NCAA Most up-to-date: St. Bonaventure’s postseason drag in effort

The Most up-to-date on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):

12:10 a.m.

St. Bonaventure’s postseason drag is in effort two days after the Bonnies received their first NCAA Tournament sport in forty eight years.

Egor Koulechov has thirteen factors to manual Florida, which turned into leading 54-37 with much less than 10 minutes remaining in an East Pickle first-round sport. The Gators have reached the Elite Eight of their previous five journeys to the tournament.

A whirlwind week has caught up with St. Bonaventure. The Bonnies are shooting 28 percent and have proper nine field needs.

The Bonnies were practicing about 12 hours after arriving in Dallas. They beat UCLA in a First Four sport in Dayton, Ohio, on Tuesday. Courtney Stockard, who scored 26 factors in the possess over the Bruins, turned into leading St. Bonaventure with Eleven factors.

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Eleven:55 p.m.

Arizona’s shock loss to Buffalo way the Pac-12 is now Pac-accomplished.

It be the main time since 1986 that the conference went winless in the NCAA Tournament. Arizona, Utah and Washington all lost their opening video games that year.

It be a disappointing discontinue for the conference that easiest set three teams in the sphere and lost UCLA and Arizona Disclose in the First Four in Dayton.

Lower than 10 percent of followers with brackets in ESPN and Yahoo video games chosen Buffalo to bring together. About 5 percent picked Arizona as the national champion.

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Eleven:50 p.m.

John Petty scored 20 factors and hit a late three-pointer that helped clinch No. 9 seed Alabama’s 86-83 possess over Virginia Tech in the main round of the NCAA Tournament on Friday night.

Petty hit three that made it 75-70 and gave the Crimson Tide (20-15) barely ample breathing to hold on and reach to play top-seeded Villanova on Saturday.

The eighth-seeded Hokies had a minute bit bit of spark left. They a grab safe from Justin Robinson and he ended up crashing the lane for an apparent basket that turned into whistled off ensuing from a charge. Virginia Tech coach Buzz Williams, his direct already hoarse, erupted on the sideline and turned into hit with a technical crude.

Collin Sexton led Alabama with 25 factors.

Robinson scored 19 factors and Justin Bibbs had 17 factors for the Hokies (21-12).

Sexton’s matchup in opposition to Villanova level guard Jalen Brunson could perhaps also merely quiet murder a large matchup in the second round.

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Eleven:forty five p.m.

The second half of Michigan’s sport in opposition to Montana in the West Pickle turned into delayed for approximately five minutes with 17:fifty three to head when the energy running the shot clocks went out.

The Wolverines had proper stretched their lead to 38-30 on a three-pointer by Zavier Simpson when the clocks iced up at 15 seconds. The officers whistled the game to a cease, and it took a lengthy duration of time —and a bunch of guys carrying suits— to figure out what to quit.

The administration board turned into swapped out and the game at last resumed.

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Eleven:20 p.m.

Buffalo is giving Arizona suits with its quickness.

The Bulls are gradually getting to the rim for baskets and have collapsed on defense to force the Wildcats to shoot from the perimeter.

The thirteenth-seeded Bulls lead No. Four seed Arizona sixty five-55 halfway via the second half in Boise.

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Eleven:15 p.m.

Montana is giving third-seeded Michigan every little thing it would take care of in the main round of their West Regional matchup, scoring the game’s first 10 factors and trailing proper 31-28 at halftime.

Perchance the Wolverines were comparatively rusty by the long layoff between the Mountainous Ten Tournament and the starting up up of the NCAA Tournament. They have not played in successfully over a week.

Michigan could perhaps be in worse form if not for Charles Matthews, who has 12 factors and seven rebounds. He’s 6 for eight from the sphere, offering the Mountainous Ten champs their easiest constant offense.

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10:20 p.m.

Justin Bibbs hit all three three-pointers to aid ninth-seeded Virginia Tech protect a forty three-forty one lead over Alabama at halftime.

Bibbs had Eleven factors in the half and the Hokies were a convincing 7 of 9 from three-level vary.

The ninth-seeded Crimson Tide shot a sturdy 60 percent from the ground to withhold this opening-round sport shut.

Virginia Educate coach Buzz Williams must were a screamer on the sideline. He turned into hoarse in the course of his halftime interview.

