Villanova, Arizona headline 2017 Battle 4 Atlantis field

A seldom-used sophomore made a huge contribution off the bench (which we’ll get to in a second). “It might not be for a while”. The Bears trailed by 15 points at halftime, but outscored the Cardinals 42-24 in the second half. Quentin Snider supplied 14 points, although the junior guard has shot no better than 36.4 percent in any of the five games this season. It’s been a grinder, with matchups against Arizona and Kentucky among the first several games to start the season.

No. 19 WEST VIRGINIA 89, IL 57: In New York, Nathan Adrian had 13 points and eight rebounds in the Mountaineers win in the first round of the NIT Season Tip-Off.

Nairn said the travel has been tough but that the team isn’t physically exhausted from the jet-setting. “We just need more time to prepare than we’ve had”. And you know what?

But Baylor was too talented, too long, too athletic and too deep to allow that to continue all game.

McClure finished with 15 points as did Johnathan Motley. “We did a lot of lobs to the bigs and it changed the whole momentum of the game”.

The Cyclones (5-0) advanced to Sunday’s championship game, bouncing back from a poor shooting performance in a tournament-opening win over Indiana State.

Jonathan Williams scored 22 points and hit the go-ahead, driving layup with 3:59 left to help VCU hold off St. John’s 75-69. But the Red Storm struggled most of the game, while Mullin particularly noted the team’s eight assists as a sign of how the ball “stuck”.

“I want to figure out whether I’m going to start a different lineup to get what I want”, Izzo said.

Michigan State: The concerns about the Spartans’ injury-depleted front line showed up in a big way in this one.

By the time Michigan State’s date with No. 6 Duke rolls on Tuesday, the Spartans will have traveled 13,000 miles and four top-20 teams in a 20-day span.

The Bears vaulted into this week’s AP Top 25 after beating then-No. Just ask the Wolverines, who were nearly unbelievably off shooting the ball in this one, going 10-for-52 from the field (19.2 percent) and 2-for-26 from 3-point range (7.7 percent).

After getting shut down early, the Bears (6-0) shot 65 percent after halftime, a total boosted by the fact they got some easy baskets in transition and scored nine points off turnovers.

Michigan State coach Tom Izzo issued an apology to his team following Thursday’s 73-58 loss to Baylor, saying he put the team in a hard position with its tough schedule. Both Caleb Swanigan and Isaac Haas had double-doubles, with Swanigan scoring 14 points and grabbing 10 rebounds and Haas scoring 10 points and hauling in 10 rebounds.

“I saw it in their legs”, Pitino said. Please see our terms of service for more information.

Louisville is 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 games, 28-12 against the spread in their last 40 neutral site games, and 4-1 against the spread in their last 5 non-conference games.