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From the Wire: Monday Links
Today’s best from college newspapers around the country:
No Michigan State player pushed harder to reach the Final Four than Travis Walton — Alex Altman, The State News
ALSO: MSU clinched its fifth Final Four berth in 11 years; Thousands of fans welcomed them home
Pitt isn’t ready to think about whether DeJuan Blair will come back next season — Mike Gladysz, The Pitt News
ALSO: The Panthers are not accustomed to losing close games
Danny Green came up big for North Carolina with Tyler Hansbrough and Wayne Ellington struggling — David Ely, The Daily Tar Heel
ALSO: The Heels have bigger goals than reaching the Final Four
Upsets are great, but top-quality matchups are better — Jonah Braun, The Badger Herald
Oklahoma‘s guards just couldn’t match their UNC counterparts — Joey Helmer, The Oklahoma Daily
ALSO: Mistakes got the Sooners sent home early
Analysis: 3 Villanova def. 1 Pitt
3 Villanova 78
1 Pitt 76
East Region final • TD Banknorth Garden, Boston
By Jim Reedy
– Complain all you want that Cinderella went home early this year; thrilling, well-played games like this only happen when the best teams in the nation advance to the later rounds. Here, Scottie Reynolds was the last in a long line of heroes, saving Villanova from a last-minute collapse by driving from midcourt for a game-winning layup with 0.5 seconds left.
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: 1 Pitt def. 4 Xavier
1 Pitt 60
4 Xavier 55
East Region semifinals • TD Banknorth Garden, Boston
By Corey DeMoss
– Levance Fields was quiet most of the game, but he made the two biggest plays of the night in the final minute. First, he drained a long 3-pointer with a defender in his face to give Pitt a one-point lead. He then grabbed a steal on Xavier’s ensuing possession, and converted it into an easy layup to seal the win.
Reporter Interview: Mike Gladysz on Pitt
With DeJuan Blair wrecking opponents underneath the hoop, Pitt is often seen as a team that wins solely with defense and rebounding.
But as Mike Gladysz of the Pitt News explains, Levance Fields, Sam Young and the Panthers can do a lot more, including turn up the tempo when needed.
From the Wire: Wednesday Links
Today’s best from college newspapers around the country:
All the attention the Blue Devils get, good and bad, is too much for even a Duke-sized brain to absorb — Meredith Shiner, The Duke Chronicle
ALSO: Taylor King is on the other side of Thursday’s matchup after going from Duke to Villanova
Pitt‘s Jamie Dixon is on the cusp of elite status among college basketball coaches
– Mike Gladysz, The Pitt News
ALSO: Pitt campus police are worried about celebratory rioting
North Carolina is somewhat familiar with the Gonzaga squad it’ll face Friday
– David Ely, The Daily Tar Heel
Jonny Flynn has been the center of attention, with a ball in his hand, since well before he arrived at Syracuse — Zach Schonbrun, The Daily Orange
ALSO: SU is the latest team to tackle the problem of Oklahoma‘s Blake Griffin
Screw Cinderella, there’s no reason to give these tiny teams automatic bids — Brett Talley, The Daily Toreador
Their tournament performances prove the Big East was better than the ACC
– Randy Lieberman, The Pitt News
Analysis: 1 Pitt def. 8 Oklahoma State
1 Pittsburgh 84
8 Oklahoma State 76
East Region second round • UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio
By Jeff Greer
– In the first round, Pitt struggled mightily with 16th-seeded East Tennessee State. The top seed in the East region overcame turnover and rebounding problems to stave off what would’ve been the biggest upset in NCAA tournament history. Today, the Panthers made sure to win the rebounding battle. And Pitt’s 14 turnovers didn’t cause as much trouble as their 18 did on Friday afternoon
From the Wire: Friday Links
Today’s best from college newspapers around the country:
Mike Anderson and Missouri have been through a lot to get here
– William Powell, The Columbia Missourian
Ty Lawson was left watching as North Carolina dismantled Radford — David Ely, The Daily Tar Heel
ALSO: Tyler Hansbrough is now the ACC’s all-time leading scorer; LSU will be a second-round test.
Washington and Jon Brockman won the battle with Jarvis Varnado, Mississippi State‘s superb shot blocker — Allen Wagner, The Daily
ALSO: Quincy Pondexter led the way for UW in the first round.
Cole Aldrich and Kansas are well aware how dangerous North Dakota State could be
– Case Keefer, The University Daily Kansan
When the going got tough, Cal gave in — Jack Ross, The Daily Californian
ALSO: Lackluster Bears fall to Maryland
Not afraid to say it: I miss Billy Packer — Sam Davis, The Daily Gamecock
From the Wire: Tuesday links
Today’s best from college newspapers around the country:
For the first time in several years, Duke is peaking at the right time
– Tim Britton, The Duke Chronicle
Anything less than the Final Four is a failure for this Pitt team — Pat Mitsch, The Pitt News
ALSO: DeJuan Blair joins Hansbrough, Curry, Griffin and Harden on the writers’ All-America first team.
Missouri‘s silver lining for a trip to Boise? “I’ve always wanted to go to all 50 states,” Zaire Taylor said — Mark Levitt, The Maneater
ALSO: A No. 3 seed is impressive for a team picked 7th in the Big 12
Syracuse standouts Jonny Flynn, Paul Harris and Eric Devendorf could bolt for the NBA if they make names for themselves this month — Jared Diamond, The Daily Orange
ALSO: Orange squeeze: They were the 61st team to come up on the bracket Sunday night
If you do the numbers, there’s a statistical method to this bracket Madness
– Marcus Gartner, The Brown Daily Herald
Much has changed since Cal‘s last NCAA trip, starting with the coaching switch from Ben Braun to Mike Montgomery — Jack Ross, The Daily Californian
From the Wire: Monday Links
Today’s best from college newspapers around the country:
Michigan‘s rebuilding isn’t complete, but John Beilein deserves a lot of the credit for righting the ship — Ruth Lincoln, The Michigan Daily
ALSO: Michigan receives first bid in 11 years; This bid was a long time coming
Duke‘s midseason decision to slide Jon Scheyer from shooting guard to point guard has begun to pay off — Ben Cohen, The Duke Chronicle
Syracuse is feeling good after a strong run to the Big East tournament final
– Kyle Austin, The Daily Orange
Arizona‘s dramatic season saw another plot twist when the committee, surprisingly, saw fit to invite them for a 25th consecutive year — Bryan Roy, The Arizona Daily Wildcat
ALSO: NCAA bid has the Wildcats “absolutely going berserk“
The top 65 things about the NCAA tournament — Ryan Dixon, The Daily Illini
