Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Sweet 16

  • There are four schools from Ohio in the Sweet 16 -- and the three best National Player of the Year candidates are still alive, too. Mark Gottfried made it in his first season at N.C. State. Syracuse made it without Fab Melo.
  • (CBS Sports)
  • Coach Tom Izzos Michigan State Spartans, who are the top-seeded team in the West Region, will meet their stiffest opposition, thus far, during the NCAA Tournament at 7:47 p.m.
  • (Collegebaseball.rivals.com)
  • With just eight games left to play before we reach the Sweet 16, almost all our questions about the first two rounds of the NCAA tournament have been answered. Almost. 1.
  • (ESPN)
  • 1. Four No. 1 seeds advance: For just the seventh time since 2000, all four No. 1 seeds advanced out of the first weekend of the tournament. Last season, No.
  • (CNN Sports Illustrated)
  • WLWT.com With both the University of Cincinnati and Xavier in the Sweet 16, now is the time to show off your Cincinnati basketball pride.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Syracuse: F Kris Joseph, 6-7 Sr. (13.7 ppg, 4.9 rpg, 1.3 spg); G Dion Waiters, 6-4 So. (12.7 ppg, 2.5 apg, 1.9 spg); G Scoop Jardine, 6-2 Sr. (8.6 ppg, 4.9 apg, 1.4 spg).
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Yes, the first weekend of the NCAA tournament was pure madness, full of improbable upsets and lower-seed teams that became the darlings of the Dance. No, those teams wont advance past the Sweet 16.
  • (Bleacherreport.com)
  • WACO — Bit by bit, paintball and scavenger hunts and countless team meetings forged the unit that has Baylor back in the Sweet 16. Great team chemistry wasn't a given.
  • (Dallas Morning News)
  • If the first week of the NCAA Tournament has taught us anything, its to expect the unexpected, which madness will continue to ensue when the Sweet 16 kicks off on Thursday. Expect the unexpected.
  • (Bleacherreport.com)
  • Bridgeport - To think that Sweet 16 berths are cause for joyful tears, passionate celebrations and triumphant banners in so many other outposts. Here? Its like brewing coffee in the morning: just part of the routine.
  • (TheDay)

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