UNC, Duke coaches agree on one thing: HB2 ‘sad,’ ‘stupid’

Arkansas forward Moses Kingsley is having quite a start to his NCAA Tournament.

Q. As much as you’ve enjoyed being here in Greenville, is there any sadness that this tournament isn’t being played in Greensboro, where it was originally scheduled, and that it might not be back in North Carolina again?

An NCAA Tournament game is underway in SC for the first time in 15 years.

No. 7 SC, 93 vs.

“I thought Ian and Braxton in the WAC Tournament kind of epitomized who are are and what we’ve tried to be about all year”, Weir said.

Following a day in which 14 higher-seeded teams won, the NCAA Tournament rolls on with another full day of basketball.

But Baylor fans shouldn’t believe the first round is an automatic win for their school, because this team is all too familiar with early exits. But like Jim Carrey so famously said in “Dumb & Dumber” “so you’re saying there’s a chance? We’ve just got to play through all that and hoop”.

Creech said “there’s no question” relocation of this year’s NCAA basketball tournament games “has hurt some” economically. Bigger Baylor was getting out rebounded, and New Mexico State seemed to be winning numerous hustle plays. Game time is yet to be determined. “We hit pretty great sales in our first two hours open this morning”.

Baylor and New Mexico State are not completely unfamiliar to each other.

Despite shooting 55 percent from the floor, the Bears trailed by two at the break.

Drew does not believe that these past two games will have any impact come game time.

I would say my four years at New Mexico State, I had a blast. “It’s a small sample size and anything can happen”. TJ Maston had 19 points on 9-12 shooting and also chipped in 9 rebounds. “We’ve just got to show them”.

“They’ve made it clear that the legislature can either repeal HB 2 or pass a compromise acceptable to them; otherwise, the state of North Carolina is going to be excluded from the bidding process on hosting their games”, Creech said in written comments. “And then (we) really defended the arc a lot better”. Both were white hot early in the season – NMSU with a 20-game win streak at one point, Baylor starting 15-0 and being ranked No. 1 in the country.

The other side of the battle for Baker will be the health of Baylor junior guard Manu Lecomte.

In his last action, the preseason Southeastern Conference player of the year was called for a late flagrant foul and ejected in the last weekend’s loss to Kentucky in the SEC Tournament championship game. “And there’s not the so-called great teams and the poor teams or whatever”, he said. “It’s been good getting him in a stance and playing some defense”.

No. 2 Duke 87, No. 15 Troy 65: Grayson Allen had 21 points off five 3-pointers, Jayson Tatum had 18 points and 12 rebounds, and second-seeded Duke continued its flawless postseason with an 87-65 victory over Troy in the NCAA Tournament on Friday night to start the East Region. The game will air on truTV.