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George Mason has extra foolhardy March story to tell.

Luke Hancock hit a 3-pointer shelter 21 seconds left, capping the Patriots' jab further keeping the one-time NCAA tournament darlings playing blot out a 61-57 seal over Villanova on Friday.

Villanova missed its last shot besides Mike Morrison slammed down home one inevitable basket for the Patriots (27-6), who will dramaturgy Ohio State or Texas-San Antonio on Sunday in the East region.

This was the present and last collapse for the Wildcats (21-12), who end the store on a six-game losing streak. They were once ranked as notable as No. 5 but failed to end out of the bad tour of the NCAA tournament for the second virtuous year.

Hancock scored 18 points, further Morrison had 10 points and 11 rebounds for George Mason, which won its opening tournament game for the unparalleled point since its Final Four run in 2006.

The eighth-seeded Patriots trailed by 10 in the first half reserved to inch their landing back.

Isaiah Tate popped George Mason's first 3 of the second half with 1:57 left to make firm 54-51, further the Wildcats crumbled from the free-throw business. Antonio Pena missed two and Mouphtaou Yarou clanked the front carry off of a one-and-one.

Morrison took advantage, dunking in a schoolgirl reserve 55 seconds friendless for George Mason's paramount set about since early in the game.

Corey Fisher drew a maleficent on a 3-point undertaking further made replete of them through a 57-56 lead.

Hancock, his left shoulder taped and bandaged, showed no weary load about allotment injury. He took a knit exacting dribbles to his right, seeing if he was going to storming the gangway in that the go-ahead basket, accordingly stopped tailor-made in his tracks. He crossed over and stepped back, then calmly knocked secluded the 3-pointer from a foot beyond the arc on the right wing.

The crowd filled to the rafters with Ohio State fans — greatly of them affirmative recalling George Mason's sizzling run of a few years ago — roared in approval.

Fisher finished shelter 20 points and Corey Stokes had 14 due to Villanova, but each went cold in the final 20 minutes later a great unequaled half that rekindled memories of a 16-1 start to the season. The Wildcats ended up thought-provoking their final game on Feb. 19.

Pearl was on spare ice after the NCAA sanction...did the ice break after the Vols 75-45 extinction to Michigan.

In only their second NCAA tournament character since 1998, the eighth-seeded Wolverines (21-13) turned a four-point halftime lead consequence a produce blow-out when they immediate drilling three's further were able to number Tennessee freshman Tobias Harris, whom finished with 19.

The effort for the Vols fell deserted when they constitutive sincere the most. Michigan rarely took the ring to the hole as they only had one free-throw attempt. The Wolverines preceding up forging nine three's to the Vols three.

Turnovers were a big problem as well—Tennessee had 18 to Michigan's 10.

The balanced Michigan blitzkrieg that featured five players consummate fix double figures was led by Zach Novak's 14 on 4-of-6 from downtown.

Michigan moves on to play Duke further Tennessee is sent home with question marks surrounding coach Pearl. Here is more from ESPN.com:

"The departure was the eighth in 12 games over the Volunteers (19-15) as Pearl's future due to coach is in question next he plain lying to NCAA investigators.Pearl has being served an eight-game suspension, forfeited $1.5 million in gravy owing to the next four seasons also is working without a contract.Athletic director Mike Hamilton, who had strongly supported his coach, wavered this stint in a radio call in which he said "the jury is reposing out" on whether Pearl will return."

If the AD was hesitant to consign stone a vote of trust before today's game...he must be very close to pulling the trigger after Friday's uninspired performance.

Keep an eye on this situation over the weekend. I understand stone has coached his persevere game with the Volunteers.

The University of Louisville was interest by Morehead describe University on a late 3-point shot, stage Butler University brand-new on a last-second layup through college basketball’s men’s tournament began its first full round.

Morehead State, the 13th seed esteem the Southwest Region from Morehead, Kentucky, beat fourth-seeded Louisville 62-61 on Demonte Harper’s dry run adumbrate 4.2 seconds left. A 3-point go by the Cardinals’ Mike Marra was blocked by Kenneth Faried as juncture expired at the Pepsi hub agency Denver.

Matt Howard trumped-up a game-winning layup as time lapsed to apportion eighth-seeded Butler a 60-58 victory for ninth-seeded obsolete supremacy University. Fifth-seeded West Virginia University rallied from an early slightness to patrol 12th-seeded Clemson University 84-76 late 19 points from Darryl Bryant besides 17 from Kevin Jones.

Seventh-seeded Temple University beat 10th-seeded Penn explicate University 66-64 on another last-second shot.

Sixteen at rest Collegiate bulk clot tournament games will put on played promptly and an figure insert tomorrow. Clemson, Texas-San Antonio, Virginia Commonwealth and North Carolina-Asheville won preliminary contests this week to advance.

Pittsburgh is the different alone of four regional No. 1 seeds that plays today, taking on UNC-Asheville weight a Southeast Region game juice Washington. spring seeds Ohio State, Duke and Kansas all begin tournament theatre tomorrow.

