Saturday, March 17, 2012

Indiana Sweet 16

  • First, there was a hug, or two, then handshakes, too many to count. Tom Crean was popular Saturday evening at the Rose Garden, and the victorious Indiana coach – the man who guided the fourth-seeded Hoosiers past upset-minded No.
  • (Oregonian)
  • LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- University of Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari said it would be a dangerous matchup.
  • (USA Today)
  • Indiana advanced to the Sweet 16 for the first time since its Final Four run to Atlanta in 2002. The Hoosiers will return to the Georgia Dome on Friday with a chance to play the No. 1 overall seed Kentucky.
  • (Atlanta Journal Constitution)
  • The win moves fourth-seeded Hoosiers (27-8) into the Sweet 16 in Atlanta, where theyll face Kentucky in the South Region semifinals. No. 12 seed VCU, which made it to the Final Four a year ago, finished 29-7.
  • (Chicago Tribune)
  • Will Sheehey made a 15-footer from the baseline with 12.7 seconds left after a shot was blocked right to him and No. 4 seed Indiana rallied to beat VCU 63-61 in the third round of the NCAA tournament Saturday in Portland, Ore.
  • (Courier-Journal)
  • the Hoosiers stormed back in the final five minutes and Will Sheehey nailed a baseline jumper with 11 seconds left to give Indiana a 63-61 win. The win sends the Hoosiers through to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2002.
  • (Washington Post)
  • The Wildcats (34-2) used a 20-2 burst to break away from a tie and will next face fourth-seeded Indiana on Friday from a 12-point halftime deficit to tie at 42-all with 16:23 left.
  • (New York Daily News)
  • Indiana is headed to the Sweet 16. Will Sheehey hit a jumper with 12.7 seconds remaining to lift the Hoosiers to a 63-61 victory Saturday over Virginia Commonwealth. Indiana trailed by three late.
  • (Fort Wayne Journal Gazette)
  • PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Will Sheehey had two options when he grabbed the loose ball: back it out and play for the final shot of regulation, or take the open jumper.
  • (22 WSBT)
  • The return of Indiana basketball from the depths was one of the major That the Hoosiers beat a rugged VCU team 63-61 to advance to the programs first Sweet 16 in a decade is meaningful in itself, of course.
  • (ESPN)

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