Online wire reportsMarch 28, 2012 PITTSBURGH — Playing without senior leader and top scorer Ashton Gibbs for the first time this season, Pittsburgh still was able to pull even with Washington State in the College Basketball Invitational championship series. Talib Zanna scored 14 points as Pitt defeated Washington State 57-53 on Wednesday night to knot [...]
Online wire reportsMarch 28, 2012 NEW YORK — Still alive in late March, Minnesota is finally learning to win the close ones. The short-handed Golden Gophers improved to 3-3 in overtime games this season, beating Washington 68-67 on Tuesday night in the NIT semifinals behind 20 points from freshman Andre Hollins. Hollins scored five of [...]
Online wire reportsMarch 27, 2012 NEW YORK — With his Stanford teammates struggling and the lead slipping away, Anthony Brown shot the ball with no hesitation. Brown scored 13 of his season-high 18 points in the second half to lead the Cardinal to a 74-64 victory against Massachusetts in an NIT semifinal Tuesday night. “He [...]
Playing without leading scorer Brock Motum, Washington State found three other scorers and beat Pittsburgh 67-66 Monday night in Game 1 of the best-of-three CBI Finals. Abe Lodwick scored 16 points, Reggie Moore had 14 and DaVonte Lacy added 10 for the Cougars. “We all knew coming in we all had to step up,” Lodwick [...]
Online wire reportsMarch 25, 2012 ST. LOUIS — Back in December, Kansas was scuffling along at 7-3 and simply making the NCAA tournament would have been considered an achievement. Look where the overachievers are headed now. Kansas is on its way to the Final Four for the first time since winning it all in 2008, [...]
Online wire reportsMarch 24, 2012 PHOENIX — Hated to do that to ya, kid. Rick Pitino nearly came unhinged and his point guard watched the end of the game from the bench. When it was over, though, it was Pitino and Louisville making plans for the Final Four and his protege, Billy Donovan, and the [...]