Monday, March 19, 2012

Sweet 16

  • Thanks to a handful of double-digit seeds reaching the Sweet 16, there are just three brackets out of 6.45 million in Tournament Challenge to get all 16 teams correct. Another 121 got 15 of 16 correct.
  • (ESPN)
  • If you want to gauge the state of basketball, check out the state of Ohio. For at least this week, the Buckeye State will be the center of the college basketball world.
  • (USA Today)
  • Sunday night was that kind of ordeal for him and second-seeded Kansas.
  • (USA Today)
  • OMAHA, Neb. – Mired in a scoring and shooting slump for nearly a month, Florida guard Kenny Boynton turned to film. Hed seen Norfolk State pull off an improbable upset, the 15 t h seed in the West Region beating No. 2 Missouri on Friday.
  • (Orlando Sentinel)
  • Heady is one of the few people who understands everything Offutt went through to get to this college basketball pinnacle, having been there when Ohios junior guard tore both his ACLs in high school.
  • (USA Today)
  • * 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)
  • So much for the little guys. Instead of parlaying an historic day of upsets into a second weekend filled with underdogs, the NCAA tournament now looks like a whos-who of major college programs.
  • (NPR News)
  • NC State became the first team with a double-digit seed to advance to the Sweet 16 in this years NCAA tournament, with a 66-63 win over No. 3 seed Georgetown. This marks the Wolfpacks first Sweet 16 appearance since 2005.
  • (ESPN)
  • OMAHA, Neb. — This years NCAA Tournament might see a Cinderella team make a run into late March, but Norfolk State wont be it. No.
  • (Jupiter Courier)
  • OMAHA, Neb. – Tickets are now on sale for Floridas trip to the Sweet 16. The No. 7 Gators advanced with an 84-50 win over Norfolk State in the third round of the NCAA Tournament on Sunday. Theyll face No.
  • (Orlando Sentinel)

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