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Texas Tech downs Middle Tennessee 80-69
Mar 21 2005 10:46PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - With Alesha Robertson hitting outside shots and Cisti Greenwalt dominating inside, Texas Tech never gave Middle Tennessee a chance to make NCAA tournament history.
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Chaney will return as Temple coach
Mar 21 2005 10:38PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - John Chaney will return to coach Temple for another season, ending speculation about the Hall of Famer's future after a tumultuous conclusion to the season.
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Minnesota beats Virginia 73-58
Mar 21 2005 10:37PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Though Janel McCarville will be difficult for Minnesota to replace next season, Jamie Broback has already shown she can be the Gophers' go-to inside player.
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Baylor cruises past Oregon 69-46
Mar 21 2005 10:28PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - In two NCAA tournament games, Baylor has made a statement. The Lady Bears are putting opponents away early and playing like a championship contender.
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Arizona St. shocks Notre Dame 70-61
Mar 21 2005 10:25PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Arizona State's aggressive defense, timely shooting and gritty determination earned the Sun Devils that coveted trip home for the Tempe Regional.
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Notre Dame's Allen out with knee injury
Mar 21 2005 9:30PM (CT)
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Notre Dame freshman guard Charel Allen went down with a left knee injury with 14:23 remaining in the Fighting Irish's second-round NCAA tournament game against Arizona State on Monday night.
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Georgia upsets third-seeded Texas 70-68
Mar 21 2005 9:07PM (CT)
DALLAS (AP) - Georgia started the season casting doubt on Texas' title hopes. Now the Bulldogs have confirmed it, knocking third-seeded Texas out of the NCAA tournament with a 70-68 victory in the second round Monday night.
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Michigan St. edges Southern Cal 61-59
Mar 21 2005 8:48PM (CT)
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Rene Haynes saved top-seeded Michigan State from an embarrassingly early exit from the NCAA tournament. Haynes came out of a wild scramble with the ball and made a layup with 2.9 seconds left, giving Michigan State a 61-59 victory over eighth-seeded Southern California in a second-round game Monday night.
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Villanova's Sumpter out for tournament
Mar 21 2005 7:57PM (CT)
VILLANOVA, Pa. (AP) - Villanova forward Curtis Sumpter will miss the rest of the NCAA tournament after a MRI exam Monday revealed that he has a torn ligament in his left knee.
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Panthers put UW-Milwaukee on the map
Mar 21 2005 7:12PM (CT)
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Before last weekend, Wisconsin-Milwaukee was best known for being the school where the late Israeli prime minister Golda Meir went.
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W. Virginia left to carry Big East banner
Mar 21 2005 6:31PM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Less than two weeks ago, West Virginia was desperate for a win in the Big East tournament just to have a shot at joining the NCAA field.
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Pat Summitt goes for NCAA record at home
Mar 21 2005 5:25PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Pat Summitt is on the verge of becoming the winningest basketball coach in NCAA history. Two years after setting the record for most wins by a women's coach, Summitt tied Dean Smith's record of 879 victories Sunday night when Tennessee beat Western Carolina 94-43 in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
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Vanderbilt women beat Montana 67-44
Mar 21 2005 5:14PM (CT)
SEATTLE (AP) - Montana was determined to take away the inside presence of Vanderbilt's Ashley Earley. For a half, the Commodores' Abi Ramsey made Montana pay for that strategy. Earley waited until the second half to take over.
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B.C. keeps fighting without top player
Mar 21 2005 5:10PM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Jessalyn Deveny's season-ending injury threatened to end Boston College's hopes of making the NCAA tournament and reaching its third straight round of 16.
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Schmitt returns to Duquesne as coach
Mar 21 2005 5:09PM (CT)
PITTSBURGH (AP) - Jerry Schmitt, the football coach at Westminster College for five seasons, was hired Monday as Duquesne University's coach.
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Liberty seeks encore after huge upset
Mar 21 2005 5:07PM (CT)
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - The final buzzer had just sounded, and the Liberty women's basketball team was celebrating the most significant victory in the history of the program when coach Carey Green got a call on his cell phone.
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Jacksonville coach Hugh Durham retires
Mar 21 2005 3:36PM (CT)
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Jacksonville's Hugh Durham retired Monday, saying it was time to end a 45-year coaching career in which he took two schools to the Final Four.
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N.C. State downs defending champ UConn
Mar 21 2005 3:02PM (CT)
WORCESTER, Mass. (AP) - Julius Hodge scored on a slashing drive through the lane with 4.3 seconds left to break a 62-all tie and send North Carolina State past second-seeded Connecticut 65-62 Sunday in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
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Villanova humbles Florida 76-65
Mar 21 2005 2:57PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Basket by basket, rebound by rebound, Villanova's Jason Fraser stirred memories of 20 years ago. The fifth-seeded Wildcats, back in the NCAA tournament for the first time since 1999, got a huge performance from their 6-foot-10 backup center and humbled Florida 76-65 Sunday in the second round of the Syracuse Regional.
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Louisville romps over Georgia Tech 76-54
Mar 21 2005 2:56PM (CT)
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Louisville sure plays like a No. 1 seed. Francisco Garcia scored 18 of his 21 points in the first half and Taquan Dean stopped any hope Georgia Tech had for a rally with three straight 3-pointers, sealing a 76-54 victory that sent Louisville to the regional semifinals for the first time since 1997.
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Duke survives for Coach K's NCAA record
Mar 21 2005 12:44PM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - With one of his most unlikely Duke teams, Mike Krzyzewski moved himself into the NCAA tournament record books and the Blue Devils into the round of 16. Daniel Ewing handled the offense and Shelden Williams took care of defense to lead the top-seeded Blue Devils to a 63-55 win over Mississippi State in the second round of the Austin Regional.
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No. 20 Wisconsin bumps Bucknell 71-62
Mar 21 2005 7:59AM (CT)
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Maybe Bucknell could've found a scheme to stop Wisconsin's Mike Wilkinson or Zach Morley. Handling both, however, was too much for the upstart Bison.
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North Carolina beats Iowa State 92-65
Mar 21 2005 7:33AM (CT)
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Reaching the round of 16 used to be a mere formality for North Carolina, which once advanced that far 13 years in a row under Hall of Fame coach Dean Smith.
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Tennessee routs Western Carolina 94-43
Mar 21 2005 7:29AM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee coach Pat Summitt's latest milestone victory was similar to so many others in her illustrious 31-year career. The Lady Vols' 94-43 rout of Western Carolina in an NCAA first-round game Sunday night was win No. 879 for Summitt, tying her with Dean Smith for the most victories in NCAA history.
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