Kansas vs. Duke Highlight Elite Eight

However, #3 MI has proven they can be immune to team avoiding midnight. No. 9 seed Kansas State Maybe Ramblers’ team chaplain Sister Jean really is the reason for their continued success. FSU would defeat #4 Gonzaga. Pulling down 30 defensive rebounds against the Bulldogs, the Seminoles were able to capitalize off of their extra opportunities as they tenaciously pursued the rim in transition to eventually wear down the overwhelmed defense of Gonzaga. This hasn’t been just a few games. Kansas State would not be denied and retake the lead with just under 15 minutes. His counterpart in the West Regional final is Michigan’s John Beilein, whose Wolverines looked awesome against Texas A&M. Using that metric, Michigan’s going all the way. They struggled against #6 Houston.

Villanova led 44-42 at the half after a fast-paced opening 20 minutes.

No. 11 seed Loyola-Chicago plus-1 vs. Everyone has a method to their madness: favorite mascots, best school colors, most attractive coaches and players, team record, intense algorithms, but one that may surprise you is real estate data. But certainly they’ve got to play like there’s no what-ifs. So it wouldn’t matter if they were a three point underdog, we would still have a lot of motivation. Its 11-point run was capped by a thunderous block and dunk on the other end by Omari Spellman that pushed the Wildcats back in front 65-60. It had plowed through No. 10 seed Tulsa by 87-68 and No. 2 seed Syracuse by 97-85 before withstanding No. 14 seed Cleveland State by 71-70. “But it’s going to be a fun game”, Self said. But it doesn’t change anything for Kansas on D; Self still must figure out how to cope with the massive size differential between Mykhailiuk (6-8, 205) and Bagley (6-11, 235). They would go on a 13-5 run to close it out. Allen had 15 for Duke, but he was just 3 of 14 on 3s. The Tigers got the ball with a chance to cut it to a one-possession game, but misfired on back-to-back 3s. With guard Keenan Evans appearing to be at full strength, the Red Raiders possess a dynamic playmaker that is just as adept at defending the hoop as he is at scoring the basketball. Kansas winning (80-76). KU fell to OR last year and Villanova the year before. That’s the type of close-game performance that usually tends to regress, but not always in the short term.

BOSTON – Texas Tech is headed to the Elite Eight for the first time in program history.

In the East, top-seeded Villanova held up to fifth-seeded West Virginia’s pressure.

The Blue Devils are the second-seeded team in the Midwest Region, Kansas weighs in as the top overall seed in the region. The Wildcats maintained the lead for the rest of the game. Villanova collected a 90-78 victory.

The first half was close throughout between #2 Duke Blue Devils and #11 Syracuse Orange.

There were long stretches during the regular season when it didn’t seem possible that these Jayhawks would even put themselves in position to add another data point to the program’s Elite Eight track record.

That lead ballooned to 20 points at 49-29 with 18:07 left, as KU’s Vick, Newman and Graham knocked down 3s in the early moments of the second half.

The second half was much the same.

Syracuse closed by fouling Trent Jr., who sealed it by improving to 33 of 34 from the line in the last five minutes of games this season.

If Duke does not decide to play defense the whole game, they will have a tough time slowing down the outside shooting of the Kansas Jayhawks. “It’ll be a good one”, Duke star Marvin Bagley III said.

No. 1 Villanova/No. 3 Texas Tech vs. The Blue Devils also feature two players who very well could get picked in the top 10 in this summer’s National Basketball Association draft. The victor of this game will take on the victor of the Texas Tech/Villanova Game on Saturday.