NIT second round and NCAA tourney action across men and women
Butler faces Syracuse in the NIT second round while the women push for Sweet 16. UNLV visits South Carolina and Temple plays Louisville in NIT action. LIU travels to Tennessee Martin for a 2 PM softball doubleheader. St Louis Blues head to Dallas for a shootout, and regional NCAA semifinals begin in Lexington and San Jose. The Players Championship at Sawgrass tees off as NASCAR runs Bristol qualifying. SIU baseball opens MVC play vs Bradley at Abe Martin Field. Saluki softball meets Drake at noon, and Final Four hopefuls loom in Atlanta and Des Moines.
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Temple
Louisville
Lexington
San Jose
Calif
Salukis face Georgia for Sweet 16 bid at United Center
Southern Illinois, 27-7, seeks more than merely making the NCAA Tournament after a 76-68 win over Texas Tech. Coach Bruce Weber weighs whether his Salukis and Georgia, 22-9, push the postseason push in the East Regional second round at the United Center, 30 minutes after Creighton-Illinois.
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Stetson Hairston
Darren Brooks
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Chicago
Bulldogs
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Liu
Southern Illinois
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United Center
Creighton
Rolan Roberts
Jermaine Dearman
Roberts
Dearman
SIU versus Georgia in East Regional at United Center
SIU with a 27-7 record faces Georgia 22-9 at the United Center in Chicago for a Sunday East Regional tip at 3:46 p.m. The game will be aired on CBS with KFVS-12 radio on WUEZ-FM 95.1 as part of the regional bracket coverage.
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Illinois
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Illini face Creighton in Chicago after win over SDSU
Illinois, 25-8, meets Creighton, 23-8, at the United Center after an opening win over San Diego State. Frank Williams led Illinois with 25 points and eight assists, followed by Luther Head with 19 and Brian Cook with 12 and eight rebounds.
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Bill Self
Illinois
San Diego State
Creighton
Florida
Self
United Center
Illini
Frank Williams
Luther Head
Brian Cook
NCAA Scores Roundup by Region
Scoring results show East Kentucky 87 over Tulsa 82 and Midwest Kansas 86 over Stanford 63 while Oregon beat Wake Forest 92 to 87. In the South Duke triumphed over Notre Dame 84 77 and Indiana 76. UNC Wilmington 67 edged Kent State 71. Alabama lost to Missouri 83 58 and Ohio State defeated Arizona 68 67. Wyoming 60 contributed to the West totals.
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Oregon
Wake Forest
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Kent State
Alabama
Missouri
Ohio State
Arizona
Wyoming
Centralia Stabs 3rd at State Tourney
In Peoria Centralia Orphans, unranked, defeated No 15 New Trier 75 to 64 in the Class AA consolation game led by Matt Shaw with 28 points and Lance Marcum with 26. The win follows a semifinal loss to Lanphier as Centralia earns their first state trophy since 1963 and marks the program as the first Deep South team to bring hardware from AA state tourney since 1994.
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Lance Marcum
Centralia
New Trier
Lanphier
Rick Moss
Deep South
Carbondale
Moss
Junior Champions Tour stops at area courses
Local junior golfers will compete as the Junior Champions Tour visits Rend Lake Golf Club April 13-14 for the Rend Lake Challenge and Kokopelli Golf Club May 18-19 for the Kokopelli Classic. D.W. Davis and Aaron Fisher welcome the tour, calling it a growing circuit.
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D.W. Davis
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Bulldogs face turmoil as ineligible recruits hit season
The Georgia Bulldogs see Harrick’s 1990s class Jarrod Gerald Larry Turner and Michael Dean ruled ineligible for academic reasons. Dean’s case stemmed from a high school clerical error. Star Jarvis Hayes missed three games with a knee injury from December 4. Tony Cole and Steve Thomas were suspended for an alleged campus sexual misconduct incident. Thomas later reinstated on January 24 and set to start.
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Jarrod Gerald
Larry Turner
Michael Dean
Dean
Jarvis Hayes
Georgia State
Tony Cole
Steve Thomas
Bulldogs
Alabama
Thomas
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