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Purdue whips Indiana, advances to finals
Mar 5 2006 11:48PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Aya Traore scored 11 points and Katie Gearlds added 10 to lead No. 14 Purdue past Indiana 67-41 Sunday in the Big Ten tournament semifinals.
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Morrison, Gonzaga beat San Diego in OT
Mar 5 2006 11:43PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Mark Few has seen enough of San Diego this season. "San Diego was a handful in the second half. They have been all year," the Gonzaga coach said after Adam Morrison scored 24 points to help the No. 5 Bulldogs beat San Diego 96-92 in overtime in a semifinal game of the West Coast Conference tournament Sunday. "They shoot the ball extremely well. The best thing they do is really spread you out."
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The Smiths lead DePaul past Pittsburgh
Mar 5 2006 10:48PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Caprice Smith scored 17 points and Khara Smith added 16 to lead No. 15 DePaul to a 69-46 win over Pittsburgh on Sunday night in the Big East Conference tournament quarterfinal.
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Stanford wallops USC to advance to final
Mar 5 2006 10:37PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Stanford moved one step closer to another automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. Brooke Smith had 15 points and eight rebounds and the 13th-ranked Cardinal advanced to the championship game of the Pac-10 tournament with a 73-44 victory over Southern California on Sunday night.
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UCLA shocks Arizona State to reach finals
Mar 5 2006 10:27PM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - The points kept piling up, the 3-pointers kept finding their mark, and Lisa Willis kept going at Arizona State on both ends with little idea of the significance of her contributions.
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Turner leads UConn past Notre Dame
Mar 5 2006 10:22PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The regular season finale for Connecticut haunted the Huskies all week. Losing an 18-point lead, eventual game and a share of the regular season title to Rutgers last week became the rallying point to prepare for the Big East tournament. But before they could get their game right, the Huskies needed to get their heads right.
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Texas cruises, wins share of Big 12 title
Mar 5 2006 9:07PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - It's been seven years since Texas won a basketball title. Even the 2003 team that made it to the Final Four didn't win the Big 12. That drought ended Sunday with a 72-48 win over No. 19 Oklahoma, a victory that earned No. 6 Texas a share of the conference championship and the No. 1 seed in the league tournament.
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Dupree leads Temple past Duquesne
Mar 5 2006 6:51PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Candice Dupree tied her career-high with 31 points Sunday, helping No. 22 Temple advance to the championship game of the Atlantic 10 tournament for the third straight year with a 76-63 victory over Duquesne.
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UNC avenges only loss, wins ACC tournament
Mar 5 2006 6:30PM (CT)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - With another conference championship in hand, top-ranked North Carolina can finally start thinking about making a run at the national championship.
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Ohio St. fends off Michigan St. in semis
Mar 5 2006 6:24PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Ohio State showed it can improvise when needed. With two-time Big Ten player of the year Jessica Davenport frustrated by the Michigan State defense, the Buckeyes changed strategy without a hitch Sunday.
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Rutgers pounds 'Nova to advance to semis
Mar 5 2006 5:41PM (CT)
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Rutgers coach C. Vivian Stringer popped a few Motrin before her team took on Villanova in the Big East conference tournament Sunday. She knew what was coming _ an excruciatingly slow pace and a headache.
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Villanova spoils McNamara's home finale
Mar 5 2006 5:02PM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - At least Gerry McNamara went out on his own terms. With a record Carrier Dome crowd cheering his every move, McNamara scored a game-high 29 points for Syracuse in his final regular-season home game but Allan Ray had 28 points to lead No. 4 Villanova to a 92-82 win Sunday.
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Cheerleader injured during routine
Mar 5 2006 4:45PM (CT)
ST. LOUIS (AP) - A cheerleader for Southern Illinois University fell on her head during a routine performed Sunday at the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament championship game between Southern Illinois and Bradley.
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No. 17 Florida tops Kentucky 79-64
Mar 5 2006 4:00PM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - During their 79-year rivalry, Florida would sometimes beat Kentucky, occasionally even two in a row, and twice even three straight. But never had the streak reached four, not with the Wildcats so strong at home.
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Ohio St. routs Purdue, earns Big 10 title
Mar 5 2006 3:30PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - No one can overlook Ohio State now. Terence Dials scored 20 points and the ninth-ranked Buckeyes broke the game open with a 14-2 blitz to start the second half to beat Purdue 76-57 on Sunday, clinching their first outright Big Ten title in 14 years.
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Marist wins title, NCAA tourney berth
Mar 5 2006 2:41PM (CT)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Meg Dahlman scored 15 points in Marist's 68-57 win over Loyola, Md., on Sunday, giving the Red Foxes an NCAA tournament berth and their second title in three years in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women's tournament.
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Yale, Union play longest NCAA hockey game
Mar 5 2006 12:11PM (CT)
SCHENECTADY, N.Y. (AP) - Yale won the longest NCAA men's hockey game _ a contest lasting more than six hours in which the Bulldogs beat Union 3-2 in five overtimes.
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Memphis prevails, wins Conference title
Mar 5 2006 5:51AM (CT)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Memphis isn't exactly sprinting into the postseason. The No. 3 Tigers struggled for the third straight game Saturday night before finally turning back Houston 69-62 and capturing the Conference USA championship.
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UNC freshmen ruin senior night at Duke
Mar 5 2006 5:50AM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Perhaps it was a six-game winning streak. Perhaps it was the maturity Roy Williams has seen all season from his four star freshmen. Whatever the reason, the North Carolina coach truly felt his team could finish out the regular season with an improbable victory at Duke.
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Tennessee tops Georgia, advances to finals
Mar 5 2006 2:00AM (CT)
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Finally, a competitive game at the women's SEC tournament. And quite a prelude to the main event: Tennessee vs. LSU.
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WAC champ Nevada wins 11th in a row
Mar 5 2006 1:56AM (CT)
RENO, Nev. (AP) - Nevada junior Nick Fazekas said the Wolf Pack played better defense last season and scored more two years ago. The current team may be the best overall as it bids for a third straight NCAA tournament berth.
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Augustus helps LSU advance to SEC finals
Mar 5 2006 12:46AM (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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Stanford routs Arizona, advances to semis
Mar 5 2006 12:08AM (CT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Tara VanDerveer has learned it's necessary to use her bench early in the Pac-10 tournament to ensure players still have plenty of energy by the championship game.
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