NIT: Thompson Has 25, WSU Beats Long Beach 85-74
Klay Thompson scored 25 points to lead Washington State over Long Beach State 85-74 Wednesday night in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament.
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Klay Thompson scored 25 points to lead Washington State over Long Beach State 85-74 Wednesday night in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament.
Jamie Skeen scored 16 points and Virginia Commonwealth more than held its own inside against bigger and stronger Southern California to beat the Trojans 59-46 Wednesday night in the finale of the NCAA's inaugural "First Four" tournament games at the University of Dayton Arena.
About this time three years ago, Chandler Parsons and Orlando Johnson made decisions that changed their basketball careers.
UCLA athletic director Dan Guerrero says the school is "extremely disappointed" that the original round center section of basketball court at Pauley Pavilion is to be auctioned.
An apologetic Southern California coach Kevin O'Neill is eager to get back to basketball.
Washington State has received a No. 2 seed for the NIT and will host Long Beach State in a first-round game.
Washington backup point guard Venoy Overton has been reinstated and will play with the Huskies in the NCAA tournament on Friday against Georgia.
The UCLA Bruins are back in the NCAA tournament and will face the 10th seeded Michigan State Spartans in Tampa on Thursday.
The USC Trojans are back in the NCAA Tournament, barely. USC was among the last four teams in the field and will play VCU in the play-in game on Wednesday in Chicago.
Ohio State, Kansas, Pittsburgh and defending champion Duke have been awarded the top seeds in this year's NCAA tournament, anexpanded version of March Madness that will include 68 teams.