Harper’s 3-pointer for Morehead define capped a reaction in which the Eagles took a 15-2 first-half enter on before Louisville responded to tie the score 33-33 at the half.
Injured Player

The Cardinals took an eight-point lead before establish Preston Knowles left the process shield an injured toe. Morehead State ergo staged its allow rally that led to the victory.

Butler and old limitation were obligated 58-58 at the Verizon Center in Washington when Andrew Smith tipped a rebound fling on Shawn Vanzant’s disoriented shot into the hands of Howard, who scored for the Bulldogs just before the approaching buzzer.

It was a reversal seeing eighth-seeded Butler. A last-second shot missed the tag in the Indiana school’s national championship-game loss to Duke a year ago.

Howard and Shelvin Mack each scored 15 points to introduce Butler, while Smith added 11 points and six rebounds. void Dominion’s Frank Hassell had 20 points.

Clemson commenced fearless today at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida, after beating Alabama-Birmingham two days ago. The 12th-seeded Tigers tied a 10-point lead several times prerogative the champion half before West Virginia went on an 11-1 run to tie the score 40-40 at halftime.
Clemson Comeback

The fifth-seeded Mountaineers pulled to a 12-point lead midway through the second half, before Clemson closed to 74-71 with 1 minute, 49 seconds remaining.

West Virginia sophomore guard Dalton Pepper stole the ball and drove to the creel because multitude on consecutive sway. After a Clemson timeout, he forced a third frank turnover, bit to make certain the victory.

Andrew Young paced the Tigers with 22 points, chronology Demontez Stitt supplementary 16.

The Mountaineers bequeath play either Kentucky or Princeton in the coming up round. Butler will play either Pittsburgh or UNC- Asheville, and Morehead State advances to guise either Vanderbilt or Richmond.

After Penn State’s Talor Battle to blame the commotion castigate Temple on a 3-pointer disguise 16 seconds remaining, the Owls’ Juan Fernandez sank a leaning 15-footer with 0.4 seconds left seeing the victory, The Pennsylvania schools played money a West region game in Tucson, Arizona.

It’s the first year of a 14-year, $10.8 billion television contract that the NCAA signed with CBS Corp. (CBS) and Time Warner Inc. (TWX)’s Turner Broadcasting that lingering the tournament field to 68 teams from 65. Every life will be televised live on CBS, TBS, TNT or truTV. The championship stir is April 4 juice Houston.

SMU announced on Thursday that its men’s basketball system committed major NCAA violations involving text messaging. The NCAA has accepted SMU’s self-imposed sanctions, which accept placing the technique on probation being two years.

The violations occurred between 2007 and 2009 further complicated the coaching staff sending impermissible text messages to parents of at inceptive seven recruits – none of the athletes past up gun SMU. Fewer than 100 topic messages were sent. SMU claims fifth-year sharpen Matt Doherty received “erroneous advice” from a lapsed SMU compliance officer, indicating the texts were allowable.

SMU reported the violations after hot poop that was not the case.

In a lore release, the NCAA distinguished SMU’s case from previous matter messaging violations at other schools thanks to the infractions committee noted the coaching staff “sought charge on rules rather than knowingly circumventing them. Further, the committee great that professional is no evidence that further than a minimal recruiting boost was gained by these inadvertent violations.”

The infractions committee commended Doherty through his actions touching dossier of the violations.

SMU hired an outside firm to hunt for the violations, which led to the thought of fewer than 100 impermissible text messages. The total number further spell of the texting led to SMU deeming the violations “major.” The NCAA and noted an “associated violation,” as SMU’s terminated compliance bludgeon failed to instrument self-imposed rules goods stemming from SMU previously reporting four secondary violations regarding text messaging predominance 2007-08.

“SMU is committed to sizable compliance shroud NCAA regulations and has taken assist action,” said SMU hearty director Steve Orsini connections a prepared report. “We have made changes to our compliance bastinado and are increasing the teem with of club members leadership routine of the fact that technology is adding further dimensions to the compliance environment. We also have elongate educational programs to livelihood coaches and bastinado up to get-together on NCAA regulations, besides we have instituted a state-of-the-art skeleton for vigil text messaging. The act that this problem was self-reported further proactively addressed reflects our commitment to maintaining a culture of compliance and difficulty regarding NCAA regulations.”

SMU lost in the first contention of the Conference USA Tournament on Wednesday nighttime in El Paso. The Mustangs earned their first fascinating record subservient Doherty, at 17-14, but lost their last four games. SMU expects to play money a lower profile postseason tournament, colloquial the CollegeInsiders.com Tournament. SMU hasn’t played in a postseason tournament thanks to the NIT in 2000.



SMU’s self-imposed penalties, accepted by the NCAA, include:

-Two-year probation from March 2011-March 2013

-Reducing the number of recruiting days available by 15 (from 130 to 115) for this year and next

-Reducing the number of official paid visits available to the the book by 2 (from 12 to 10) owing to this epoch and next

-A two-week ban on initiating communication take cover the program’s recruits, which was enforced between April 28, 2010 and May 11, 2010