Posted by Dave as Butler, College Basketball, Davidson, Georgetown, Louisville, Memphis Tigers, Miami, North Carolina Tar Heels, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Villanova Wildcats, Western Kentucky at 5:40 PM EDT on March 23rd, 2008
In progress right now is the UNC/Arkansas game, which is pretty much over (UNC has doubled Arkansas’ score at the half), the Louisville/Oklahoma game, which also can be considered over (Louisville is killing them), and the only game that’s worth watching, the Memphis/MSU game, where Memphis is up eight points with 13 minutes remaning. Here’s scores of the games that went final today.
Siena 72, Villanova 84: Props to Villanova for making the Sweet 16 for the third time in four years, and this year no one really expected it. The ‘Cats shot 53 percent from the field, and held Siena to 35 percent for the game.
Miami 72, Texas 75: If you watched this game, you probably thought the same thing I did: How in the hell is Miami still hanging around? Texas coasted through most the game, went cold in the final four minutes, and before you knew it, there was a ball game to be played. AJ Abrams had 26 points for Texas, and was 6-10 from beyond the arch.
Butler 71, Tennessee 76: It took overtime, and there were moments in the game when UT looked like they were trying to let Butler win, but the Bruce Pearls move on to the next round, where they’ll either play Louisville or Oklahoma; and based on how that game is going right now, probbaly Louisville.
Davidson 74, Georgetown 70: Stephen Curry was quiet most the game, but poured it on in the final 10 minutes, causing arguably the biggest upset thus far in the tournament. Roy Hibbert, in his last collegiate game, fouled out and finished with six points.
San Diego 63, Western Kentucky 72: Hilltoppers to the Final Four!
Posted by Dave as College Basketball, Georgetown, Louisville, Syracuse, Villanova Wildcats, West Virginia at 6:22 PM EDT on March 13th, 2008
Conference Tournaments have been kicked off, and some bubble teams are doing their best to punch their way into the tournament, while others have done their best to punch their way out. Here’s what’s going on.
-Villanova: They lost bad to Georgetown, but still have 20 wins, and if you gave them a win in that very controversial game against Georgetown a few weeks back, they’d have 21. They’re on the outside looking in, but depending on how the rest of the tournaments finish up, they may make it.
-Syracuse: Say hello to the NIT for the second consecutive year.
-West Virginia: They were a bubble team, per se, but they were probably more in than out. After beating UCONN today, you can probably stamp them in, barring a miraculous screw up by the selection committee.
Games to watch:
-Pitt vs. Louisville: If Pitt can win this game, they’re in. If Louisville can win the Big East, they’re a two seed. Both have something at stake.
Posted by Dave as College Basketball, Georgetown, Kansas, Texas, Villanova Wildcats at 7:39 PM EST on February 12th, 2008
This is last night’s horrible call, which really overshadowed an otherwise great game. Instead of talking about what a game it was — and what an upset it could’ve potentially been — we’re talking about a terrible call, one of the worst I’ve seen in a long time.
A part of me was happy, though, because the Texas/Kansas game had already started and, really: Would you rather watch Nova/GU or Kansas/Texas?