Kansas Turns Back Pesky Eastern Kentucky, 80-69
Andrew Wiggins scored 19 points, Jamari Traylor and Perry Ellis had double-doubles and second-seeded Kansas pulled away down the stretch to beat pesky Eastern Kentucky 80-69 on Friday
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Andrew Wiggins scored 19 points, Jamari Traylor and Perry Ellis had double-doubles and second-seeded Kansas pulled away down the stretch to beat pesky Eastern Kentucky 80-69 on Friday
Mulkey will serve a one-game NCAA suspension for criticizing the officiating after the last year's Sweet 16, when the then-defending national champion Lady Bears were upset by Louisville.
The day started with a bracket-crushing blow. More upsets followed. Four overtime games. A record. A buzzer-beater. A pair of late-night scares. This was just one day.
The shot was long, and it smacked hard off the glass in the final seconds. That's when big Cameron Ridley, standing every bit of 6-foot-9 and 285 pounds, reached down, picked up the ball and put it in as time expired.
There were 10 players in the court in the NCAA tournament featuring Texas and Arizona State Thursday night. In a Garland restaurant, the high school crowd surrounding the TV was only focused on two of them.
Saul Phillips ran over to the fans in green and yellow, threw his arms in the air and screamed at the top of his lungs.
UNT football coach Dan McCarney has signed a new five-year contract worth at least $3.6 million after the Mean Green landed their first bowl victory in 11 seasons.
Wyoming saw its season come to a crashing end with a 59-43 loss to Texas A&M in the first round of the College Basketball Invitational Wednesday night.
Cannen Cunningham scored 17 points to lead SMU to a 68-54 victory Wednesday night over UC-Irvine in the first round of the NIT. They will next face LSU in the second round.
