NCAA games Friday

[Da Coach]

Here are the NCAA games for Fiday 3/20

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/scoreboard

#9 Tennessee at #8 Oklahoma State is very close-- Oklahoma State leads Tennessee 62-61 with about 7 minutes left.

But the best game so far is Kansas and North Dakota State.
It has been close all game, though now Kansas has opened an 8 point lead with about 7 minutes left. Kansas' nemesis is another "B"- Ben Woodside.
Woodside has 29 points so far.

[Da Coach]

Here is another game that is looking like it could be an upset-
Utah State 49
Marquette 45 3:42 remaining

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=200903200339

Utah State surged ahead on their torrid outside shooting, and Marquette appears a little stunned. I expect this game to stay close.

[Da Coach]

Speaking of nemesis-
Tennessee just lost a close game to Oklahoma State, and Tennessee coach Bruce Pearl is livid and going after Mike Sanzere to complain about some calls he made down the stretch that benefitted Oklahoma State.
Tennessee 75
Oklahoma St 77

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=200903200446

Here are the rest of the early games- all finals:

Utah State 57
Marquette 58

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=200903200339

North Dakota St 74
Kansas 84

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=200903200287

Stephen F. Austin 44
Syracuse 59

http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore?gid=200903200553

[SFP]

I thought the last defensive set by Tenn. was pitiful! All OK St did was set a side screen fake went left and towards the rim with no weakside help? Let them try to shoot a deep 3. I blame the coach for not telling his players to not allow anyone to drive to the rim in that situation. Team effort there????

Also why settle for a contested 3 there when there is plenty of time to drive to the rim on their part.

[houstontxbrave]

I really am not sure why any Tennessee fan would be upset about losing this game... their team this season was not very good or consistant and didnt play a ton of defense all year. When you are average at best you tend to lose as often as you win games. They just happened to lose to another very average team.

[Grassman]

E. Tenn St, beaten by The Braves earlier in the year by 13, only down by 4 to Pitt with 8:35 left.

[pfunk880]

E. Tenn St, beaten by The Braves earlier in the year by 13, only down by 4 to Pitt with 8:35 left.

Looks like they are going to go down, but they really gave Pitt a test.

[lefty]

And the team people thought shouldn't be in the tourney is upsetting number 5 Utah by 8 with 3 min to go..Arizona 70-62

[SFP]

Not a good 2 days for the state of Utah! 3 teams in and 3 teams out! Ouch! The lowest seed of the 3 gave the best effort Utah St.

[pfunk880]

And the team people thought shouldn't be in the tourney is upsetting number 5 Utah by 8 with 3 min to go..Arizona 70-62

More fodder for the BCS types. And the first team from my Sweet 16 is out.

Though Greg Anthony and Seth Davis were sticking up for the mids a couple minutes ago on CBS.

[SFP]

Greg Anthony is from a midmajor!

Well, UNLV during his time was a little bit different with the Tark at the helm. They had some great teams!

[Bravesfan]

Cleveland St about to take care of Wake Forest as they are up 81-65 with 1:23 left. Great to see them win, but I'm ticked off because I was this close to picking them as they beat some great teams earlier this year. Oh well. I did not have Wake Forest going beyond the Sweet 16 anyway.

Now if Siena and Wisconsin can pull their games out, I would be very happy!

[pfunk880]

Now if Siena and Wisconsin can pull their games out, I would be very happy!

You got it! Great finishes to both games.

[Bravesfan]

You got it! Great finishes to both games.

Yes they were! Two instant classics.