Friday, March 19, 2010


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NCAA Tournament: Oakland vs. Pittsburgh

Oakland had higher expectations than Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh and Oakland couldn't have started their seasons on more opposite spectrums. Oakland entered the season with high expectations. Pittsburgh? After losing 80 percent of its scoring and unranked in preseason, not so much. - 03/19/2010

College hockey: CCHA semifinals

Ferris focused on CCHA first

The NCAA Tournament's 16-team field will be announced Sunday, and teams have a lot of work to do. For Ferris State, Northern Michigan and Michigan, that work begins tonight in the Central Collegiate Hockey Association championship. - 03/19/2010

Midwest: Ohio stuns Georgetown

Ohio's DeVaughn Washington, rear, celebrates his dunk over Georgetown's Greg Monroe during the first half.

The MAC champion Bobcats, who had a losing record in conference play, have found their way in March and now boast an NCAA tournament win for the first time in 27 years. - 03/19/2010

East: Wake Forest ousts Texas in OT; Washington upends Marquette

Washington forward Quincy Pondexter dunks over Marquette forward Lazar Hayward, right, during the second half.

From No. 1 to one and done: Ishmael Smith's last shot meant one more collapse for Texas. Smith's jumper from about 17 feet out with 1.3 seconds remaining in overtime gave Wake Forest a win over the Longhorns - 03/19/2010

Hockey

CCHA names Miami (Ohio) goaltender Cody Reichard its Player of Year

Reichard, 23, not only won the Player of the Year Award, he also took home the Best Goaltender award. "It's been very humbling," Reichard said. - 03/19/2010

Thursday's college baseball scores

Thursday's action from around the country. - 03/19/2010

Midwest: Ohio stuns Georgetown

Ohio's DeVaughn Washington, rear, celebrates his dunk over Georgetown's Greg Monroe during the first half.

The MAC champion Bobcats, who had a losing record in conference play, have found their way in March and now boast an NCAA tournament win for the first time in 27 years. - 03/18/2010

West: Murray State shocks Vandy, BYU survives in 2OT

Jimmer Fredette's shooting helped BYU snap a streak of seven straight first-round losses in the NCAA Tournament.

Jimmer Fredette scored 37 points, including two 3-pointers in double overtime, to seal BYU's thrilling 99-92 win over 10th-seeded Florida on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. - 03/18/2010

South: Udoh leads Baylor; Old Dominion, Villanova, St. Mary's prevail

Corey Allmond tries to check Ekpe Udoh, who had 20 points and 13 rebounds.

Ekpe Udoh, a transfer from Michigan, did everything Baylor needed to stave off upset-minded Sam Houston State and end a 60-year drought in the NCAA Tournament. - 03/18/2010

Women's Division III Final Four

Carrie Snikkers leads Hope to Division III Final Four

Carrie Snikkers and Hope faces Rochester, N.Y., in a national semifinal on Friday.

She made sure the Flying Dutch tossed aside the disappointment from last year of failing to earn a spot in the Final Four, which was at Hope. - 03/18/2010

NCAA Tournament

Jordan Crawford thankful despite tough road

After Kelvin Sampson was fired as Indiana's coach, Jordan Crawford transferred to Xavier and sat out last season.

Crawford, a 2006 graduate of Detroit Communication and Media Arts, is the best player on Xavier, the No. 6 seed in the West Regional. His team faces No. 11 seed Minnesota on Friday. - 03/18/2010

NCAA Tournament

Oakland basketball coach Greg Kampe finds dream job

Greg Kampe has turned Oakland from a mediocre Division II school to an NCAA Tournament team.

Kampe and his Oakland have captured the imagination and excitement of fans with a second NCAA Tournament bid. Not bad for a coach and program content on remaining in Division II. - 03/18/2010

Breaking down the first-round NCAA Tournament matchups

Big 12 champ Kansas is predicted to make quick work of Lehigh.

Associated Press writer Jim O'Connell looks at all 32 first-round matchups (seedings in parentheses, winners in uppercase): - 03/18/2010

WNIT: Roundup

EMU falls in first round of WNIT

Eastern Michigan was unable to preserve a first-half lead Wednesday, falling 56-50 to Purdue in West Lafayette, Ind., in the first round of the Women's National Invitation Tournament. - 03/18/2010

Every team has a tale in NCAA Tournament

There are so many stories -- and so many more that will be created the next few days. And while you've probably penciled in the higher seeds throughout your bracket, it's hard not to root for all those Goliaths. - 03/18/2010

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