Xavier 55, Pitt 60
After being down 37-29 at the half, Pitt came out ready to go in the second half, and made there presence felt on the defensive end, holding the Musketeers to 18 points, 7-29, and 2-19 from deep. DeJuan Blair played like an absolute BEAST: 10 points, 17 boards, and, most importantly, simply throwing his weight around, and Levance Fields made his case for best PG in the country, with 14 points, 6 dimes, and the biggest shot of the game - a deep 3 with about 50 seconds to go, after putting a Musketeer defender in the mixer Amazingly, the win over Xavier, who got 15 and 14 from B.J. Raymond and Derrick Brown, respectively, was Pitt's first EVER over a top-5 seeded team in the Big Dance.
Check out Levance Fields gettin' it in...
Missouri 102, Memphis 92
Coach Cal said it best: "They beat us at our own game". The Memphis Tigers, winners of 26 straight, had that streak abruptly snapped by
Mizzou, who won 102-92. That Memphis defense that's been so
outstanding and praised by everyone (me included) got torched.
Memphis gave up triple digits for the first time ever under Coach Cal,allowing Mizzou to shoot 53% from the field. Mizzou's defense
was non-existent, too, as Memphis shot 50% from the field. Mizzou,
who led by as many as 24, got 23 from J.T. Tiller, while Memphis got33 from Tyreke Evans.
Villanova 77, Duke 54
'Nova vs. Duke wasn't much of a game at all. The Wildcats had
complete control for the entire game, and their guards and defensive pressure were just too much. The Wildcats churned out a phenomenaldefensive performance, holding the Dukies to 26% shooting, and Jon
Scheyer and Gerald Henderson combined to go 4-32. The Blue Devils, who live by the three, were 5-27. Moreover, it was Duke's worst loss
since the 30-points loss to UNLV in the 1990 National Championship. Duke had no answer for 'Nova, led by Scottie Reynolds' 16, and their
guards' ability to breakdown the defense with lethal penetration.
Purdue 60, UCONN 72
UCONN was just too much for the Boilermakers. Their defense was
outstanding: Hasheem Thabeet, who had 15, 15, and 4 blocks,
altering a countless number of shots as usual, and the Boilermakers
shot just 36% from the field. Stanley Robinson did a great job on
Robbie Hummel, Purdue's lone hot-hand, holding him to just 2 points in the second halfafter he'd put in 15 in the first 20 minutes. The
Huskies got double-digit scoring from 4 guys, including Craig Austrie, who led the way
with 17.
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