Monday, March 19, 2012

Cincinnati Sweet 16

  • Next up, the sixth-seeded Bearcats play Ohio State for only the second time since beating the Buckeyes in 1961 and 1962 for back-to-back national championships.
  • (FOXSports.com)
  • Teams from the state of Ohio make up one-fourth of the schools in the Sweet 16 this season after Cincinnati and crosstown rival Xavier won their games. The Bearcats and Musketeers join the Ohio Bobcats and Ohio State Buckeyes in the next round.
  • (ESPN)
  • Cincinnati's Mick Cronin wasn't biting late Sunday night. His Bearcats had just bulldozed No. 3 seed Florida State 62-56 in the third round of the East Regional at Bridgestone Arena to advance to their first Sweet 16 since 2001.
  • (ESPN)
  • NASHVILLE – The University of Cincinnati is going to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2001.
  • (Cincinnati.com)
  • Cincinnati and Xavier both advanced to the Sweet 16 after a news-making brawl in December that could have derailed either team. Instead both regrouped enough to get this far. * Ohio, as a state, got as many teams this far as any conference.
  • (Cleveland Plain Dealer)
  • GREENSBORO, N.C. – Xavier is back in the Sweet 16. The 10th-seeded Musketeers punched their ticket to a fourth regional semifinal in five seasons after overcoming 15th-seeded Lehigh 70-58 in a NCAA tournament third-round game Sunday at Greensboro Coliseum.
  • (Cincinnati.com)
  • Last year, the Seminoles advanced to the Sweet 16 and fell to Virginia Commonwealth, 72-71, in San Antonio, Texas. The big story line late in Sunday's game was the 3-pointer.
  • (Boston Herald)
  • Kansas should win. No. 6 Cincinnati. The Bearcats surprised the nation's top dark horse Final Four favorite, Florida State, to reach the Sweet 16. If not for the Bearcats, the NCAA selection committee would have nailed this region.
  • (Boston Herald)
  • I mean, that was their game plan. He capitalized on it. Now its on to Boston where the Buckeyes Sweet 16 opponent -- Florida State or Cincinnati -- will also have a post presence big and physical enough to bother Sullinger without doubling.
  • (CNN Sports Illustrated)
  • This is the fourth Sweet 16 appearance in the past five years for the Musketeers, who made their biggest news this season with an ugly brawl against crosstown rival Cincinnati that led to suspensions and knocked them out of whack.
  • (Sacramento Bee)

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