WhatIfSports.com NCAA Basketball Tournament

MONDAY

84 Georgetown at 99 Iowa State

Hoyas lead at the half 46-34.
Cyclones close to 55-53 with 11:37 to play.
A 21-7 run pushes the Hoyas back to a 76-60 lead with 7:11 to go.
Cyclones fight back to 88-86 with eight seconds to play.
Ewing makes 1 of 2 free throws to make it 89-86.
Kantrail Horton misses an open three-pointer with two seconds left.

Georgetown 89, Iowa State 86

Patrick Ewing 22 pts, 10 rebs
David Wingate 15 pts, 8 rebs
Bill Martin 22 pts
Reggie Williams 12 pts

Marcus Fizer 29 pts
Jamaal Tinsley 19 pts, 9 asst
Michael Nurse 15 pts


10 UConn at 82 Houston

Houston led 43-37 at the break.
The Cougars stayed comfortable, leading 62-57 midway through the second.
A 16-5 run over the next five minutes pushed their lead to sixteen and they never looked back.

Houston 86, UConn 69

Larry Micheaux 19 pts, 15 rebs
Michael Young 16 pts
Clyde Drexler 15 pts
Akeem Olajuwon 12 pts, 11 rebs, 7 blks

Kemba Walker 19 pts
Shabazz Napier 15 pts
Roscoe Smith 12 pts


03 St. Joe's at 90 UNLV

UNLV runs out to a 53-30 halftime advantage.
St. Joe's fights back to close to withing eight at 79-71 with 4:50 to go.
The Runnin' Rebels add a 9-1 burst to retake control of the game and close it out.

UNLV 94, St. Joe's 78

Anderson Hunt 19 pts
Stacey Augmon 17 pts
Larry Johnson 15 pts, 11 rebs
George Ackles 12 pts
Elmore Spencer 10 pts

Delonte Weat 19 pts
Jameer Nelson 15 pts
Pat Carroll 12 pts
Dwayne Jones 10 pts


95 UMass at 11 Kentucky

Kentucky carries a 31-26 lead into halftime.
It's a nip-and-tuck game with 6:56 to play with the 'Cats up 59-56.
A 12-4 run by Kentucky pushes them to a 71-60 lead with 2:45 to play and they cruise from there.

Kentucky 79, UMass 62

Darius Miller 20 pts
Terrence Jones 14 pts
Doron Lamb 13 pts
Anthony Davis 12 pts, 15 rebs, 12 blks
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 11 pts, 8 rebs

Carmelo Travieso 18 pts
Donta Bright 17 pts, 7 reb
Edgar Padilla 10 pts, 7 asst

Oh man, let down by Kantrail. He and I were in a ton of classes together, I thought we were close.

Fucken Delonte Weat

Brown privilege.

Huh, I definitely thought Roe was still there that year. 

kind of ironic that he played 4 years and Dwyane Wade left early. 

lou roe wasnt on that final 4 team. this is difficult to see.

TUESDAY

91 Michigan at 06 Florida

The Gators carried a 46-43 lead into the break.
They stretched that advantage to 65-57 with 9:18 to play.
A 10-2 run over the next three minutes pushed them out to a 75-59 lead and they cruised the rest of the way.

Florida 87, Michigan 72

Al Horford 18 pts
Jonathan Mitchell 12 pts
Joakim Noah 11 pts, 8 rebs
Chris Richard 7 pts, 8 rebs

Jalen Rose 17 pts
Jimmy King 13 pts
Juwan Howard 10 pts
Chris Webber 9 pts, 9 rebs

04 Illinois at 16 South Carolina

Illinois races out to a 48-34 halftime lead.
The illini opened the second half with a 15-5 run to push their lead to 24 and never looked back.

Illinois 98, South Carolina 61

Luther Head 27 pts, 7 asst
Dee Brown 23 pts
James Augustine 16 pts, 11 rebs
Roger Powell 14 pts, 7 rebs

Sindarius Thornwell 22 pts
PJ Dozier 10 pts
Chris Silva 6 pts, 8 rebs


91 Indiana at 73 NC State

NC State leads 53-43 at the break leading Coach Knight to shatter the blackboard in the locker room.
Properly motivated, the Hoosiers fight back the entire second half finally cutting it to 90-86 with two minutes to play on a jumper from Damon Bailey.
The Wolfpack score the game's next four points then hold off Indiana with free throws down the stretch.

NS State 100, Indiana 91

Moe Rivers 26 pts
Tommy Burleson 18 pts, 19 rebs
Monte Towe 18 pts, 6 asst
David Thompson 16 pts, 9 rebs
Tim Stoddard 10 pts, 7 asst

Greg Graham 20 pts
Damon Bailey 18 pts
Calbert Cheaney 17 pts
Eric Anderson 13 pts, 9 rebs


98 Ohio State at 91 Duke

Duke jumps out to a 48-34 lead at the break.
The Devils then open the second half with a 28-12 run to salt it away early.

Duke 102, Ohio State 71

Grant Hill 22 pts, 9 rebs, 7 asst
Bobby hurley 21 pts, 12 asst
Thomas Hill 19 pts
Brian Davis 13 pts
Christian Laettner 12 pts, 7 rebs

Scoonie Penn 19 pts
Michael Redd 15 pts, 10 rebs
Jason Singleton 11 pts