Virginia defeated Clemson, 64-58, to advance to the ACC tournament finals. The Cavaliers ended the first half on a 19-3 run, holding Clemson without a field goal for nine minutes, and never trailed in the second half. Virginia fell behind to the Tigers 20-13 with 9:33 to go in the first half, but Tony Bennett’s first ranked team went on
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Does it get any better? Every year since realignment seems like one more year further from the good old Big East. That might have just changed. Xavier vs. Providence felt like an old Big East match-up. Sure it was a PC crowd, but X was there too. Chris Mack and Ed Cooley were getting fired up. JP Macura wanted it
Read moreThe Kansas Jayhawks defeated rival Kansas State 83-67 Friday night in the Big 12 Tournament semifinals. The Jayhawks led by as many as 16 points in the first half, but Bruce Weber’s team battled back and got as close as 53-51 in the second half. Kansas was led by sophomore guard Malik Newman, who scored 22 points on 8-14 shooting.
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