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Christian Petersen | Getty ImagesFirst Round Highlights: St. Mary’s shoots the lights out early, marches into second round
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Seventh-seeded St. Mary’s took advantage of some red-hot shooting in the first half to race out to a fifteen point lead at the intermission, before holding on down the stretch to beat VCU 85-77 and advance to the Second Round for the first time since 2010.… Read More »
Christian Petersen | Getty ImagesFirst Round Highlights: 8th-seeded Northwestern keeps dancing with a 68-66 win against Vanderbilt
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – The Northwestern Wildcats kept their first-ever trip to the Big Dance alive, hanging on for a 68-66 win against the Vanderbilt Commodores. Bryant McIntosh led all scorers with 25 points for the Wildcats, while Matthew Fisher-Davis scored 22 in the loss but made a glaring… Read More »
Christian Petersen | Getty ImagesFirst Round Highlights: Gonzaga pulls away from South Dakota State
SALT LAKE CITY – Leading by only four points at halftime, No. 1-seed Gonzaga surged in the second to dispatch of 16th-seeded South Dakota State 66-46 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Gonzaga has now won at least one tournament game in nine straight appearances. Kevin Kugler and… Read More »
Maddie Meyer | Getty ImagesFirst Round Highlights: West Virginia outlasts pesky Bucknell 86-80
BUFFALO, NY – It wasn’t easy, but with five players scoring in double figures, fourth-seeded West Virginia was able to hold off thirteenth-seeded Bucknell 86-80. Senior Tarik Phillip came off the bench to pace the Mountaineers with 16 points, while classmate Nathan Adrian pulled down 10 rebounds to go with his… Read More »
Elsa | Getty ImagesFirst Round Highlights: No. 5 Notre Dame survives upset-minded Princeton
BUFFALO, NY – Princeton’s Devin Cannady missed a potential game-winning 3-pointer in the final seconds as the No. 5-seed Notre Dame Fighting Irish defeated the 12th-seeded Tigers 60-58 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Notre Dame’s Bonzie Colson led with a game-high 18 points. Scott Graham and Donny Marshall… Read More »
Brian O'Connell | Westwood One SportsInterview: Head coach Chris Collins on Northwestern’s historic moment in the NCAA Tournament
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Eighth-seeded Northwestern is set to make history on Thursday: The Evanston school was one of only five original NCAA Division I men’s basketball programs–not to mention the only one from a “Power Five” conference–to never make it to the NCAA Tournament… until this year, that is.… Read More »
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