#1 Kansas #2 UNC #4 Kentucky #11 VCU Kentucky 62 Ohio St. 60 Kansas 77 Richmond 57 UNC 81 Marquette 63 VCU 72 Florida St. 71

Four schools qualified for the Elite 8 Thursday night. The rest of the field of 8 will be filled in Friday night. #2 Florida #3 UConn #5 Arizona #8 Butler <img class="alignnone size-full" src="https://kicksandthings.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/alex-tyus.jpg&quot; alt="Florida 83 BYU 74 OT Alex Tyus: 19pts, 17reb Jimmer Fredette: 32pts” title=”/home/wpcom/public_html/wp-content/blogs.dir/f2e/20442432/files/2011/03/alex-tyus.jpg” width=”285″ height=”415″ /> Florida 83 BYU 74 OT… Read More Elite 8: First Four

#11 VCU #1 Kansas #1 Duke #5 Arizona #2 UNC #1 Ohio State #11 Marquette #10 Florida State

Cinderella has returned again as the 8 seeded Butler Bulldogs have knocked off the 1 seed Pitt Panthers. The game went down to the final seconds as both teams committed inexplicable fouls. With 1.7 seconds left, and Butler up 70-69, Sheldon Mack committed a foul on Gilbert Brown of Pitt, 45 feet from the basket.… Read More The Butler Did It!

Morehead State is the tournament’s first darling. The 13 seed Morehead State shocked the 4 seed Louisville 62-61 on Demonte Harper’s game-winning three with 4.2 seconds left. Morehead State now advances to round 3 and Louisville goes home.

There were three more games that were decided in the final seconds. Butler, Temple, and Kentucky survived upsets to advance to round 3. Last year’s National runner-up Butler, an 8 seed defeated a seed 9 Old Dominion, 60-58 on Matt Howard’s put back as time expired. 7 seed Temple also won at the buzzer. Temple eliminated 10 seed… Read More Surviving!

The final day of the opening round of 2011 NCAA Tournament just finished, with Texas-San Antonio, and VCU advancing to round 2. In the first game, Texas-San Antonio took care of Alabama State, 70-61. Texas-San Antonio’s reward for victory is a matchup with top seeded Ohio State on friday. In the late game, Shaka Smart… Read More Opening Round Continues

Clemson and UNC-Asheville won their opening round games to advance to round 2. In the first game of the night UNC-Asheville needed overtime to dispose of Arkansas-Little Rock, 81-77. UNC-Asheville now becomes the 16 seed and advance to play 1 seed Pittsburgh. In game 2, Clemson raced out to a 31-13 lead and went on… Read More Opening Round

Another one seed has fallen. The top ranked Duke Blue Devils were upset by unranked Virginia Tech saturday night. Virginia Tech used a 19-9 run in the last 6 minutes of the game after trailing 51-45, to race past the Blue Devils. Va Tech was led by Jeff Allen’s 18 points and 15 rebounds. With… Read More Another One Down!