— I’m going to keep saying this until I go to my grave; assists on 3-point shots should count as 1.5 assists, assists on foul shots should count as half an assist apiece.
You make a great pass, the guy gets fouled, makes both free throws, that’s the same as him making a basket, yes? Glad you agree with me 🙂
— Alabama 71, Tennessee 69
Alabama wins its eighth game in a row.
Vols led by 13 with 12:16 left to play.
Tennessee out-rebounded the Crimson Tide, 47-30
— Texas Tech 82, Iowa State 73
Tech gets quality road win, even though star JT Toppin is out for year.
Red Raiders shot 14-29 on arc, scored 1.27 ppp.
Iowa State split its last six games, after a 22-2 start.
— Saint Mary’s 70, Gonzaga 59
Saint Mary’s shot 17-33 on arc in Zags’ last visit to Moraga.
Gonzaga led by 10 late in the first half.
Loss snaps Gonzaga’s six-game winning streak.
Fittingly, both teams wind up 16-2, tied atop the WCC.
— Minnesota 78, UCLA 73
Gophers used one sub the whole game; he played 9:00.
Minnesota shot 12-23 on arc, scored 1.4 points/possession.
UCLA is 1-6 outside the Pacific time zone.
— St John’s 89, Villanova 57
St John’s lost its last game 72-40 at UConn.
Red Storm led this game 48-23 at halftime.
St John’s has won 14 of its last 15 games.
Just second loss in last nine games for the Wildcats.
— Upsets of the Day:
Citadel (+12.5) 93, Wofford 90, OT
Ole Miss (+10.5) 85, Auburn 79
Penn State (+9.5) 71, Iowa 69
Texas Tech (+9.5) 82, Iowa State 73
Pepperdine (+7.5) 88, Washington State 79
Pittsburgh (+7.5) 72, California 56
Detroit (+7.5) 95, Oakland 89
Central Michigan (+6.5) 75, Buffalo 70
Notre Dame (+6.5) 96, NC State 90, OT
— Arizona 84, Kansas 61
Wildcats got Koa Peat back in lineup, had 48-26 edge on boards.
Arizona was 30-34 on foul line, Kansas was 10-11.
Jayhawks are 2-3 in last five games, after an 8-game win streak.
— Clemson 80, Louisville 75
Clemson gets much-needed win, snapping four-game skid.
Tigers were 24-34 on foul line, Louisville 7-12.
Louisville lost three of last four games, is 9-7 in ACC.
— New Mexico 81, San Diego State 76
6-9 frosh Buljan scored 24 points, had 18 rebounds.
New Mexico was 25-36 on foul line, Aztecs 13-22.
These teams are tied for second in the Mountain West.
— Providence 79, Creighton 76
Bluejays lost 8 of last 10 games, including last 3 at home.
Creighton had won 20+ games the last ten years in a row.
Providence won five of its last seven games.
— Michigan G LJ Cason tore the ACL in his right knee, will miss the rest of the season; he was scoring 8.4 ppg, averaging 2.4 assists/game off the bench for the 27-2 Wolverines.
— Famous birthdays, March 1st:
Elvin Bethea, 80
Nick Mike-Mayer, 76
Brian Winters, 74
Ron Howard, 72
Catherine Bach, 72
Tim Daly, 70
George Eads, 59
Chris Webber, 53
Trevor Cahill, 38
Michael Conforto, 33
Tyreek Hill, 32
Ja’Marr Chase, 26
— UNLV 85, Nevada 83, OT
Gibbs-Lawhorn scored 42 of UNLV’s 85 points.
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Kimani Hamilton fouled out for 12th time, most of anyone in country.
Rebels won five of their last seven games.
— Liberty 81, Jacksonville State 78
Gamecocks led 50-42 with 13:42 left in the game.
Liberty shot 11-25 on arc, 68% inside arc, scored 1.28 ppp
Liberty is 6-2 in last eight games; 5 of their last 6 wins were by 6 or fewer points.
— Florida 111, Arkansas 77
Florida wins 9th game in a row, is 14-2 in SEC.
Gators led 53-34 at halftime.
Florida had 51-31 edge on boards, scored 1.37 ppp.
— Montana 74, Portland State 68
Money Williams scored 27 points, had 7 assists for Montana.
Portland State shot 9-34 on the arc.
Vikings lost 4 of last 5 games, still lead Big Sky by a game, with one game left.
— West Virginia 79, BYU 71
West Virginia had 39-29 edge on the boards.
BYU is 4-8 in its last 12 games, after a 16-1 start.
Cougars lack a third scorer with Richie Saunders out for the year.
