Connecticut Vs San Diego State
So the UCon had a 36-27 halftime lead and San Diego State came out and outscored the Huskies 18-8 in the first 7:36 of the second half to take a 45-44 and while they were up 2 points 51-49 the Huskies throw the ball in and Jamaal Franklin intercepts the and got it to Billy White who slammed it home to make it 53-49. Then the Huskies called a timeout but heading into the timeout Jamaal Franklin who was hugely excited bumped Kemba Walker and Kemba Walker went down hard selling the foul so he ends up getting an opportunity to shot 2 free throws for Huskies and he hit both and the foul energized him because when the score was 54-53 for the Aztecs Walker scored 7 unanswered points to give the Huskies a 60-54 lead and it was apart of 12 straight huskies points he scored and he outscored the Aztecs 12-2 so the Huskies had a 65-56 lead. Then the Aztecs were by D.J.Gay with 2 3-balls as they scored 8 unanswered points to make it 65-64 but the Huskies Jeremy Lamb scored a 23 foot 3-ball and then came back and hit 6 foot jumper to give the Huskies a 70-64 lead and they won 74-67. The Huskies were led by Jeremy Lamb (24 points) and Kemba Walker (36 points) who had 83.3% of the Huskies points (60 of 72 Huskies points) while Alex Oriakhi had 9 boards and Shabazz Napier had 6 assists for the Huskies. The Aztecs were led by D.J. Gay who had 16 points and 4 boards, Malcolm Thomas who had 13 points along with 8 boards and 3 assists while Kawhi Leonard had 12 points and 9 boards along with 4 assists.
Duke Vs Arizona
The defending champs Duke were looking good @ halftime with a 44-38 lead but they forgot there was a second half to be played and Arizona definitely did not as they outscored Duke 55-33 in the second half as they had a huge run 24-6 in 7 minutes of game time to take a 53-49 Duke lead and turn it on its head and give Arizona a 71-59 lead and 13-6 run near the end of the game put the final nail in the defending champs to make it 90-72 as Arizona won the game 93-77 and coach K will have to wait to next season to pass Bob Knight for the coach with most wins. Derrick Williams put on another show for the home crowd as he had 32 points and 13 boards in the game along with Lamont Jones who had 16 points and 6 assists for Arizona while Duke was led by
Kyrie Irving who had 28 points and Kyle Singler who had 18 points and 8 boards.
BYU Vs Florida
This is a rematch of a first round match up that BYU in double overtime 99-92 so it came down to the end of regulation in this sweet-sixteen match up and when Kyle Collinsworth hit his first free throw it was tied @ 68 with 44 seconds left and with Chandler Parsons missing a 9 footer at the end of regulation it was heading to overtime. The difference between this overtime and last year's overtime is that Florida came out in overtime and shoot the lights out as they were 5 of 7 from the floor and outscored BYU 15-6 in the first overtime and sent the most talked about team in the tournament packing 83-74. Alex Tyus was all over the place for Florida as he had 19 points and 17 boards (out rebounded BYU 17-15) while Jimmer Fredette for BYU had 32 points in the game with 5 assists too while Noah Hartsock led with 8 boards in the losing effort.
Butler Vs Wisconsin
The Butler Bulldogs had a 33-24 lead @ halftime and just came out in the second half and scored the first 9 points of the quarter to make it 42-24 and the Wisconsin Badgers fought back but a little late as the Bulldogs keep the glass slippers on as they had back to the elite 8 for the second year in a row. The Badgers did have a 20-7 run late in the game to draw within 4 @ 56-52 but that would be as close as it got as the Bulldogs headed to the line and hit some and missed some but the Badgers were unable to hit the big shot to get it to an one possession game as the Bulldogs won 61-54. Matt Howard of the Bulldogs made the basketball court his yard as he had 20 points and 13 boards in the game while Jordan Taylor was on an Island all by himself for Badgers as he had 22 of the Badgers 54 points in the game as the next highest scorer was Keaton Nankivit with 9 points but Jon Leuer really struggled with a 1 for 12 from the floor with a 3-ball being his only scoring in the game.
4 more games tomorrow
Tom Mehegan
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