Final Four - Thursday Roundup - Sporting News - Ncaa Tournament 2012

Sporting News supplies a rapid examine all of Thursday's NCAA Tournament games:

South: No. 12 VCU 62, No. a few Wichita State 59

PORTLAND, Ore. VCU's March magic continues. On the heels with continue year's Cinderella cost your Final Four , the Rams begun the NCAA Tournament along with the best disappointed with the event.

The two top-notch mid-major programs traded huge opportunity right after big opportunity lower that stretch, nonetheless VCU obtained the actual stop it needed while Wichita facility Garrett Stutz overlooked a new gimme layup in the minute.

With a one-point lead, VCU kept your ball and then Darius Theus made a runner while in the lane using eighteen just a few seconds in order to push the produce three. After two timeouts, VCU's demand defense don't provide Wichita a good look as well as Stutz have missed your last-second heave.

East: No. 7 Gonzaga 77, No. 10 West Virginia 54

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PITTSBURGH Gonzaga isn capital t the collection of Stay-Puft marshmallow men we have now also been lead to believe. This will possibly not were some sort of West Virginia team on the levels belonging to the Final Four company in 2010, but it surely s since natural and also punishing when always.

Gonzaga, the actual alleged West Coast softies, shrugged all of them off. They built just about every Mountaineer a problem ownership miserable, pushed awful shots, exhausted on all of these books in the court, in addition to made every single skip in addition to turnovers, seemingly, towards an uncomplicated baskets on the alternative end.

Center Robert Sacre (14 points), that bristled previous concerning equally the finesse content label and the latest coast-to-coast tournament trip, dominated during the two ends. For good measure, using tendencies minutes kept and also the head 61-38, Sam Dower (6-9, 250) set a jaw-jarring back-pick with West Virginia s 6-1 Gary Browne.

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South: No. a single Kentucky 81, No. sixteen Western Kentucky 66

LOUISVILLE, Ky. The Kentucky crime still isn't sharp. After a 10-0 start, the Wildcats actually fell in brief powering for the reason that Hilltoppers went out of 12 consecutive points. That swing at the tables had been absolutely no certain concern. Kentucky might have gamed blindfolded along with won. But there have been plenty of events when the unpleasant execution seemed to be uncertain, as well as the Wildcats by no means possess acquired the concept associated with doing the actual added pass.

Games in progress East: No. 1 Syracuse 72, No. sixteen UNC-Asheville 65 West: No. three or more Marquette 88, No. age 14 BYU 68 East: No. 5 various Vanderbilt 79, No. twelve month period Harvard 70 West: No. your five New Mexico 75, No. 12 Long Beach State 68 West: No. 6 Murray State 58, No. 11 Colorado State 41 East: No. 8-10 Kansas State 70, No. on the lookout for Southern Miss 64 West: No. three or more Louisville 69, No. fourteen Davidson 62 East: No. five Wisconsin 73, No. 13 Montana forty nine Thursday's remaining timetable