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Monday, March 22, 2010

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Syracuse turns in another resounding performance

Updated: 03/22/10 12:56 AM
Syracuse, a team playing without its best big man and with a bounty of questions about its defense coming into the NCAA Tournament, stands on the doorstep of the Final Four.

Butler does it all for West Virginia

Updated: 03/22/10 12:56 AM
So much has been made of Da'Sean Butler's late-game heroics that there's a tendency to overlook the impact he has throughout a game. So celebrated is his clutch scoring that it's easy to forget all he does to position West Virginia for its chance at victory.

Sullivan: Gonzaga finds 'soft' Orange hard to handle

Updated: 03/22/10 12:56 AM
Half an hour before tipoff, Gonzaga center Robert Sacre leaned into one of those pregame huddles and shouted this critique of the Syracuse players: "I know some of those guys," Sacre said. "They're soft and a bunch of pretty boys!"

Gleason: Big East gives Buffalo a double dose of bear hugs

Updated: 03/22/10 12:56 AM
The weekend wouldn't have been complete without one more entertaining rant from Bob Huggins, and the West Virginia coach came through in kind with a profanity-laced tantrum directed toward forward Kevin Jones. He unloaded with a four-syllable doozy that would have left Bob Knight covering his ears.

Sabres return home on a roll

Updated: 03/21/10 10:49 PM
RALEIGH, N.C. — The Sabres headed back to Buffalo on Sunday night with a lot to talk about. Topics of discussion could have included:

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Zone stymies Zags' usually accurate shooters

Gonzaga ranked sixth in the nation in field-goal shooting this season but met its match against the vaunted zone defense of Syracuse on Sunday.

State Class D title caps banner year for Clymer girls hoops team

TROY — The throng of fans from Clymer that witnessed Sunday's girls Class D basketball state championship game brought 28 banners, placards and posters that were taped to the wall behind the top of their bleacher.

Syracuse-Gonzaga analysis: How the game was won

How Syracuse Won: It was total domination by the Orange, which used red-hot shooting and its trademark 2-3 zone defense to post a surprisingly one-sided, 87-65 victory over Gonzaga in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Syracuse, the top seed in the West Regional, was supposed to be tested by the eighth-seeded Bulldogs. But the Orange wasn't challenged after building a 15-point halftime lead.

West Virginia-Missouri analysis: How the game was won

How West Virginia Won: The second-seeded Mountaineers kept the game at their preferred slow pace, handled Missouri's pressure defense and prevented the 10th-seeded Tigers from getting their lethal transition game going to post a 68-59 victory in a second-round East Regional contest.

Misfires show Missouri the door

Updated: 03/22/10 12:56 AM
For all its intricacies and coachspeak, basketball can be so simple. You have to put the ball in the basket. You don't do it, you don't win.

Bona women build on postseason experience

Updated: 03/21/10 11:35 PM
Last year at this time, the St. Bonaventure women's basketball team was running on excitement and adrenaline. Making their first postseason appearance ever, the Bonnies rode the emotional wave to the Elite Eight of the Women's NIT.

Cornell dominates another higher seed

Updated: 03/21/10 6:48 PM
Cornell players jumped up and down near midcourt, exchanging chest-bumps and high-fives, then ran toward their fans.

Woods: 'A little nervous' about return at Masters

Updated: 03/22/10 7:43 AM
Tiger Woods acknowledged "living a lie," saying he alone was responsible for the sex scandal that caused his shocking downfall from global sporting icon to late-night TV punchline.

NCAA Tournament: Syracuse in a zone of its own

Updated: 03/21/10 12:20 PM
Jim Boeheim keeps the secrets of his 2-3 zone defense under cloak-and-dagger. It's the reason Syracuse opponents are shooting 39.9 percent and averaging just 66.9 points, and it's what Gonzaga coach Mark Few likely will devote much of his time figuring out before Sunday afternoon's NCAA Tournament second-round matchup tips off in HSBC Arena.

Gleason: SU's Scoop is bad news for opponents

Updated: 03/21/10 12:20 PM
OK, so here's the scoop. The nickname doesn't come from basketball, as many people have been led to believe. Antonio Stephen Jardine was born with a head that his maternal grandmother joked was shaped like an ice cream scoop. He has been known as "Scoop" Jardine ever since.

Penalty killers perfect in Sabres' win

Updated: 03/21/10 1:29 AM
SUNRISE, Fla. — The Buffalo Sabres headed into Saturday's game tied for second in penalty killing. Apparently, that ranking wasn't good enough. So after a 6-for-6 performance, they have the NHL's top short-handed unit and a two-game winning streak to boot.

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Sullivan: Gonzaga finds 'soft' Orange hard to handle

Half an hour before tipoff, Gonzaga center Robert Sacre leaned into one of those pregame huddles and shouted this critique of the Syracuse players: "I know some of those guys," Sacre said. "They're soft and a bunch of pretty boys!"

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