March 21st, 2009 
Stephen Rhodes 
Posted in The 13th-seeded Cleveland State Vikings have this knack of pulling off these first-round shockers during the NCAA tournament. The funny thing is that they duplicated that success once again on Friday in Miami, FL when they raced to an early first-half lead and managed to fend off the 4th-seeded Wake Forest Demon Deacons in the [...]
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Glasser’s Career High 22 Helps Sun Devils Burn Owls 66-57
A reluctant offensive participant for the 6th-seeded Arizona State Sun Devils managed to become a key to their game on Friday against the 11th-seeded Temple Owls in Miami, FL. Derek Glasser, who typically averages 8.9 PPG, scored a career 22 points, helping Arizona State advance to the next round as they defeated Temple 66-57. Temple [...]
Tigers Come Out Roaring Like Lyons, Take Bite Out Of Big Red 78-59
After a relatively slow-paced first half, the 3rd-seeded Missouri Tigers – in their game against 14th-seeded Cornell Big Red on Friday at Boise, ID – opened things up quite a bit as they exploded for 49 second half points, easily defeating Cornell 78-59 in Round One of the NCAA Tournament. By controlling the pace early, [...]
Orange Win 1st NCAA Game In 5 Years, Chop Down Lumberjacks 59-44
Five years. That’s how long it has been since the #3-seeded Syracuse Orange had won a NCAA tournament game – 5 years to the day, actually. But nonetheless, they were looking to correct that transgression as they hosted the #14 Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks in Miami, FL on Friday. Apparently, a none-too-subtle reminder by players [...]
Blue Devils Make Easy Work Of Newbie Bearcats 86-62
As just about any coach currently in the NCAA tournament will tell you, anything can happen at any time; that analogy would not apply on Thursday as first-time participant #15 seed Binghamton would take on perennial tournament visitor #2 seed Duke. And as expected, the Bearcats would have the first-time jitters and everything associated with being [...]
Hilltoppers Advance, Upset Fighting Illini 76-72
The 12th-seeded Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, in their game Thursday against the 5th-seeded Illinois Fighting Illini, had to have breathed a sigh of relief as they had a 17-point lead. Fortunately for Western Kentucky, they managed to fend off a late rally, which enabled them to advance in the NCAA Tournament and upset Illinois 76-72 at [...]
Wolverines End Decade-long NCAA Tourney Drought, Edge Tigers 62-59
One would think that after an 11-year absence from the NCAA tournament, the 10th-seeded Michigan Wolverines would be a bit nervous, to say the least. And who can blame them? But nonetheless, they had a tough game to play on Thursday as they took on the 7th-seeded Clemson Tigers in Kansas City, MO; some timely [...]
Bruins Fend Off Rams In Second Half, Advance 65-64
There very nearly was an upset in Philadelphia in the East Regional on Thursday as UCLA’s Darren Collison was all over Virginia Commonwealth’s Eric Maynor like a wetsuit and altered his shot at the buzzer, allowing the 6th-seeded Bruins to advance to the next round as they edged the 11th-seeded Rams 65-64. Down by 10 in the second [...]
