TIME: 09:23 P.M. EST Jayhawks or Wildcats, take your pick. Either can make a case for this being “their” year. For Kansas, a season that started with low expectations keeps getting better, filled with high-wire comebacks and an inescapable feeling that this was simply meant to be. For Kentucky, a cadre of NBA-caliber players have [...]
Online wire reportsMarch 31, 2012 NEW ORLEANS — Kentucky owns the Bluegrass State. Now it can concentrate on the rest of the country Anthony Davis and top-seeded Kentucky will play for the national title Monday night after finally putting away pesky Louisville 69-61 in the Final Four on Saturday night. It will be Kentuckys first [...]
TIME: 08:49 P.M. EST Welcome to “The Other Game” at the Final Four. OK, so, the Ohio State-Kansas matchup may not have the fantastic freshmen, the outspoken coaches or blood-feud story line of the opening semifinal between Kentucky and Louisville. But this one still should be worth a two-hour investment in front of the TV [...]
Online wire reportsMarch 30, 2012 PITTSBURGH — Tray Woodall scored 17 points and Pittsburgh beat Washington State 71-65 on Friday night to win the College Basketball Invitational title. Lamar Patterson had 14 points, eight rebounds and five assists while being named the tournaments Most Valuable Player. Talib Zanna continued his strong postseason by finishing with [...]
Online wire reportsMarch 29, 2012 NEW YORK — Aaron Bright came off the bench to spark Stanford to an NIT title. The sophomore point guard had 15 points and six assists in Thursdays 75-51 rout of Minnesota to earn most outstanding player honors, energizing the Cardinal just as the coaches had hoped when they took [...]
Online wire reportsMarch 28, 2012 LOGAN, Utah — Mercer went on the road in the CIT and brought home a championship. Travis Smith came off the bench to score 17 points, including a tiebreaking 3-pointer with 90 seconds left, and Mercer won the CollegeInsider.com Tournament by beating Utah State 70-67 on Wednesday night. “This is [...]