Miami upsets No. 1-seed Indiana
Congrats pals, we’ve made it! After 96 video games and 4 action-packed days throughout each the men’s and women’s NCAA tournaments, we’ve come to the ultimate eight video games within the second spherical.
Ninth-seeded Miami pulled off a serious upset, knocking off No. 1 Indiana, which is the second high seed to be defeated within the second spherical, becoming a member of Stanford.
No. 3-seeded Ohio State kicked off the day’s motion with an exciting 71-69 win over No. 6 North Carolina. Elsewhere, two No. 4 seeds — Tennessee and Villanova — rolled to wins.
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Ultimate: One other 1 seed falls as No. 9 Miami knocks off Indiana
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One other No. 1 seed is gone earlier than the Candy 16.
Indiana joined Stanford on the sidelines of the NCAA Event, upset by ninth-seeded Miami, 70-68. After Indiana’s Yarden Garzon drained a 3 to tie the sport with just below seven seconds left, Future Harden made a brief jumper to clinch the win for the Hurricanes. It’s Miami’s first journey to the Candy 16 since 1992.
The highest-seeded Hoosiers by no means led within the recreation, and Chloe Moore-Mcneil and Grace Berger each missed pictures within the ultimate 22 seconds that may have put them forward. Haley Cavinder made a pair of free throws with 12 seconds left to place Miami again in entrance by 3, however Garzon rapidly tied it up. After a timeout, Miami’s inbounds cross virtually bought swallowed up in site visitors, however the ball discovered its method to Harden, who squared up within the paint and took her shot. Because the ball settled by means of the web, the Hurricanes bench erupted in pandemonium.
The upset gave Miami a clear sweep of Indiana, coming a day after the men’s team also beat the Hoosiers within the second spherical.
Ultimate: No. 5 Louisville upsets No. 4 Texas
Discuss peaking on the proper time.
Hailey Van Lith scored 21 factors and the Louisville Cardinals locked down on protection, holding fourth-seeded Texas to only 35% taking pictures from the sphere (and a cover-your-eyes 11% from 3) in upsetting the Longhorns, 73-51, on their house flooring.
It was a radical beatdown by Louisville, which has misplaced 11 video games this season, probably the most since 2010-11 underneath Jeff Walz. However the Cardinals have put it collectively in current weeks, successful 4 of their final 5. The win over Texas advances Louisville to its seventh consecutive Candy 16. Solely South Carolina and UConn have longer streaks. The Cardinals will play Ole Miss, which pulled off the upset of the event thus far in ousting No. 1 seed Stanford.
All 9 Louisville gamers who bought within the recreation scored, and the Cardinals dominated Texas within the paint, outscoring the Longhorns 38-20. Louisville’s bench additionally outscored Texas 25-14.
Rory Harmon, who led the Longhorns with 10 factors and 9 rebounds, left the sport with 2:41 to play with an obvious left leg damage. Texas made simply 7-of-22 layups.
Ultimate: No. 4 Villanova on to Candy 16 for first time in 20 years
Jay Wright noticed fairly a present.
The 2-time nationwide champion coach, now an analyst for CBS Sports activities, was readily available to see Maddy Siegrist and Villanova rout Twelfth-seeded Florida Gulf Coast, 76-57, and advance to the Candy 16 for the primary time in 20 years. The 2-time Huge East participant of the yr had 31 factors, her sixteenth 30-point recreation this season, in addition to six rebounds, 4 blocks and 4 steals.
However the Wildcats aren’t a one-woman present. Lucy Olsen had 23 factors and 10 rebounds, and Villanova held high-flying Florida Gulf Coast to only seven 3-pointers — virtually 5 beneath the Eagles’ common, greatest within the nation.
Ultimate: No. 4 Tennessee rolls to convincing win over No. 12 Toledo
Toledo will at all times have these first six minutes.
After a layup by Sammi Mikonowicz pulled the Rockets inside two factors with 5:29 left within the first quarter, fourth-seeded Tennessee outscored Toledo 42-16 the remainder of the primary half and the Vols rolled to a 94-47 win. Tennessee dominated the Twelfth-seeded Rockets in each class, together with a whopping 58-29 rebounding benefit.
Jillian Hollingshead and Sara Puckett had 13 factors every, main 5 Vols in double figures. Tennesse bought a scare when Jordan Horston, the Vols’ second-leading scorer, twisted her ankle within the third quarter and briefly left the court docket. She returned quickly after and completed with 10 factors, eight rebounds and three steals.
Ultimate: No.3 Ohio State holds off No. 6 UNC in thriller
Jacy Sheldon drove the lane, break up two defenders and hit a loopy pull-up with 1.8 seconds to play to offer Ohio State a 71-69 win over North Carolina within the second spherical Monday, an exciting end to a frantic previous couple of minutes in Columbus, Ohio.
Ohio State turned the ball over 3 times within the ultimate 2:22, together with throwing it away with 16.3 seconds left and North Carolina trailing 69-67. The Tar Heels responded by tying it up on a pull-up from Deja Kelly, which arrange Sheldon’s game-winner.
Sheldon, who missed a lot of the season with accidents, completed with 16 factors, 6 rebounds and 5 assists. Taylor Mikesell led the Buckeyes with 17 factors, whereas Eboni Walker (15 factors) and Cotie McMahon (14) additionally contributed double digits.
North Carolina’s Deja Kelly led all scorers with 22 factors. With seven minutes to go within the recreation, Kelly bought leveled by a display screen and was visibly shaken up. She needed to be carried again to the locker room. With out her, the Tar Heels reeled off a 13-4 run. Shortly after she returned with 2:33 to play, North Carolina took its first lead of the sport. However they couldn’t end the job, as Ohio State advances to the Candy 16.
