I said it before but that Illinois team and the UNC team that beat them in the championship were so much better than the rest of the country that year. Illinois wins the championship every other year but unfortunately drew an all time UNC team in the same season.
Florida carries a 42-41 lead into the half. The two played even basketball for most of the second half with the score was 81-77 with 3:09 to go. Patrick Ewing and Michael Jackson scored back-to-back buckets to push the Hoyas out to an 85-77 advantage with 2:17 to play. The Gators never got closer than six the rest of the way out.
Georgetown 94, Florida 88
David Wingate 22 pts Bill Martin 14 pts, 7 rebs Patrick Ewing 14 pts Michael Jackson 12 pts, 8 asst Reggie Williams 11 pts, 9 rebs
Al Horford 18 pts, 9 rebs Taurean Green 15 pts Lee Humphrey 15 pts Corey Brewer 12 pts
16 South Carolina at 10 UConn
The Gamecocks led by three at the break, 38-35. But six minutes into the second half, the Huskies grabbed a 51-50 advantage. Using a 13-2 run, UConn dashed out to a 64-52 lead and never looked back.
UConn 77, South Carolina 64
Kemba Walker 21 pts, 8 asst Jeremy Lamb 19 pts, 8 rebs Alex Oriakhi 4 pts, 8 rebs
St. Joe's carried a 36-32 lead into the break. The Wolfpack came back and tied the contest at 80-all with 2:25 to play. St. Joe's scored the next seven points to lead 87-80 with a minute to play, but a Monte Towe three-pointer with four seconds left closed the gap to 89-87. Delonte West hit two free throws to provide the final advantage.
St. Joe's 91, NC State 87
Delonte West 30 pts, 7 rebs, 7 asst Jameer Nelson 20 pts Dwayne Jones 10 pts, 7 rebs Pat Carroll 10 pts
David Thompson 24 pts, 10 rebs, 5 asst Moe Rivers 17 pts Monte Towe 13 pts Tommy Burleson 10 pts, 9 rebs
91 Duke at 95 UMass
Duke leads 43-39 at the half. CBS goes to commercial with 1:47 to play and UMass leads 81-79. Marcus Camby hits two free throws to put the Minutemen up four. Grant Hill connects with one of two free throws then tips in a Laettner miss to close the UMass lead to one. After a defensive stop, Hill scores again to give Duke an 84-83 lead with 42 seconds to play. Carmelo Travieso hits a three for UMass, 86-84 Minutemen. Grant Hill scores on a reverse, 86-86. Dana Dingle hits a shot from the wing with two seconds to play. 88-86 UMass. Grant Hill scores on a dunk at the buzzer.
Overtime.
Duke scores the first five, 93-88. UMass cuts it to 104-102 with 35 seconds to play. The Devils finish with a 8-3 run to win.
Duke 112, UMass 105
Thomas Hill 27 pts Grant Hill 23 pts, 9 rebs Christian Laettner 21 pts, 13 rebs Brian Davis 15 pts Bobby Hurley 15 pts, 9 asst
Marcus Camby 33 pts, 14 rebs Donta Bright 23 pts Dana Dingle 18 pts Carmelo Travieso 15 pts
Isn't it a little racist to call it Black Friday? - Joy Behar
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