The Kentucky Wildcats lost...again. That was the clincher on losing their chances of getting an at-large bid to the NCAA's. Florida beat them 60-53 in Gainesville. Also in UK news, Mitch Barnhart has put an end to the fans' debate if the team would even accept an NIT bid. He said, "We certainly don't want to be perceived as arrogant, but we also don't want to lower the standards of what is expected at Kentucky." UK will accept an NIT bid.
Around the Big East:
#4 Pitt beat #1 UCONN (again) 70-60
#25 Syracuse upset #15 Marquette 86-79 in OT
Seton Hall defeated Cincinnati 67-63
Rutgers beat South Florida 45-42
Georgetown defeated DePaul 48-40
Around the top 25:
#3 Memphis routed Tulane 74-47
#5 Oklahoma edged Oklahoma State 82-78
#9 Kansas beat Texas 83-73
Auburn upset #11 LSU 69-53
Texas A&M upset #12 Missouri 96-86
#13 Washington beat rival Washington State 67-60
#17 UCLA defeated Oregon 94-68
Richmond upset #18 Xavier 80-75
#21 Arizona State crushed California 83-66
#22 Butler edged out Wright State 62-57
Some NCAA tournament tickets have already been punched:
East Tennessee State (Atlantic Sun Champ)
Radford (Big South Champ)
Cornell (Ivy League Champ)
Morehead State (Ohio Valley Champ)
Terrell Owens has signed a 1-year, $6.5 million contract with the Buffalo Bills
Team USA won their World Baseball Classic Opener 6-5 over Canada thanks to home runs by Kevin Youkilis, Brian McCann, and Adam Dunn.
Florida State got in trouble, and not just in football.
It was so nice outside that your Louisville baseball team decided to play twice. They won both games defeating Wisconsin-Milwaukee 8-7 and Eastern Illinois 10-6 to go to 8-4 on the season.
And a side note...my favorite ESPN analyst Doug Gottlieb (said with sarcasm) just said something on the lines of that Louisville can not get a one seed no matter what because all of their big games were at home. Afterwards, Joe Lunardi currently has Lousville as a #1 seed.
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Ha! Yeah, all of our big games were at home...except for the game tonight, right? And the Villanova game... and Syracuse. No top ten match ups there, but tough wins none the less. The team can't help the schedule, they can only go out and play their hardest. The Cards will just have to prove they deserve the #1 seed in MSG. Big East Champs!
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