Posts Tagged ‘purdue’
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 UConn def. 5 Purdue
1 UConn 72
5 Purdue 60
West Region semifinals • University of Phoenix Stadium, Glendale, Ariz.
By Jim Reedy
– Connecticut led the entire game, but the Boilermakers did a good job dragging them down to their level with indefatigable defense and were right in the game for 30-plus minutes before the Huskies pulled away. Unable to solve Hasheem Thabeet’s inside defense, Purdue just couldn’t break through after cutting the margin to three several times.
From the Wire: Sunday Links
Today’s best from college newspapers around the country:
Jonny Flynn and James Hardin are good friends who’ll be foes when Syracuse and Arizona State meet — Michael Bonner, The Daily Orange
Jon Brockman’s last game is the end of an era for Washington — Allen Wagner, The Daily
ALSO: Huskies fall achingly short
Michigan State will have its hands full with the talented Trojans
– Alex Altman, The State News
Marcus Morris and Kansas will try to keep Dayton‘s high-flying Chris Wright from taking off — Case Keefer, The University Daily Kansan
UCLA didn’t have nearly enough to keep up with Villanova — The Daily Bruin
ALSO: Villanova rolls into Sweet Sixteen; Bruins say goodbye to Collison, Shipp and Aboya
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
Diary of a bench player
By Andrew Greif
PORTLAND, Ore. — When Purdue plays top-seeded Connecticut in Glendale, Ariz., next week in the Sweet Sixteen, Ryne Smith will be on the bench.
Not that he wouldn’t be. He’s been there all season.
His freshman season, out of Whitmer High in Toledo, Ohio, hasn’t been along the same lines of a Derrick Rose or even of Purdue teammate Robbie Hummel, but say this for Smith: His seat is much better than last year’s.
“Last year I was sitting at home watching it with my dad on the couch,” Smith said. “Now I’m sitting on the bench front row.”
Analysis: 5 Purdue def. 4 Washington
5 Purdue 76
4 Washington 74
West Region second round • Rose Garden, Portland, Ore.
By Jim Reedy
– Purdue exploded early and staved off collapse to win a very solid, suspenseful college basketball game and break through to the Sweet Sixteen after going out in the second round the past two years. JaJuan Johnson did what Jarvis Varnado could not, giving the Boilers a tall, skilled counterpart to Jon Brockman’s bruising inside for the Huskies. He and his teammates had just enough to hold on after Isaiah Thomas figured out how to get into lane at will.
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
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
Analysis: 5 Purdue def. 12 Northern Iowa
5 Purdue 61
12 Northern Iowa 56
West Region first round • Rose Garden, Portland, Ore.
By Jim Reedy
– This game nearly made me rip my face off in exasperation. Not so much because there weren’t good or exciting plays, but because Purdue was playing just well enough to keep the Panthers at arm’s length. It wasn’t a great performance and it wasn’t (really) a close game, despite some mild last-minute drama. Just a plodding margin of 8-10 points the whole way, it seemed. Like the Boilermakers, I was just trying to survive and advance.
