With bodies clogging the lane and 3-pointers clanging off the rim, Scottie Reynolds made a half-court dash for a last-second basket to give Villanova a 78-76 victory over Pittsburgh and send the Wildcats to their first Final Four since the 1985 team made its stunning run to the NCAA championship.
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UConn is headed to its third Final Four, but this trip may have seemed harder than the others, because the Huskies were rocked this week by a report alleging that they violated NCAA recruiting rules. Then came a duel with Mizzou. But the Huskies kept their poise even as the Tigers erased an early 11-point lead to surge ahead in the second half.
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Missouri rushed to a big lead before holding off a late Memphis rally, defeating the Tigers, 102-91, for their first Elite 8 berth since 2002. One year after collapsing in the title game versus Kansas, John Calipari's Memphis squad fell short in their bid at four straight regional final appearances.
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The third-seeded Wildcats beat Duke for the first time in more than 50 years on Thursday night, getting 14 points and 11 rebounds from Dante Cunningham to win 77-54 and advance to the East regional final. It was Villanova's 14th NCAA victory over a higher-seeded team—the most in tournament history.
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Syracuse's zone defense shut down ASU and Pac-10 Player of the Year James Harden to move on to the Sweet Sixteen. The Orangemen's next test will be Blake Griffen, when Syracuse faces Oklahoma Friday.
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With 0.9 seconds left on the clock, freshman Demetri Goodson streaked the length of the court to lift Gonzaga past Western Kentucky 83-81 Saturday. The win gave the fourth-seeded Bulldogs a Sweet Sixteen berth, where they will meet top-seeded North Carolina on Friday.
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Can they do it again? After beating Washington on Saturday 76-74, the Boilermakers advanced to the round of 16, where they will face—the UConn Huskies. Connecticut advanced by downing Texas A&M for their 12th Sweet Sixteen appearance under Head Coach Jim Calhoun.
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The Big Ten's defensive player of the year, Travis Walton, scored a career-high 18 points to lift the second- seeded Spartans to a 74-69 victory over 10th-seed USC on Sunday. The Tojans head home, while the Spartans move on to face the defending champs Kansas on Friday.
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Thanks to Roburt Sallie, the Tigers avoided a first round upset Thursday. The reserve guard, who averaged 4.5 points heading into Memphis’ first round match-up with Cal State Northridge, exploded for 35 points, hitting 10 of 15 three pointers.
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With less than six minutes to go, No. 10-seeded Michigan let a 15 point lead to No. 2-seeded Clemson dwindle down to one. But the Wolverines held back the Tigers for 61-57 upset win Thursday to move on in their first tournament in 11 years.
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Tyler Hansbrough scored 22 points in their first round game against Radford Thursday, setting an Atlantic Coast Conference record for most career points (2,789). Without point guard, Ty Lawson, the Tar Heels blew out Radford 101-58.
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