekend, not to mention to the remaining 4 in its hometown.
— Nancy Armour
remaining USA as we communicate sports activities coaches ballot
Houston entered the NCAA event with the No. 1 rating inside the USA as we communicate sports activities coaches ballot, regardless of its loss inside the American Athletic convention championship recreation simply earlier to the revealing of the brackets on Sunday.
The Cougars, who have been having fun with with out main scorer Marcus Sasser inside the loss to Memphis, retained 21 of 32 No. 1 votes to stave off second-ranked Alabama. The Crimson Tide acquired eight firsts after worthwhile the SEC title in spectacular trend on Sunday.
Houston dealt with Northern Kentucky in its first-spherical recreation, whereas Alabama routed Texas A&M Corpus Christi in its event opener. The Cougars conflict with No. 9 seed Auburn on Saturday, whereas the Crimson Tide deal with eight-seed Maryland.
— Eddie Timanus
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