Craig Stouffer

Updated: Sun, Mar 24, 2013

Everyoneknew it was a wide-open NCAA tournament, but that's no excuse for the underwhelming performances from some teams this past weekend. These are the most disappointing efforts so far: 5. N.C. State » Unchanged and supposedly improved from the group that nearly beat Kansas to reach the...

Noah Trister

Updated: Sat, Mar 23, 2013

Rams' pressure defense can't handle Wolverines AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- Turns out VCU was the team that should have been worried about this NCAA tournament matchup. Havoc is heading home after Trey Burke, Tim Hardaway Jr. and cool-headed Michigan breezed through VCU's vaunted pressure. "They...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Sat, Mar 23, 2013

Terrapins get physical, beat up on the Bobcats Less than three minutes into its NCAA opener Saturday at Comcast Center, Quinnipiac ran five fresh players to the scorer's table. The Bobcats call it "Gold Rush." For a while, it looked like the prescription to handle depth-challenged Maryland,...

Kevin Dunleavy

Published: Sat, Mar 23, 2013

West Region No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 10 Iowa State When » Sunday, 12:15 p.m. Where » UD Arena, Dayton, Ohio TV » CBS Two teams that cruised in the opening round should make for an intriguing matchup. Ohio State (27-7) dominated Iona 95-70 behind forwards Deshaun Thomas (24 points)...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Sat, Mar 23, 2013

Another bad exit from the NCAA tournament leaves multitude of questions PHILADELPHIA -- It was because Georgetown had made such successful midseason adjustments that a change in postseason fortunes seemed possible. But the worst upset of the 2013 NCAA tournament's first weekend, a 78-68...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Sat, Mar 23, 2013

Florida Gulf Coast becomes seventh No. 15 seed to knock off No. 2 PHILADELPHIA - It can't be a fluke. It can't be simply coincidence that Georgetown, again, after an extraordinary regular season, would find the world turned upside down at the NCAA tournament. One of the country's toughest...

associated press

Published: Fri, Mar 22, 2013

PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- Sherwood Brown scored 24 points and Bernard Thompson had 23 to lead Florida Gulf Coast to an incredible NCAA tournament debut, a 78-68 win over second-seeded Georgetown on Friday night in the second round of the South Regional. The Eagles, in their second season of being...

Jim Williams

Updated: Thu, Mar 21, 2013

The NCAA Men's Division ?1 Basketball Championship, also known as March Madness, is a daunting challenge from a television production standpoint. The live airing of 32 games over two days is on par with both the Olympics and soccer's World Cup when it comes to a tough broadcasting job. This is...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Thu, Mar 21, 2013

Goins, Davis and Moore make most of last shot They were AAU teammates in Ohio who went their separate ways after high school. Many trials and tribulations later, Devon Moore, A.J. Davis and Rayshawn Goins were reunited at a most unlikely location, James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va....

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Thu, Mar 21, 2013

Hoyas looking to avoid another early exit PHILADELPHIA -- Georgetown left the job of exorcising its NCAA tournament demons incomplete in Columbus last year. The measure of relief the Hoyas gained by winning their first game in the tournament since 2008 with a second-round defeat of Belmont was...