Sweet! Ducks fans headed to KC for more madness

But coach John Beilein’s squad came back, and knocked off the No. 2 seed. He’s made five straight shots, including four 3-pointers, to help the Ducks to a 45-44 lead over No. 7 MI with 15:29 left.

He said it: “Isn’t life great when you win?”

Michigan’s going to be squaring off with the Oregon Ducks for only the fifth time; the Wolverines own a 4-0 record, and three of the games have been played on neutral floors (though they’ve never met in the NCAA tournament). West Virginia has four players with two fouls, including starters Daxter Miles Jr., Elijah Macon and Esa Ahmad. Hebard led the Ducks – making their first appearance in the tournament since 2005 – with 20 points and 15 rebounds.

“They beat us at the buzzer, which kind of hurt”, Altman recalled.

MI has shown off its versatility over the first two rounds of the NCAA Tournament, hitting 16 from long range against Oklahoma State in the opening round, and then getting huge performances from big men Moritz Wagner and D.J. Wilson in their upset of the Cardinals. The longer they continue this run, the more impressive Maryland’s win over them looks. They allowed 66.3 points per game and ranked outside the top 150 teams in defensive rating (102.8).

“I knew we were going to be a tough out by the end of the year because our growth potential was greater than most teams because of our youth”. Hebard; Sabrina Ionescu, espnW’s national freshman of the year; and Mallory McGwire accounted for 89 of the 145 points OR scored in wins against Temple and Duke in the first two rounds.

Tyler Dorsey with a nice drive to the basket to give OR a 69-68 lead. At the very least, Stevens got his money in at the right time, as MI now has 14/1 odds, the seventh-best of the remaining teams. The problem for tonight’s Sweet 16 game against OR (7, CBS) is that the Ducks can do similar things.

That’s elite, and similar to MI the Ducks will spread the floor with shooters. Eleven-loss Michigan’s magical run has been the darling story following the Wolverines’ airplane incident weeks ago entering conference tournament play. They’re a top-10 shooting team by effective and true shooting percentage, which both account for the fact that a three-pointer is worth one more point than a two-pointer. “I think my size and length helps me against anyone shorter than me”.

Karnowski missed most of last season after back surgery, and during much of that time, resuming day-to-day functions were more a priority than returning to the court. “Their principles and concepts offensively are all geared to having four or five guys that can shoot it on the floor and keeping the floor spread”.

“The best thing you can do to get ready for a team is to play other teams that are like them”, said Beilein.

He said it: “I feel blessed to have a chance to be head coach at UCLA and, in particular, of this group of young men”. That’s all … possible, I guess.

And we think our team is pretty good, too. Email steve.mims@registerguard.com.

Jordan Bell then made a free throw for OR, and the game is tied 6-6. He’ll most likely be tasked with Dylan Ennis, the Ducks’ 6 year senior.

His teammates have made just 4 of 14 shots from the field and the Mountaineers are doing even worse, shooting 5 for 18.

Purdue coach Matt Painter calls Swanigan, a 6-foot-9 forward, a “poster child for today’s player in terms of going to the draft, listening to what National Basketball Association people do and then improving on the things that National Basketball Association people told him he needs to improve on”. U-M star guard Derrick Walton Jr. said.

Zak Irvin, 6-6, Sr.