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From the Wire: Friday Links
Today’s best from college newspapers around the country:
Michigan State is playing for Big Ten basketball fans everywhere
– Rich Mayor, The Daily Illini
Dante Cunningham, Wayne Ellington, Goran Suton and Jeff Adrien are key X-factors for their respective teams — David Namm, The Vanderbilt Hustler
At least Ford Field gets to host something other than a Detroit Lions game — Kevin Duffy, The Daily Campus
Don’t be so sure this weekend will play out as we expect — Geoffrey Miller, The Indiana Daily Student
Tom Izzo and Jim Calhoun have proved again they are the best coaches in college basketball
– Greg Carey, The Daily Athenaeum
Calipari: Day 2
It’s John Calipari’s world. We’re just living in it.
Putting the Final Four on hold for a few more days, the college basketball world is buzzing about the brash, successful coach’s lucrative leap from Memphis to Kentucky.
On the scene
In Lexington, the Kentucky Kernel has another batch of piping hot news and analysis:
UK’s president and athletics director say they looked into every black mark on Calipari’s record and are confident he’s an upstanding citizen.
Cal says he’s always wanted to coach at Kentucky. When the Wildcats were looking for a coach two years ago, he asked his wife every day if they had called yet. (I bet Memphis is thrilled to hear that.)
Nothing to see here. Move along. Calipari and Rick Pitino don’t hate each other.
From the Wire: Friday Links
Today’s best from college newspapers around the country:
UConn‘s Craig Austrie came up big after slumping recently — Kevin Duffy, The Daily Campus
ALSO: A quick start helped the Huskies go from Sweet to Elite
Duke‘s big three — Gerald Henderson, Kyle Singler and Jon Scheyer — had no answers for Villanova
– Sabreena Merchant, The Duke Chronicle
ALSO: Lapsing in all phases of the game, the Blue Devils went out with a thud
Missouri sure knows how to make things exciting
– Lenny Goldman, The Maneater
Memphis, like Kansas, did well to make it this far after so much offseason turnover — Kelly Breckunitch, The University Daily Kansan
Pitt‘s Levance Fields lived up to his “Mr. Big Shot” nickname
– Michael Gladysz, The Pitt News
Analysis: 3 Missouri def. 2 Memphis
3 Missouri 102
2 Memphis 91
West Region semifinals • University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz.
By Jim Reedy
– John Calipari spent much of the game complaining his boys were getting pushed around, but Missouri built a 24-point lead by overwhelming the Conference USA champions with depth and energy at both ends of the court and ended Memphis’ program-record 27-game win streak. Paper Tigers after all? Perhaps.
Reporter Interview: Joseph Russell on Memphis
Derrick Rose isn’t walking through that door, and neither is Joey Dorsey or Chris Douglas-Roberts. Yet even without the stars who led them to the national title game last year, the Memphis Tigers are again one of the top teams in the nation.
Joseph Russell of the Daily Helmsman explains how they’re doing it.
From the Wire: Tuesday Links
Today’s best from college newspapers around the country:
Jim Boeheim’s next win will be his 800th, all at Syracuse
– Michael Bonner, The Daily Orange
Looking good on the court is important for several Memphis players
– Megan Harris, The Daily Helmsman
Xavier has a long “to do” list to get Sean Miller a victory against Pitt, his alma mater
– Doug Tifft, The Xavier Newswire
Refs need to take a look at the pounding Oklahoma‘s Blake Griffin is receiving
– Jono Greco, The Oklahoma Daily
Breaking down the top mascots in the Sweet Sixteen — Marc Gauthier, The Daily Campus
Wrap: Saturday’s second round
One-stop shopping for all the action as 32 became 24 with Saturday’s second-round action. Or look back on the first round from Thursday and Friday.
West Region
1 UConn def. 9 Texas A&M
South Region
1 North Carolina def. 8 LSU
Analysis: 2 Memphis def. 10 Maryland
2 Memphis 89
10 Maryland 70
West Region second round • Sprint Center, Kansas City, Mo.
By Jeff Greer
– Memphis struggled for a good 35 minutes against Cal State Northridge in the first round, but today was nothing like that. The Tigers worked their press, penetrated the Maryland defense at will and hit jump shots. I know the Terps have hung around with (and beaten) some very good teams this year, but the combination of Memphis’s suffocating defense and hot shooting really put Maryland on the ropes from the outset.
At the Arena: Can you hear me now?
Alex Prosperi of the Michigan Daily reports from Kansas City:
With five minutes left in today’s second round matchup between Memphis and Maryland, the Tigers fans starting cheering “ACC! ACC!” as their team led 86-57. 30 seconds later they did it again, but Memphis coach John Calipari turned to the section behind his bench and told them to stop.
Maryland fans clearly didn’t like the chant, and the Kansas fans didn’t either. Jayhawk fans in attendance started doing their Rock Chalk Jayhawk chant, reminding Memphis fans of last year’s title-game victory.
UPDATE: Two Memphis cheerleaders are wearing Calipari cutout masks as they go through their celebratory postgame cheers. It’s really, really creepy.
Wrap: Thursday’s first round
We ginned up analysis and commentary for 16 basketball games Thursday. The least you can do is read a few of them:
West Region
1 UConn def. 16 Chattanooga
5 Purdue def. 12 Northern Iowa