The winner gets top-seeded Villanova on Saturday.

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10:10 p.m.

Raise Grey drove for a wind-milling layup that proper trickled over the rim with 1.1 seconds left, and Trey Kell’s off-steadiness three-pointer at the buzzer turned into no truly handy, giving No. 6 seed Houston a sixty seven-sixty five victory over San Diego Disclose in the main round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night.

Devin Watson had proper tied the game for the Aztecs with a turnaround three-pointer, his second in a topic of seconds, when Grey dribbled up floor with 29 seconds left. He allowed the clock to tick down to six seconds earlier than crossing over, scooting under two defenders and scooping up his shot.

The layup gave him 39 factors and the Cougars (27-7) their first tournament possess since 1984.

Devin Davis and Corey Davis Jr. added nine factors apiece for Houston, which lost two gamers to fouls down the stretch, and struggled to have the Aztecs’ huge front line.

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9:25 p.m.

Kentucky’s tale trudge of consecutive video games with a three-pointer has ended.

The Wildcats had it a three in every sport since 1988, but went zero for six in a seventy eight-Seventy three possess over Davidson in the South Pickle.

Kentucky last went with out a three-pointer on Nov. 26, 1988, in opposition to Seton Hall in the Sizable Alaska Shootout, a span of 1,047 video games.

The trudge virtually got right here to an discontinue in opposition to Missouri in February. The Wildcats were zero of thirteen from three-level vary till Wenyen Gabriel knocked one down with 2:51 left.

UNLV now has the longest trudge at 1,040 straight video games.

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9:20 p.m.

Stephen F. Austin is taking a watch to be the lifetime of March Madness all over again but No. three seed Texas Tech made a drag to tighten the Lumberjacks’ lead halfway via the second half. Stephen F. Austin leads fifty three-fifty two with proper about eight minutes left on Thursday night.

In the period in-between, Kentucky pulled away late in the second half to stifle Davidson’s probabilities of sparking a Cinderella drag 10 years after Steph Curry made his mark on March Madness.

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9:05 p.m.

Appears love Alabama forward Donta Hall will play for the Crimson Tide of their first-round sport in opposition to Virginia Tech.

Hall took the court docket with the relaxation of his teammates for warmth-u.s.a.six days after struggling a concussion in the second half of a victory over Auburn in the SEC Tournament. Hall has been basically the most constant huge man this season for the Crimson Tide, averaging 10.9 factors and 6.eight rebounds per sport.

Head coach Avery Johnson said there turned into a 60 percent probability Hall could perhaps be in a location to face the Hokies.

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eight:55 p.m.

High-seeded Villanova’s hot shooting lifted the Wildcats to a truly easy 87-sixty one possess over Radford in the main round of the NCAA Tournament.

Jalen Brunson led six Wildcats in double figures with Sixteen factors as Villanova cruised. Mikal Bridges added thirteen factors for the Wildcats.

Villanova (31-Four) knocked down 14 three-pointers and shot 60 percent (31 of fifty two) from the sphere for the Mountainous East champions, who will play both Virginia Tech or Alabama in the second round on Saturday.

Donald Hicks scored thirteen for Radford (23-thirteen) but Villanova vital proper Eleven minutes to carry out a 20-level lead and the Highlanders by no way threatened.

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eight:forty five p.m.

No. 14 seed Stephen F. Austin has a 30-27 halftime lead over Mountainous 12 runner-up Texas Tech.

Kevon Harris hit a buzzer-beating three-pointer to set the Lumberjacks aid in the lead. SFA led for quarter-hour in the main half.

Right here’s a matchup of feeble junior college colleges who ancient to have meals together at McDonald’s on recruiting journeys. Chris Beard is in his second season at Texas Tech, love Kyle Keller at Stephen F. Austin.

All-Mountainous 12 guard Keenan Evans had easiest four factors — on four free throws while going zero-for-Four from the sphere. However he had the spotlight abet, starting the alley-oop play that ended with a 360-stage dunk by Zhaire Smith.

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eight:Forty p.m.

Raise Grey has shot sixth-seeded Houston to a 39-29 lead over San Diego Disclose at halftime of their opening-round sport in the West Pickle.

The Cougars’ star guard hit a three-pointer from about 30 toes as the shot clock injure down, and proper earlier than the halftime buzzer, to withhold out with Sixteen factors. He also has five rebounds.

