Archive for March 20th, 2008

Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Parker, Duncan Lead Spurs To Ambush Of Bulls 102-80

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The San Antonio Spurs went into Chicago with one main purpose: to end a 4-game losing streak.? The combination of Tim Duncan inside and Tony Parker having his way with the Bulls’ defense was simply too much as the Spurs routed the Bulls 102-80 Thursday night at United Center.
The duo of Duncan and Parker? sent [...]

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Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Slam Dunk Central Presents: ESPN In the Paint: MVP Candidates


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Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Duke Escapes Upset, Edges Belmont 71-70

Thursday’s match-up pitting #2 Duke and #15 Belmont was your classic David vs. Goliath-type of game; Duke has won 3 NCAA titles, while Belmont has never won a tournament game in their history.? In this tilt, Goliath barely prevailed, as Duke escaped with a narrow 71-70 victory over Belmont in the NCAA West regional at [...]

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Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Beasley, Walker Combine For 45 As Kansas State Beats USC 80-67

Thursday’s match-up between Kansas State and USC pitted two of the top college players in the country, Kansas State Michael Beasley and USC’s O.J. Mayo; however, when the smoke cleared, the Wildcat duo of Beasley and Bill Walker proved to be too much for Mayo and his Trojans teammates as #11 Kansas State defeated #6 [...]

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Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Slam Dunk Central NCAA Presents: ESPN Portland State No Match for Kansas


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Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Slam Dunk Central NCAA Presents: ESPN Analysis Of Xavier’s Win Over Georgia


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Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Aggies Knock BYU Out Of Big Dance With 67-62 Win

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Texas A&M University upset BYU Thursday in their first round matchup in the NCAA West Regionals 67-62. BYU came back from being down 11 points in the first half of the game to tie the contest at the half at 29-29. But the Aggies grabbed back the momentum in the second half sending the Cougars [...]

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Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Stanford’s Defense Crushes Cornell 77-53

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The good news was that the Cornell Big Red got to the NCAA tournament but the bad news is that they drew Stanford as their opponent; a combination of Stanford’s stifling defense and 55% shooting from the floor was more than Cornell could handle, as #3 Stanford easily disposed of #14 Cornell Thursday in the [...]

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Thursday, March 20th, 2008

Huskies Blow it Open In Second Half Smother Winthrop 71-40

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Fans at the Pepsi Center in Denver on Thursday got to see an entertaining well fought first half of basketball between #4 seed the Washington State Cougars, and the # 13 seed Winthrop Eagles. After battling each other toe to to toe they went to their respective locker rooms at the half deadlocked at 29-29. [...]

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Thursday, March 20th, 2008

McNeal’s 20 Leads Marquette Past Kentucky 74-66

#6 Marquette lately has been shown the door in the first round of the NCAA first-round sectionals; they were determined not to let history repeat itself yet again.? The Golden Eagles managed to survive a 35-point explosion from #11 Kentucky’s Joe Crawford as they held off the Wildcats 74-66 Thursday in the NCAA South Regional [...]

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