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Kentucky drops Utah 62-52 in Austin semis
Mar 25 2005 11:39PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Regardless of whether Kentucky goes on to win the national championship, the Wildcats accomplished something Friday night no team has done all season: stymie Utah's Andrew Bogut. Primarily using two 7-foot backups and lots of help from smaller guys, the Wildcats harassed Bogut into the poorest shooting game of his All-American season and showed off their depth, spreading their scoring in a 62-52 victory in the Austin Regional semifinals.
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Minnesota, Harvard women win in hockey
Mar 25 2005 10:40PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.H. (AP) - Natalie Darwitz scored 13 seconds into the game and added another goal two minutes later, sending defending champion Minnesota into the championship match of the women's Frozen Four with a 7-2 victory over Dartmouth on Friday night.
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Michigan State upends top-seeded Duke
Mar 25 2005 9:03PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Michigan State had the depth and muscle, and coach Tom Izzo finally has his win over Duke and Coach K. Paul Davis scored 20 points and fifth-seeded Michigan State moved within a game of the Final Four with a 78-68 win over top-seeded Duke in the Austin Regional on Friday night.
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No. 20 Wisconsin tops North Carolina State
Mar 25 2005 8:49PM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - The Wisconsin Badgers almost waited too long to get their offense swinging. Alando Tucker helped Wisconsin bounce back from a horrible first half, scoring eight straight points during a 13-0 run that gave the Badgers a 65-56 victory over North Carolina State on Friday night and a spot in the NCAA tournament's round of eight.
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Arizona State enjoys homecourt advantage
Mar 25 2005 7:19PM (CT)
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Through the season, the Arizona State women never talked publicly about the tantalizing prospect of an NCAA regional semifinal game at home.
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Changed Stoudamire key to Arizona success
Mar 25 2005 7:15PM (CT)
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) - When Salim Stoudamire asked Channing Frye if he wanted to grab lunch one day last fall, the Arizona center was, to be perfectly honest, stunned.
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West Va. to play Louisville for Final Four
Mar 25 2005 6:53PM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The forward just got married. The little-known coach spent 25 years scratching his way to the top. All of the West Virginia players concede they're just thrilled to be riding a wave that could take their program to a place it hasn't been since the days of Jerry West.
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Liberty's success doesn't surprise LSU
Mar 25 2005 6:30PM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - LSU coach Pokey Chatman was prepared for the Liberty Lady Flames even before they pulled off two upsets in the NCAA tournament.
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Slimmed-down May a potent weapon for UNC
Mar 25 2005 3:51PM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Sean May loves pizza and cookies almost as much as double-doubles. Unfortunately, he couldn't have a lot of all three. So the 6-foot-9 center for North Carolina decided to alter his lifestyle, beginning with what he ate. The willpower _ and all the extra work on his conditioning _ certainly paid off.
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Ford leaves E. Kentucky to coach UMass
Mar 25 2005 3:02PM (CT)
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) - Travis Ford was hired as the basketball coach at Massachusetts on Friday after guiding Eastern Kentucky to a 22-9 record this season and giving Kentucky a scare in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
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Mountaineers no longer fit underdog label
Mar 25 2005 11:21AM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - The last time West Virginia went this far in the NCAA tournament, Jerry West was a Mountaineer. Kevin Pittsnogle and his unheralded teammates spoiled Bobby Knight's return to the round of 16, beating Texas Tech 65-60 Thursday night to move within one win of a surprising trip to the Final Four.
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Louisville ousts No. 1 Seed Washington
Mar 25 2005 11:10AM (CT)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Rick Pitino pushed all the right buttons, while Francisco Garcia and Taquan Dean made all the tough shots. The result for Louisville was a 93-79 victory over top-seeded Washington _ a win that put the Cardinals in the Albuquerque Regional final and turned their insulting fourth seed into little more than an afterthought.
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Illinois ends Wisconsin-Milwaukee's dance
Mar 25 2005 9:04AM (CT)
ROSEMONT, Ill. (AP) - Deron Williams and Dee Brown gave upstart Wisconsin-Milwaukee all that it could handle and then some Thursday night, combining for 42 points, 10 assists and some nasty defense to lead Illinois to a 77-63 victory and a spot in the Chicago Regional finals.
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Duke edges Boston College, 70-65
Mar 25 2005 9:00AM (CT)
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Alison Bales served mostly as Duke's stopper this season, the last line of defense under the basket. Even at 6-foot-7, she rarely seemed comfortable on the other end of the floor.
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W.Va. celebration marked with 50 fires set
Mar 25 2005 8:11AM (CT)
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - University officials condemned students and fans who celebrated West Virginia's victory in an NCAA regional semifinal by setting about 50 street fires.
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Miami fires women's basketball coach
Mar 25 2005 12:32AM (CT)
MIAMI (AP) - Miami fired basketball coach Ferne Labati on Thursday, three weeks after the Hurricanes completed a 16-loss campaign and missed the postseason for the first time in four years.
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Liberty women becoming NCAA darlings
Mar 25 2005 12:27AM (CT)
LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) - The Liberty women's basketball team is used to playing against perennial powerhouses _ and losing. But something different happened this year to the evangelical Christian university founded by the Rev. Jerry Falwell. The Lady Flames, first round losers the past eight years, pulled off two upsets in the NCAA tournament and are the surprising darlings of the regional semifinals.
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South Carolina nudges Georgetown in NIT
Mar 25 2005 12:24AM (CT)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Carlos Powell scored 21 points and Tre Kelley added 12 in the second half to lead South Carolina to a 69-66 victory over Georgetown in the quarterfinals of the NIT on Thursday night.
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