Midwest region - Friday in Raleigh, NC
(15) UMBC vs. (2) Georgetown - approx. 3:00 pm ET
East region - Friday in Birmingham, AL
(15) American vs. (2) Tennessee - 12:15 pm ET
South region - Thursday in Anaheim, CA
(14) Cornell vs. (3) Stanford - approx. 5:00 pm ET
Full bracket available here (.pdf).
The Hoyas allowed 19 offensive rebounds, and Georgetown (27-5) fell to Pittsburgh in the Big East Tournament final. The New York Times has more on the game.
Tim Welsh is out at Providence and Craig Robinson is already listed as a potential candidate for the job.
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Georgetown won the marathon, but Pittsburgh won the sprint.
The Panthers became the first seven seed to slug through all four days of the Big East Tournament, grabbing 19 offensive rebounds in a 74-65 win over the Big East regular season champion Hoyas.
Ronald Ramon scored a team-best 17 points in the 100th victory for Pittsburgh's senior class. Tournament Most Outstanding Player Sam Young recorded 16 points and DeJuan Blair added 10 along with 10 rebounds, seven on the offensive glass.
Georgetown center Roy Hibbert had 17 in the defeat, classmate Jonathan Wallace adding 12.
Pittsburgh vs. Georgetown - 9:00 pm ET - ESPN
Congratulations to Mike Brennan, who is headed back to the NCAA Tournament as an assistant coach at American. The Eagles defeated Colgate to sew up their first-ever appearance in the big dance.
Roy Hibbert and Georgetown (27-4) beat West Virginia 72-55 in the Big East Tournament semifinals. Bob Ryan describes the game in five words - The Big Fella showed up. Luke Winn of Sports Illustrated also has some good quotes.
The 70th straight year without a NCAA appearance for Northwestern.
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audio - john thompson III (about Jumpman commercial)
One minute into Georgetown's Big East semifinal matchup with West Virginia, Hoya center Roy Hibbert picked up an offensive foul giving a shoulder to his defender in the post. After going scoreless in 14 minutes of play before fouling out against Villanova on Thursday afternoon, was Hibbert in for another long game?
"For a little second I was like 'aw man,'" admitted the 7'2" Hibbert, "but the coaches tell me to go out there and play my game."
West Virginia vs. Georgetown - 7:00 pm ET - ESPN
The Princeton Packet has two articles of note: One on the Penn game and one on fan favorite Noah Savage.
Georgetown (26-4) advanced to the Big East semifinals for the third straight year. The Washington Post has more on the the Hoyas' hot shooting and Sally Jenkins offers up a funny piece about "luck."
Richmond (16-14) lost to St. Joe's, 61-47 on the boardwalk in the Atlantic 10 Tournament.
Northwestern (8-22) led by 13 at halftime and had the ball with a chance to win in the game's final seconds but it was Minnesota who advanced out of the first round of the Big Ten Tournament with a 55-52 victory.
How's this for a tease? Great Wall 1, Will Venable 0.
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Georgetown set a school record and tied a Big East Tournament record with 17 made three point shots, and the Hoyas exploded for runs of 14-2 and 14-3 in the second half as they pulled away from Villanova for a 82-63 victory in the quarterfinals of the Big East Tournament.
West Virginia awaits Georgetown on Friday night in the tournament semi-finals.
With Roy Hibbert suffering through possibly the worst game of his collegiate career (zero points, four turnovers and five fouls in 14 minutes) the rest of Georgetown's lineup more than made up for the absence of their 7'2" center. "To say Roy had a rough time getting in a rhythm would be an understatement," observed Georgetown head coach John Thompson III. "The nature of our team is – when any particular guy is struggling we have other people who can step up and our team is confident in everyone."
Jessie Sapp knocked down six three pointers and scored a game-high 23 points. DaJuan Summers hit three times from outside on his way to 19. Jonathan Wallace scored 19 of his 20 points in the first half, connecting three times early from behind the arc as Georgetown opened up a quick 12-4 lead.
Villanova vs. Georgetown - 12:00 pm ET - ESPN
St. Joe's vs. Richmond - 2:30 pm ET - Comcast Sports Net
Northwestern vs. Minnesota - 5:00 pm ET - ESPN2
The Daily Princeton assesses the job Sydney Johnson did this season.
Roy Hibbert and his fellow senior Hoyas lead Georgetown into a high noon meeting with Villanova at Madison Square Garden to start day two of the Big East tournament. We'll be on the scene with a full postgame report later today.
Richmond and St. Joe's face off in the Atlantic 10 tournament.
Northwestern plays Minnesota in the Big Ten tournament.
Chris Young allowed three runs in four innings as the Padres won a spring training contest against the San Francisco Giants.
Judson Wallace with 17 points and 18 rebounds as Capo d'Orlando won 97-91 over Teramo.