Winners: Energy forwards
Sunday was a big day for the bigs.
There may as nicely have been a “This area belongs to” label on the paint for as monstrous because the performances by LSU’s Angel Reese, Utah’s Alissa Pili and Virginia Tech’s Elizabeth Kitley had been. Stanford’s loss to Ole Miss would have been much more lopsided if not for Cameron Brink’s spectacular effort.
Brink had 13 rebounds and 7 blocks — three on only one play! — and she or he virtually single-handedly bought Stanford again right into a recreation it trailed by 13 halfway by means of the third quarter. However Brink did not get sufficient assist offensively or, fairly frankly, from Stanford’s teaching employees.
LSU had a 32-20 benefit within the paint over Michigan, and it was largely due to Reese. She had a whopping 24 rebounds, 14 of which had been on the offensive glass, and 6 blocked pictures. She scored a team-high 25 factors, too within the Tigers’ 66-42 romp.
Of Pili’s 10 rebounds, none had been greater than those she had on Princeton’s subsequent two possessions after paring what had been a 13-point Utah result in two. With Pili prowling within the paint, the Tigers couldn’t get attractiveness to tie or take the lead, permitting the Utes to carry of for a 63-56 win.
Kitley had a double-double – the fifty fifth of her profession, matching Virginia Tech’s all-time document. Although South Dakota State had an 8-point benefit within the paint, 38-26, it had solely eight second-chance factors. Of Kitley’s 14 boards, 9 had been on the defensive glass, serving to the Hokies surge to a 72-60 win.
Lauren Ebo
Regardless of enjoying at house for the primary two rounds, many thought Notre Dame could be ripe for an upset given the lack of level guard Olivia Miles. Senior heart Lauren Ebo had different concepts.
Ebo turned in a spectacular efficiency within the Irish’s 53-48 win over Eleventh-seeded Mississippi State, ending with 10 factors, 18 rebounds and 5 blocks in 31 minutes. 5 of her 18 rebounds had been offensive, none greater than her board and putback with 4:38 to go that gave Notre Dame the lead once more. And her free throw with 35 seconds to play gave the Irish a 49-45 lead and made it a two possession recreation.
Virginia Tech
Welcome again to the Candy 16, Hokies. It’s been awhile.
Virginia Tech reached the second weekend of the NCAA event for simply the second time in program historical past, and first since 1999, with its victory over South Dakota State.
“To have the ability to get this group, this program to this stage could be very, very particular,” Hokies coach Kenny Brooks stated. “It’s very gratifying to have the ability to get so far.”
It’s already been a historic season for the Hokies. The win over South Dakota State was Virginia Tech’s twenty ninth this yr, most in workforce historical past. The Hokies gained their first ACC event title – of their first look within the recreation, no much less – and had been rewarded with a No. 1 seed, their greatest ever within the NCAA event.
“It means quite a bit to be part of it as a result of Hokie Nation could be very particular,” Brooks stated. “Fantastic folks have come by means of right here in all completely different sports activities and to have the ability to contribute to it means quite a bit.”
Cheyney State
Daybreak Staley by no means misses a chance to teach.
The South Carolina coach wore a Cheyney State jersey Sunday, a sartorial shoutout to the one HBCU workforce to make a Division I Ultimate 4. Regardless of being Division II on the time, Cheyney State performed within the inaugural NCAA ladies’s event in 1982 and made all of it the way in which to the championship recreation earlier than dropping to Louisiana Tech.
That workforce was coached by Corridor of Famer C. Vivian Stringer, whom Staley has typically praised for each her impression on the sport and for opening the door for different Black coaches.
“Cheyney State was the one HBCU to make it to a Ultimate 4 and for them to be led by Coach Stringer, who opened doorways that now I stroll by means of, it was actually an honor to put on this jersey and to characterize them,” Staley stated after the sport.
Losers: Georgia ball-handling
When you come on the queen, you greatest not throw away the ball.
Georgia gave Caitlin Clark and Iowa all it may deal with on the Hawkeyes’ house flooring, and had Iowa teetering on the brink with 2:17 to play after UGA hit a 3 to get inside two, 68-66. Iowa missed its subsequent shot and UGA had an opportunity to tie or take the lead — however then the Bulldogs turned it over on back-to-back-to-back possessions.
4 turnovers within the ultimate 3:38, together with these three in a row, immediately correlated to UGA’s scoring drought the final 2:17 of the sport and finally, Iowa’s 74-66 win. The second turnover in that string was the worst, as Clark turned it into two factors for the Hawkeyes. Georgia completed with 18 turnovers, which Iowa become 17 factors.
Dwelling-court benefit
It is comprehensible why the NCAA continues enjoying the primary two rounds at campus websites. The gang at Cassell Coliseum was so raucous, Virginia Tech gamers stated they might really feel the constructing shake. The decibel stage at Carver-Hawkeye Area needed to have registered on a seismograph machine. The arenas at LSU and South Carolina had been packed.
However is it honest within the NCAA event, when it is lose and your season is over?
You can also make the argument that Georgia would have beat Iowa if that recreation was performed on a impartial court docket. Princeton may need had a greater shot late in opposition to Utah if enjoying anyplace else. And there isn’t any manner Stanford would have been inside 10 factors of Ole Miss had the sport not been on the Cardinal’s house flooring.
The ladies’s recreation has grown sufficient that the NCAA wants to contemplate impartial courts for all three weekends of the event.