March Madness Betting
Just when UCLA had built a double-digit lead on California, the fourth-ranked Bruins switched into cruise control. Coach Steve Alford figured his players were tired of hearing his voice and he turned to Lonzo Ball. The freshman who has taken college basketball by storm is quiet by nature, but Ball did some chirping to his teammates.
Butler coach Chris Holtmann had the perfect plan to take down No. 1 Villanova on Wednesday night. Kethan Savage scored five of his 13 points during a decisive late run that helped the 18th-ranked Bulldogs end the nation’s longest winning streak at 20 games – and perhaps the Wildcats’ five-week run atop the polls – with a 66-58 victory that sent students streaming onto the court. What the Bulldogs (13-2, 2-1 Big East) also did was add another chapter to a storied program that captured the hearts of college basketball fans with back-to-back runs to the national championship game in 2010 and 2011 and broke hearts when two recent former players and the son of an assistant coach all died in 2016.
Butler coach Chris Holtmann had the perfect plan to take down No. 1 Villanova on Wednesday night. Kethan Savage scored five of his 13 points during a decisive late run that helped the 18th-ranked Bulldogs end the nation’s longest winning streak at 20 games – and perhaps the Wildcats’ five-week run atop the polls – with a 66-58 victory that sent students streaming onto the court. What the Bulldogs (13-2, 2-1 Big East) also did was add another chapter to a storied program that captured the hearts of college basketball fans with back-to-back runs to the national championship game in 2010 and 2011 and broke hearts when two recent former players and the son of an assistant coach all died in 2016.
Duke ended Grayson Allen’s indefinite suspension just in time to give coach Mike Krzyzewski a proper sendoff. Allen had 15 points and seven assists in his return from a one-game ban for tripping an opponent, and No. 8 Duke routed Georgia Tech 110-57 on Wednesday night in Krzyzewski’s final game before leaving the team to have back surgery. It’s been a week full of surprises at Duke, where the announcement of Coach K’s imminent, if temporary, departure was rivaled by the abrupt end of Allen’s suspension – a move Krzyzewski said was ”appropriate” after discussions with athletic director Kevin White.
Duke ended Grayson Allen’s indefinite suspension just in time to give coach Mike Krzyzewski a proper sendoff. Allen had 15 points and seven assists in his return from a one-game ban for tripping an opponent, and No. 8 Duke routed Georgia Tech 110-57 on Wednesday night in Krzyzewski’s final game before leaving the team to have back surgery. It’s been a week full of surprises at Duke, where the announcement of Coach K’s imminent, if temporary, departure was rivaled by the abrupt end of Allen’s suspension – a move Krzyzewski said was ”appropriate” after discussions with athletic director Kevin White.
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Anthony Livingston had been practicing taking 3-pointers from the corner before the game. ”It was definitely a tough challenge for us,” Livingston said of Tuesday night’s 77-76 overtime upset of No. 7 West Virginia. West Virginia coach Bob Huggins was asked what’s next for his team.
Svi Mykhailiuk claimed he had no idea whether he traveled during his coast-to-coast, buzzer-beating layup that gave No. 3 Kansas a dramatic 90-88 victory over Kansas State on Tuesday night. ”Svi showed some athletic ability there at the end,” Kansas coach Bill Self said. Josh Jackson matched a career high with 22 points to go with nine rebounds and six assists, and Landen Lucas added 18 points and 12 rebounds, as the Jayhawks (13-1, 2-0 Big 12) pushed their home winning streak to 50 in one of the closest games during that incredible streak.
