Category: College Basketball (Page 146 of 153)

There are some great conference tourney matchups today, highlighted by the Florida/LSU and BC/UNC games.

College Hoops
Started: (25) UAB vs. (5) Memphis – CBS
1:30pm: Wake Forest vs. (3) Duke – ESPN
1:40pm: Michigan St. vs. (20) Iowa – CBS
2pm: Texas A&M vs. (8) Texas – ESPN2
3:15pm: (14) Florida vs. (17) LSU – local
4:00pm: (11) Boston College vs. (10) North Carolina – ESPN
4:05pm: Indiana vs. (7) Ohio State – CBS
6:15pm: California vs. (12) UCLA – CBS
8pm: Syracuse vs (16) Pittsburgh – ESPN

A day after top-seeded Connecticut lost to Syracuse in the second round of the Big East Tournament, three #1 seeds around the country survived close games.

LaMarcus Aldridge helped Texas defeat Texas Tech, 77-70, in the Big 12 Tournament. The Texas win sealed Bobby Knight’s first losing season in 25 years. Aldridge scored 20 points and grabbed 16 rebounds in the victory.

Duke avoided their first three-game losing streak in ten years, beating Miami, 80-76, in the ACC quarterfinals. The Blue Devils didn’t play terribly well, but J.J. Redick emerged from his shooting slump, hitting 9 of 17 shots from the field, including a dagger with less than thirty seconds left in the game.

Ohio State, who found out today that they have been put on three years probation, was down 12 in the second half before coming back to beat Penn State, 63-56, in the Big Ten quarterfinals. Ron Lewis led the way with 17 points while Big Ten player of the year Terence Dials added 13 points and 10 rebounds.

There are a couple of promising matchups in the Big East tourney today, with the highlight being the Pitt/WVU matchup this evening.

NCAA Hoops
Thurs, 12pm: Syracuse vs. (1) UConn – ESPN (HD)
Thurs, 9pm: (16) Pittsburgh vs. (21) West Virginia – ESPN