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Thursday, March 23,
2006
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LSU-Duke
The Advocate
As well as it played on defense in its first two NCAA
tournament games, the LSU basketball team knows it
needs to pick it up another notch this week. Of course, no one needs to remind
the Tigers that giving No. 13 seed Iona and No. 12 seed
Texas A&M fits in their first- and second-round
games is one thing. Doing the same to top-ranked and top national seed Duke is
an entirely different — and critical — challenge. Their names are J.J. Redick and Shelden Williams, a pair of All-Americans who average 27.2
and 18.7 points, respectively. Duke has advanced to the Sweet 16 nine straight
years and 23 times overall, while LSU will be making
its ninth appearance in the regional semifinals.Duke
is 17-5 all-time in the Sweet 16 and LSU is 5-3. Blue
Devils coach Mike Krzyzewski is 11-5 in this round, while Brady is 0-1 with
that appearance coming in 2000.
Bradley-Memphis
Detroit News
Bradley was the lowest seed to reach the regional
semifinals. The Braves are the first No. 13 seed to get that far since 1999,
when Oklahoma won its first two
games before losing to Michigan State
in the round of 16. Only two teams seeded lower than 13 have reached the round
of 16: Cleveland State
in 1986 and Chattanooga in 1997
were 14 seeds. Both lost in the third round. While the power conferences kept
looking weaker, Memphis cruised
through the Tournament’s first weekend with a pair of double-digit victories.
West Virginia-Texas
Associated Press
West Virginia
(22-10) will play Texas on
Thursday in an Atlanta Regional semifinal. The Longhorns beat West Virginia,
76-75, Nov. 21 at a tournament in Kansas City, Mo.
Gonzaga-UCLA
Associated Press
Pundits contend the Zags defense
is too porous. Some opponents are upset that the Zags
(29-3) shoot so many more free throws than their rivals, hinting at referee
intimidation by their fans at home.Coach Mark Few is exasperated by the free throw controversy. The
Zags do have a big advantage at the line, making 647
of 827 attempts this season, for 78 percent. Their opponents have attempted
only 607 free throws, making 418 for 68 percent.That
means the Zags score an average of seven points per
game more than opponents from the charity stripe. But the advantage is the same
on the road and at home. Gonzaga’s 20-game winning
streak is the longest in the nation. Second is UCLA’s nine straight wins. The Zags are 17-7 against Pacific-10 teams since 1999, 2-1 this
year. Gonzaga has a 12-8 record in the NCAA tournament and has never advanced
beyond the Elite Eight. UCLA is 87-32 with 11 national titles. Gonzaga won
59-43 the only previous time the teams played, in 1999. The defensive-minded
Bruins (29-6) have held their last nine opponents to 60 or fewer points, while
Gonzaga (29-3) — winner of 20 straight — has never been held under 62 in 20
NCAA-tournament games.
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Friday, March 24,
2006
Villanova-Boston College
Press Notes
When Villanova plays Boston
College on Friday, it will be a
showdown between two teams who used to meet regularly during the Big East
Conference regular season slate. The Eagles played their first season as a
member of the ACC this season. Villanova is 51-24 all-time against Boston
College, including two wins last
season. The Wildcats are 35-34 (.507) all-time against ACC teams, not including
its record against recent additions to the conference Boston
College, Miami
(Fla.) and Virginia Tech. This
season, the Big East is 4-4 against the ACC.
George Mason-Wichita
State
Hutchinson News
One month and two days ago, Wichita
State and George Mason squared off
in a Bracket Buster contest in Wichita.Wichita
State, playing in the NCAA
Tournament for the first time in 18 years, advanced to the round of 16 with an
80-73 victory over Tennessee on
Saturday. Both teams had RPIs in the 20s when they
played on Feb. 18. Four days before that, Wichita State arguably won its
biggest game of the Missouri Valley Conference season when Matt Braeuer hit a 3-pointer with less than a second left in
overtime to defeat Creighton. The George Mason game ended in a similar fashion
as Tony Skinn hit a 3-pointer from the right wing
with 10 seconds left for a 70-67 victory.
Florida-Georgetown
Herald Tribune
The Gators barely had to break a sweat to win both games
this past weekend to not only get to the Sweet 16 but also end all the talk
about the program underachieving in the NCAA tournament. They beat South
Alabama by 26 points in the first round Thursday, then cruised to a 22-point win over UW-M Saturday to make it
out of the first weekend for the first time since 2000. On Saturday, the nation’s
top field goal percentage shooting team hit 54 percent of its shots while hounding
the Panthers with a tight defense. It resulted in Florida’s
seventh straight win, and the Gators have not trailed in their last 136
minutes, dating back to early in the second half of their win over LSU in the Southeastern Conference tournament semis.
Washington-Connecticut
Spokane Review
Connecticut
may be the most talented team in the country. But like Washington,
UConn lost its first Big East tournament game (to Syracuse),
then struggled to beat 16th-seed Albany
72-59 and held off Kentucky.