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UNC freshman ruin senior night at Duke
Mar 4 2006 11:50PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's precocious freshmen earned another victory on the road, in perhaps the toughest setting. They ruined Senior Night at Cameron Indoor Stadium.
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Memphis prevails, wins Conference title
Mar 4 2006 11:49PM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Senior forward Rodney Carney scored 17 points and grabbed seven rebounds in his final home game Saturday night to lead No. 3 Memphis to a 69-62 over Houston and the Conference USA title.
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Augustus helps LSU advance to SEC finals
Mar 4 2006 10:55PM (CT)
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - A fast start by No. 3 LSU proved to be too much for Kentucky to overcome. Seimone Augustus scored 12 of her 29 points as the Lady Tigers jumped out to a 21-4 lead and cruised to a 79-52 victory on Saturday night.
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South Florida shocks No. 20 Georgetown
Mar 4 2006 10:40PM (CT)
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - South Florida showed up for its season finale against No. 20 Georgetown with one thing in mind _ proving people who think the Bulls are in over their heads in the Big East wrong.
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La. Tech routs Hawaii to win WAC title
Mar 4 2006 10:19PM (CT)
RUSTON, La. (AP) - Erica Ray-Boyd scored 25 points and Tasha Williams became the third player in Louisiana Tech history to record a triple-double in a 91-52 rout of Hawaii on Saturday.
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Stanford routs Arizona, advances to semis
Mar 4 2006 10:04PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Brooke Smith had one of her best all-around games this season to help No. 13 Stanford cruise to a 77-50 victory over Arizona on Saturday night and advance to the semifinals of the Pac-10 tournament.
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Washington rallies to beat Arizona
Mar 4 2006 9:45PM (CT)
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - In a microcosm of their Pac-10 season, the Washington Huskies overcame a slow start with a sizzling finish. The 14th-ranked Huskies trailed for 39 minutes to Arizona, but pulled out a 70-67 victory for their eighth straight win.
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Dupree stars as Temple downs Dayton
Mar 4 2006 9:12PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Candice Dupree had 15 points and 13 rebounds and Khadija Bowens scored 12 of her 14 points in the second half to lead No. 22 Temple past Dayton 70-55 in the Atlantic 10 women's tournament on Saturday.
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Wake Forest upsets No. 22 N.C. State
Mar 4 2006 8:40PM (CT)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Beating a ranked opponent for the first time didn't erase all the frustration in a surprisingly bad year for Wake Forest. Still, any little bit of success helps.
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No. 21 LSU holds off Mississippi for win
Mar 4 2006 7:54PM (CT)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - Glen Davis saw his double-double streak end at eight, but was still the deciding factor down the stretch for LSU.
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Illinois earns conference title share
Mar 4 2006 7:25PM (CT)
EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Dee Brown opened and closed the Big Ten regular season with sensational performances against Michigan State. Brown scored 16 of his 20 points after halftime and made two 3-pointers during a 12-0 run midway through the second half to lift No. 10 Illinois to a 75-68 victory over the 25th-ranked Spartans on Saturday.
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UCLA captures 1st Pac-10 title in 9 years
Mar 4 2006 7:19PM (CT)
STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - A drenched Ben Howland rattled off everything UCLA did well to win the Pac-10: stingy defense, heads-up passing, unselfishness on and off the court. The Bruins can now savor the conference championship all alone.
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No. 17 Utah nips Wyoming in overtime
Mar 4 2006 7:11PM (CT)
LARAMIE, Wyo. (AP) - Shona Thorburn's driving layup with 5.3 seconds left in overtime lifted No. 17 Utah to a 69-67 win over Wyoming on Saturday.
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Maryland finally beats Duke in ACC semis
Mar 4 2006 7:04PM (CT)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Crystal Langhorne couldn't contain her excitement. Finally, after losing 14 games in a row to Duke, the fourth-ranked Maryland Terrapins had won.
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George Washington goes undefeated in A10
Mar 4 2006 6:52PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Carl Elliott stripped off his shirt as he ran the length of the court to celebrate his game-winning shot in overtime, launching a state of Smith Center delirium for a perfect Atlantic 10 season.
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Arizona St. storms back to beat Oregon St.
Mar 4 2006 6:25PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Danielle Orsillo scored nine of her 15 points in the final eight minutes and No. 11 Arizona State overcame a 16-point deficit to beat Oregon State 74-66 in the quarterfinals of the Pac-10 Tournament on Saturday.
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New Mexico hands BYU worst loss of year
Mar 4 2006 6:22PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Reserve guard Julie Briody scored 16 points and No. 21 New Mexico hit seven straight 3-pointers in the first half to beat No. 18 Brigham Young 74-49 on Saturday.
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North Carolina cruises past N.C. State
Mar 4 2006 5:10PM (CT)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - No early struggles this time. Top-ranked North Carolina had its 'A' game from the start. Ivory Latta scored 11 of her 17 points in the first half and the Tar Heels cruised to a 90-69 victory over North Carolina State on Saturday in the semifinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
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BC escapes with win over Virginia Tech
Mar 4 2006 3:29PM (CT)
BOSTON (AP) - Same shooter. Same shot. Same result. Boston College escaped with a 59-57 victory over Virginia Tech on Saturday after Zabian Dowdell missed a 3-pointer at the buzzer _ a carbon copy of the finish a month ago when the teams met in Blacksburg.
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Cincinnati upends No. 16 West Virginia
Mar 4 2006 3:26PM (CT)
CINCINNATI (AP) - Muscular forward Eric Hicks wrapped his arms around his former coach, Bob Huggins. Cheek-to-cheek, they squeezed, talked and cried.
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Rumph joins Clemson staff
Mar 4 2006 12:57PM (CT)
CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - Clemson hired Chris Rumph as defensive line coach to fill the final vacancy on coach Tommy Bowden's staff.
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LSU routs Mississippi in SEC quarterfinals
Mar 4 2006 6:57AM (CT)
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Seimone Augustus of No. 3 LSU sat with 9 minutes left against Mississippi on Friday, her 30 points already tying a school record in a Southeastern Conference tournament game.
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Seton Hall ends Pitt's home winning streak
Mar 4 2006 6:56AM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Seton Hall might have played its way into the NCAA tournament and, at the same time, forced Pittsburgh to play an extra game in the Big East tournament that the Panthers spent all season trying to avoid.
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No. 12 Georgia routs No. 23 Vanderbilt
Mar 4 2006 2:35AM (CT)
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Georgia coach Andy Landers believes his team had some unfinished business to settle with Tennessee. "At their place, I don't think that we deserved to win the game. But I thought the game was winnable," Landers said. "At our place, I thought _ I'm not saying we deserved to win it, but I thought we should have won it, and we didn't."
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Coleman helps Maryland defeat Georgia Tech
Mar 4 2006 12:49AM (CT)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Maryland's freshmen stepped up just in time to save the fourth-ranked Terrapins from a shocking exit from the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament.
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Lady Vols coast past Auburn in q-finals
Mar 4 2006 12:39AM (CT)
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Tennessee's difficult regular season is over, and the Lady Vols sent a clear message in their first game of the SEC tournament.
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Duke downs Virginia Tech despite turnovers
Mar 4 2006 12:10AM (CT)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - Second-ranked Duke suddenly has a problem with turnovers, and the Blue Devils will have to fix it fast if they want to have a memorable postseason.
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