748 - Virginia Tech vs. Florida State
ACC quarterfinals
March 14 at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC
ESPN
747 - UC Irvine women vs. Cal State Northridge
Big West quarterfinals
March 13 at Bren Events Center in Irvine, CA
ESPN
Lauren Saiki's beautiful feed to Tahlia Garza for a lay-up with two seconds left was the difference in Irvine's 59-57 and the Anteaters' first 20-win season since 1984-85 (!).
But what's important is color commentator Dave Miller said this about Northridge's Channon Fluker (20 points, 14 rebounds):
"Fluker's like LL Cool J, she's doin' it and doin' it well"
Dave!
and this about Irvine's offensive strategy:
"make shots this end, get stops at the other"
thanks, Dave!
Honorable mention
"changing the culture at UC Irvine"
"she's blue collar"
"keeps her chin on the rim"
"she's got killer instinct in her DNA"
"great motor"
"it starts with the rim run"
746 - Miami vs. Virginia Tech
ACC second round
March 13 at Spectrum Center in Charlotte, NC
ESPN
Other games watched:
Fordham vs. Richmond (Atlantic 10 first round)
West Virginia vs. Oklahoma (Big 12 first round)
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Games 563-565: Wednesday tripleheader
565 - (6) UC Riverside women vs. (3) UC Irvine
Big West quarterfinals
March 7 at Titan Gym in Fullerton, CA
espn3.com
It had been almost a year since we watched Michelle Curry try her best to get Riverside into the Big West semis. Curry's 22 points weren't enough that day, but Wednesday, she dropped a career-high 40 in the Highlanders' 86-74 win.
Curry was 11-of-23 from the field and hit 18 of her 21 free throw attempts (there were a silly 59 fouls called, the teams went a combined 53-of-74 from the stripe and six (!) players fouled out of a regulation game). The senior Curry is averaging 30 points, 11.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists in two tournament games.
Riverside, just 9-21 during the regular season, is two wins from the tournament & will play top seed UC Davis in Friday's semifinals.
564 - (9) Florida A&M vs. (1) Hampton
MEAC quarterfinals
March 7 at Scope Arena in Norfolk, VA
espn3.com
It got much tighter than I thought it would towards the end as A&M cut an 18-point deficit to one with 36 seconds left, but the top seed hung on, 75-71.
Jermaine Marrow was outstanding for Hampton (18-14), just missing a triple-double - he had 15 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists. Marrow is top-50 nationally in both scoring and assists and though he really struggled with his shot (4-of-18) he did everything else to help the Pirates reach the semifinals. Hampton is looking to reach the NCAA Tournament for the third time in the last four seasons.
Malique Trent Scott led Hampton with 22 points on an efficient 8-of-13 from the field.
Desmond Williams, A&M's leading scorer, poured in a game-high 27 points, 24 of which came in the second half.
563 - (9) Louisville vs. (8) Florida State
ACC second round
March 7 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY
ESPN
Excellent shooting afternoon for Louisville, which made 62% of its threes & 51% of its shots overall in an 82-74 win.
The Florida State bench (40 points) out-scored the starters (34), which is never a good thing.
It would be some story if Louisville, under interim coach David Padgett and with all the controversy surrounding the program this season, made a run in the ACC Tournament as a No. 9 seed. The Cardinals have top seed and projected No. 1 overall in the NCAAs, Virginia next in Thursday's quarterfinals.
Big West quarterfinals
March 7 at Titan Gym in Fullerton, CA
espn3.com
It had been almost a year since we watched Michelle Curry try her best to get Riverside into the Big West semis. Curry's 22 points weren't enough that day, but Wednesday, she dropped a career-high 40 in the Highlanders' 86-74 win.
Curry was 11-of-23 from the field and hit 18 of her 21 free throw attempts (there were a silly 59 fouls called, the teams went a combined 53-of-74 from the stripe and six (!) players fouled out of a regulation game). The senior Curry is averaging 30 points, 11.5 rebounds and 5.5 assists in two tournament games.
Riverside, just 9-21 during the regular season, is two wins from the tournament & will play top seed UC Davis in Friday's semifinals.
564 - (9) Florida A&M vs. (1) Hampton
MEAC quarterfinals
March 7 at Scope Arena in Norfolk, VA
espn3.com
It got much tighter than I thought it would towards the end as A&M cut an 18-point deficit to one with 36 seconds left, but the top seed hung on, 75-71.
Jermaine Marrow was outstanding for Hampton (18-14), just missing a triple-double - he had 15 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists. Marrow is top-50 nationally in both scoring and assists and though he really struggled with his shot (4-of-18) he did everything else to help the Pirates reach the semifinals. Hampton is looking to reach the NCAA Tournament for the third time in the last four seasons.
Malique Trent Scott led Hampton with 22 points on an efficient 8-of-13 from the field.
Desmond Williams, A&M's leading scorer, poured in a game-high 27 points, 24 of which came in the second half.
563 - (9) Louisville vs. (8) Florida State
ACC second round
March 7 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, NY
ESPN
Excellent shooting afternoon for Louisville, which made 62% of its threes & 51% of its shots overall in an 82-74 win.
The Florida State bench (40 points) out-scored the starters (34), which is never a good thing.
It would be some story if Louisville, under interim coach David Padgett and with all the controversy surrounding the program this season, made a run in the ACC Tournament as a No. 9 seed. The Cardinals have top seed and projected No. 1 overall in the NCAAs, Virginia next in Thursday's quarterfinals.
Games 174-175 - Finding two finalists
175 - (3) Long Beach State vs. (2) Cal Irvine
174 - (4) UCSB vs. (1) Hawaii
Big West semifinals
March 11 at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA
ESPNU
174 - (4) UCSB vs. (1) Hawaii
Big West semifinals
March 11 at Honda Center in Anaheim, CA
ESPNU
Game 89 - Cal Irvine at Cal State Northridge
January 27 at Matador Gymnasium in Northridge, CA
espn3
Irvine shot 52 percent from the field and moved to 6-0 in the Big West with a 73-63 victory.
* 7-6 center Mamadou Ndiaye was a perfect 7-for-7 from the field and scored 14 points.
* Reserve center Ioannis Dimakopoulos, who is only 7-2, blocked six shots & had 13 points, part of a 30-point night for the Irvine bench.
* Guard Luke Nelson handed out eight assists for the Anteaters, who briefly moved a half-game ahead of 5-0 Hawaii in the conference race.
It was also quite a night for Basketball Phrases.
Let's take a look at the bronze medal winner:
(Northridge 13, Irvine 12, 9:25 left in first half) "If anybody's beating Irvine lately, it's Irvine"
Silver
"Energy plays"
"Posterization"
Gold
"He's out there trying to make a basketball play"
espn3
Irvine shot 52 percent from the field and moved to 6-0 in the Big West with a 73-63 victory.
* 7-6 center Mamadou Ndiaye was a perfect 7-for-7 from the field and scored 14 points.
* Reserve center Ioannis Dimakopoulos, who is only 7-2, blocked six shots & had 13 points, part of a 30-point night for the Irvine bench.
* Guard Luke Nelson handed out eight assists for the Anteaters, who briefly moved a half-game ahead of 5-0 Hawaii in the conference race.
It was also quite a night for Basketball Phrases.
Let's take a look at the bronze medal winner:
(Northridge 13, Irvine 12, 9:25 left in first half) "If anybody's beating Irvine lately, it's Irvine"
Silver
"Energy plays"
"Posterization"
Gold
"He's out there trying to make a basketball play"
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