No. 2 seed Villanova routs Miami 92-69 in South semifinal

The best the Aggies could do was go on a 7-2 run to open the second half. It will be the first time the Wildcats have been in that game since 2009 – when they made the Final Four. Because Villanova was an awfully good basketball team going into the NCAA Tournament. Then you have Self’s unique talent for getting the most out of players with limited minutes, like sharp shooter Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk or a big wing Brannen Greene.

On the narrowing ladder of the NCAA tournament, Villanova reaches for a very high rung Saturday night in an Elite Eight matchup against the Kansas Jayhawks, who merely happen to be the top-ranked men’s basketball team in the country. “I haven’t got to talk to [Arcidiacono] about it yet”, Wright said, “but I’m sure he thought, ‘O.K., we’re here in the Sweet 16”. “It’s just so hard, seeing that you can’t be out there with the other guys, playing in this great arena and this great tournament”. Miami was blown out despite shooting 53.2 percent from the field, because hit 62.7 percent from the field, 66.7 percent from three-point range and 94.7 percent from the free throw line.

The Miami Hurricanes finished 27-8 and reinvigorated a program.

“They’re just an incredible offensive team”, Larranaga said of Villanova.

The ACC lost Miami and Duke on Thursday and is looking to top-seeds Virginia (vs. Iowa State) and North Carolina (vs. Indiana) as well as sixth-seeded Notre Dame (vs. Wisconsin) and 10th-seeded Syracuse (vs. Gonzaga). Villanova showed the team from the Atlantic Coast Conference why the Wildcats were ranked No. 1 in the nation for the first time in program history earlier this season. The offense has been hot the entire tournament, as they are the first team to score 85+ points in their first three tournament games since CT in 1995.

The teams combined to hit 30 of 46 shots from the field in the half, including an absurd 13 of 19 on 3-pointers. “I really can’t remember many times from college where there weren’t eight or nine of us all together”. “They’re a veteran team, even though (Jalen) Brunson’s a freshman and they have some young guys off the bench that are going to be tremendous players”. “It’s one-seed, two-seed and teams that I think feel very good about how they’re playing”.

Villanova led 43-37 at halftime with Jenkins coming through with the highlight shot of the game, knocking down a 3 with his left foot on the edge of the logo covering midcourt that drew comparisons online to reigning NBA MVP Stephen Curry.

Kris Jenkins (2) led Villanova with 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting.

“You can just see they’re hungry”, head coach Jay Wright said. Miami never got that close again, and Villanova just padded its lead over the final minutes of the game with each dunk or 3 giving Wildcats’ fans yet another reason to cheer.

Ellis scored 27 points to match a season high, Wayne Selden Jr. added 19 and Kansas topped No. 5 Maryland for a 79-63 South Regional semifinal victory Thursday night.

OR now is in the Elite Eight for the first time since 2007.

Miami would go into the locker room at half time down only six.

Selden was right there with 7-of-16 shooting to help Kansas earn a berth in Saturday’s regional final against Villanova.

The Kansas Jayhawks are 9-1 this season on neutral courts. Rasheed Sulaimon led Maryland with 18 points. After a couple of more baskets from Miami, Villanova’s lead was cut down to just one. And yes, that includes the 2009 Final Four team.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Jordan Woodard scored 22 points and Buddy Hield had 17 points and 10 rebounds to lead the second-seeded Oklahoma Sooners to a romp over third-seeded and cold-shooting Texas A&M in the NCAA West Regional on Thursday. They’ll play Saturday against No. 1 seed OR, which beat fourth-seeded and defending national champion Duke 82-68. The US defense secretary also said that Omar al-Shishani, IS’ chief military strategist, was likely killed in US strikes.

Ochefu said he knew Jenkins could knock down shots from well beyond the arc. The Wildcats got a game-winning bucket from then sophomore Ryan Arcidiacono from the left corner with the game tied at 57 and the second half clock winding towards zero.

The short turnaround can leave bettors at a disadvantage against Las Vegas, so let’s take a moment to break down the early available lines from oddsmakers and everything to know about the four weekend encounters. “We tried to drive-and-kick and when they doubled somebody I tried to make the right pass”. Oklahoma is trying to reach the Final Four for the first time since 2002, when it lost in the semifinals.