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| Hoyas beat top-seeded Orange in quarters (AP) |
| Arinze Onuaku crashed to the floor and clutched his right knee, writhing in pain at Madison Square Garden. Suddenly, top-seeded Syracuse had more to worry about than a loss in its Big East tournament opener. Chris Wright scored 27 points and No. 22 Georgetown sailed past the third-ranked Orange with an impressive second-half surge that yielded a 91-84 victory in the quarterfinals Thursday. |
| WVU downs Cincy on Butler's 3 at buzzer (AP) |
| The Big East's day of quarterfinal upsets ended with an unlikely long shot. West Virginia became the only one of the conference's top four seeds to advance to the semifinals when Da'Sean Butler took an inbounds pass and banked in a 3-pointer at the buzzer to give the seventh-ranked Mountaineers a 54-51 victory over Cincinnati on Thursday night. |
| No. 1 Kansas third team to 2,000 wins (AP) |
Kansas reached a major milestone, one just two other programs can claim. A nice accomplishment, worthy of the trophy case. There just isn't time for the Jayhawks to enjoy it. Not after struggling against Texas Tech, not with more important goals still out there. Leaning on stars Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins, No.
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| Fredette's 45 help No. 14 BYU defeat TCU (AP) |
| Jimmer Fredette's night wasn't perfect, even though he did score 45 points and Brigham Young broke the school's 60-year-old mark for wins in a season. After all, the junior point guard missed one of his two dozen free throws. "I'm still upset about that one, to be honest with you," Fredette said with a smirk after leading the 14th-ranked Cougars past TCU 95-85 in the... |
| Marquette defeats No. 10 Villanova 80-76 (AP) |
| Same old story for Marquette. A close game and another win. Same old story for the best teams in the Big East tournament. Earn a double bye and head home early. Lazar Hayward gave Marquette the lead for good with a 3-pointer with 1:51 to play, then added the clinching free throws with 3.2 seconds left, and the Golden Eagles beat No. |
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