Forward Sam Dekker scored 17 points, and top-seeded Wisconsin never trailed in a 72-65 victory over eighth-seeded Oregon on Sunday in an NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional quarterfinal at Century Link Center Omaha.
NCAA Tournament
Kyle Wiltjer authored a sizzling shooting display en route to 24 points as the Gonzaga Bulldogs rolled past the Iowa Hawkeyes in the NCAA Tournament’s round of 32 in Seattle.
Jordan Woodard scored six of his 16 points in the final minute as the Oklahoma Sooners held off the Dayton Flyers in the NCAA Tournament round of 32 in Columbus, Ohio.
Forward Tekele Cotton scored 19 points to lead five Shockers in double figures, and No. 7 seed Wichita State made the most of a long-awaited game with its in-state rival, defeating the second-seeded Kansas Jayhawks 78-65 in Sunday’s NCAA Tournament Midwest Regional quarterfinal at Century Link Center Omaha.
Freshman center Jahlil Okafor scored 26 points and top-seeded Duke rolled to a 68-49 victory over eighth-seeded San Diego State in the NCAA South Regional third round Sunday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Arena.
Guard Travis Trice scored 23 points as seventh-seeded Michigan State led almost the entire way in a 60-54 upset victory over second-seeded Virginia in the NCAA East Regional third round Sunday afternoon at Time Warner Cable Arena.
Mike Brey guided Notre Dame into the Sweet 16 on Saturday, and he did it with the heaviest of hearts. When the Irish coach sat down at the news conference after a 67-64 overtime victory over Butler, he revealed that his mother had died Saturday morning at age 84.
North Carolina added one more Sweet 16 to its long postseason resume Saturday night with a 87-78 victory over Arkansas at Veterans Memorial Arena.
Brandon Taylor scored 11 of his 14 points in the second half and the Utes shot 64.7 percent after intermission to oust the Hoyas in the NCAA Tournament round of 32.
Just two days after Villanova’s best shooting performance of the season, the Wildcats had one of their worst. North Carolina State took advantage, becoming the first team to knock off a top seed in this year’s NCAA Tournament with a 71-68 victory on Saturday.
Jalen Reynolds scored a career-high 21 points and the Xavier Musketeers shot a season-high 67.6 percent from the field to hold off the Georgia State Panthers in the third round of the NCAA Tournament in Jacksonville, Fla.
Guard Gabe York came off the bench to knock down five 3-pointers and lift fifth-ranked Arizona to a 73-58 victory over Ohio State in an NCAA Tournament third-round game Saturday at Moda Center.
Undefeated and No. 1-ranked Kentucky’s chase for perfection continues. The Wildcats (36-0) got 13 points from guard Aaron Harrison and limited No. 8-seeded Cincinnati to 32 percent field goal shooting in a 64-51 Midwest Region third-round victory on Saturday in the KFC Yum! Center.
Center Tony Parker scored a career-best 28 points and added 12 rebounds on Saturday, leading No. 11-seeded UCLA to a 92-75 South Region third-round victory over No. 14 Alabama-Birmingham in the KFC Yum! Center.
The Review-Journal’s Adam Hill, Kelly Stewart and Matt Youmans compete with handicappers Bruce Marshall and Ken Thomson in a contest covering NCAA Tournament games.
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