It is March After All
College Basketball March 1st. 2008, 6:34pmGreat afternoon of college hoops. With 4 of the top 6 teams in the country on the road, the upset odds were pretty good. We already discussed Duke coming from behind by double digits in the 2nd half to lead Coach K to victory #800, so let’s move to North Carolina who made their way to Boston College.Â
– Down by as many as 18, the Tar Heels rallied back midway through the second half and ended up winning 90-80. Tyler Hanbrough scored 25 points and Wayne Ellington and Danny Green scored 18 apiece. Green and Ellington combined for 28 in the 2nd half. Â ÂÂ
– Like the Houston Rockets, the Longhorns failed to lose a single game in the month of February – but March hath no mercy. Texas trailed in the 2nd half by double digits and fought all the way back to within 2 before time finally ticked away. DJ Augustin scored 30 for the Longhorns. Â Texas Tech is now 16-12 after its biggest win in the Pat Knight era.Â
– To follow up their upset of Tennessee, Vanderbilt lost by 5 at Arkansas. It was must win for the Razorbacks, who upped their record to 19-9 and kept their postseason door open.Â
Elsewhere, Marquette nearly pulled off the home upset of Georgetown, Stanford held off Washington State and Memphis erased a 2nd half deficit before winning by 9 at Southern Miss.Â
On Tap Tonight:
George Washington at #9Xavier – 7:00
#25 St. Mary’s at #24 Gonzaga – 8:00
Kansas State at #6 Kanas – 9:00
Reporting live, outside Mike Krzyzewski’s shower, I’m Patrick Imig,
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March 1st, 2008 at 6:51 PM
Is Pat Knight’s full name ‘Patrick Montgomery Knight’, or does he have a different middle name?
March 1st, 2008 at 7:25 PM
Vandy’s Ross Neltner went Chris Webber down by a point and called a timeout the Commodores didn’t have. A classic brain lock, which for some reason, is happening more often recently.
March 1st, 2008 at 7:30 PM
UNC is not losing the rest of the year.
March 1st, 2008 at 9:33 PM
Lawson and Ginyard really stepped it up on D in the 2nd half. Lawson looked like he got some confidence back at the end of that game. That Duke game in a week is looking better and better.
March 1st, 2008 at 10:14 PM
….and then you’ll remember that Dickie V is doing the game. His ramblings are amazing. It seems every week he has to get in a Gisele Bundchen reference and either him or Shulman gave us the tidbit that Michael Beasley likes ‘SpongeBob Squarepants.’ Thanks for nothing.
March 2nd, 2008 at 8:45 AM
Amazing end to the Syracuse-Pitt game. If he’s still able to, I’m sure Boeheim went home and railed out his young wife.
Dukie V’s career defies explanation.
March 2nd, 2008 at 11:26 AM
Is it just me, or does G-Town win on free throws every game?
PS – I just watched an advanced copy of The Wire finale. Amazing.
March 2nd, 2008 at 4:09 PM
UNC is a good team but the best team they have beat is Clemson (and barely both times). Against, the other top ACC teams, Duke and Maryland, the have lost. So wins over Ohio St, Kentucky and BYU are nice but I still think they need a win over Duke to prove they are an elite team.