Houston struggled early in opposition to the Aztecs’ dimension, especially 6-foot-Eleven forwards Malik Pope and Jalen McDaniels. However the Cougars sooner or later had success getting to the rim late in the half, allowing them to scheme away to their greatest lead of the game.

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7:forty five p.m.

Tournament making a bet current Villanova is rolling in opposition to Radford in the main round.

The head-seeded Wildcats thrashed No. Sixteen Radford in the main half of their NCAA Tournament sport.

The Wildcats lead forty four-23.

It can perhaps also were noteworthy worse. At one level, Mountainous East participant of the year Jalen Brunson had 12 factors on 5 of 6 shooting. Radford? Appropriate 10 factors on Four of 20 from the ground.

Villanova started the game shooting eighty one percent. For of us who fight with math, that is a crisp eighty one percent.

Radford received a First Four sport to reach to Pittsburgh. The Wildcats proper received the Mountainous East Tournament in Contemporary York. With extra shooting performances love this one, they are going to possess noteworthy, noteworthy extra in March.

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6:Forty p.m.

Ohio Disclose coach Chris Holtmann gave a clear shoutout after his fifth-seeded Buckeyes beat No. 12 seed South Dakota Disclose eighty one-Seventy three, asserting his gamers were motivated by bracketeers asserting they would lose.

Holtmann said in a postgame TV interview Thursday that he gets the hoopla over upsets and his team could perhaps also merely have fed into it with some mixed outcomes.

However followers weren’t fading the Buckeyes virtually as noteworthy as he thinks — extra than three-fourths picked Ohio Disclose to bring together in the main round, better backing than fellow No. 5 seed Clemson.

The upset many followers known as turned into Loyola of Chicago, which beat Miami on a final-second three-pointer to reward 36 percent of the brackets crammed out on ESPN and Yahoo.

5:30 p.m.

Loyola Chicago’s Donte Ingram drained a three-pointer with zero.three seconds left to aid the 11th-seeded Ramblers defeat No. 6 seed Miami sixty four-62 in the main round of the NCAA Tournament.

Miami had one last probability, but the Hurricanes had to head the scale of the court docket and could perhaps not discover a shot off.

The Ramblers received the Missouri Valley Tournament to reach the NCAAs for the main time since losing to Patrick Ewing and Georgetown in the Sweet Sixteen in 1985. It turned into Loyola’s 11th straight possess.

Loyola high quality to play No. three seed Tennessee on Saturday.

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5:20 p.m.

Seton Hall and North Carolina Disclose have determined defense just isn’t well-known of their first-round sport.

Desi Rodriguez poured in 14 factors, Khadeem Carrington added thirteen and the Pirates shot sixty one percent from the sphere in taking a 51-forty one lead over the Wolfpack into halftime.

Seton Hall scored on its first eight possessions, building an early led it saved many of the half.

Al Freeman led three Pirates in double-figures scoring with 14 first-half factors.

The winner gets top-seeded Kansas in the Midwest Pickle’s second round Saturday.

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5:15 p.m.

The first No. 12 seed over a No. 5 upset on this NCAA Tournament can be in the making in Boise.

South Dakota Disclose, in the aid of big man Mike Daum, turned into tied at forty three with Ohio Disclose at halftime on Thursday in the West Pickle.

Daum has 17 factors for the Jackrabbits. Keita Bates-Diop leads the Buckeyes with 17.

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5 p.m.

Kansas expects to have injured huge man Udoka Azubuike for extra traditional minutes when the tip-seeded Jayhawks play the Seton Hall-North Carolina Disclose winner in the second round on Saturday.

The 7-footer played easiest three minutes, knocking down one rebound with out taking a shot, of their seventy six-60 victory over Penn in the Midwest Pickle’s opening round. He played carrying a hefty brace on his left knee, where he strained a ligament in follow last week.

Jayhawks coach Invoice Self said he could perhaps also have played « max five or six minutes, » but that he held him out in the second half as Kansas pulled away. The hope is to have him Eighty percent for follow Friday.

« On the starting set I turned into form of getting ancient to my legs but after that I turned into shining, » Azubuike said. « I might follow the next day and with comparatively of luck play noteworthy extra on Saturday. »

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