GREAT TEAMS TOURNAMENT

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ROUND 1 RESULTS

West Region

#3 Michigan State Spartans (2000) vs #14 Utah Utes (1997)

Michigan State starters: PG Charlie Bell; SG Jason Richardson; SF Morris Peterson; PF Aloysius Anagonye; C Andre Hutson
Utah starters: PG Andre Miller; SG Drew Hansen; SF Jeff Johnsen; PF Keith Van Horn; C Michael Doleac

Michigan State scored off the tip off, but then Utah went ahead 10-5. The Spartans then scored the next 22 points to go up 27-10 with 7 minutes remaining in the first half. Utah had hit just 4 of 16 shots and made 10 turnovers at that point while Michigan State held a 13-7 rebounding advantage. The Utes finally got their act together again but the Spartans continued scoring also and the half ended with the Spartans on top 45-29. Michigan State outshot Utah 55% to 38%. Utah’s Keith Van Horn and the Spartans Andre Hutson each were sidled with 3 personal fouls.

With their entire starting five pretty much equally contributing, the Spartans maintained a 14-23 point lead throughout the 2nd half. The final score was Michigan State—89, Utah—68.

Top scorers for Michigan State were Charlie Bell and Morris Peterson with 14 points each (Peterson also pulled down 10 boads and Bell had 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 4 steals) with Jason Richardson contributing 11 points and Aloysius Anagonye and Andre Hutson both adding 10 points. For Utah, C Michael Doleac had 22 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal and 3 blocks, SG Drew Hansen scored 18 points and had 3 assists and 3 steals, and PF Keith Van Horn scored 9 points.

Next up: Louisville (2013) [35-5] vs Wichita State (2015) [30-5]

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ROUND 1 RESULTS

West Region

#4 Louisville Cardinals (2013) vs #13 Wichita State Shockers (2015)

Louisville starters: PG Peyton Siva; SG Russ Smith; SF Wayne Blackshear; PF Chane Behanan; C Gorgui Dieng
Wichita State starters: PG Fred VanVleet; SG Tekele Cotton; SF Ron Baker; PF Shaquille Morris; C Darius Carter

No more than 2 points separated the two teams during the first 6 minutes of play. Over the next 4 minutes Louisville then repeatedly opened a 4-6 point lead only to be reeled back in by Wichita State. The Cardinals’ defense then shut down the Shockers and with 6 minutes to go Louisville moved out to a 35-19 advantage. Things didn’t improve for Wichita State and they trailed 42-23 at halftime due to hitting just 29% of their shots and being -8 in rebounding. The Cardinals Russ Smith hit for 13 points while the Shockers Ron Baker scored 10.

Louisville’s defensive pressure was unrelenting and allowed to take a 57-32 lead with 12 minutes left in the game and 66-36 with 8-1/2 minutes to go. The Shockers shooting continued to be under 30% until the final 2 minutes of the game. Louisville trimmed Wichita State 74-52. The Cardinals held a 46% to 32% advantage in shooting, controlled the boards 38-28, and made just 12 turnovers compared to the Shockers 19.

Chane Behanan had 14 points and 6 rebounds, Wayne Blackshear also scored 14 points, Ron Smith had 13 points, 4 boards, and 3 assists, and reserve Stephan Van Treese scored 10 points and grabbed 9 rebounds for Louisville. The Shockers Ron Baker finished with 14 points and Darius Carter had 8 points and 11 rebounds.

Rick Pitino, Louisville’s head coach said, “As I’ve said before: ‘Excellence is the unlimited ability to improve the quality of what you have to offer’ and tonight I felt my team showed excellence in how they played defensively.”

Up next: Illinois (2005) [37-2] vs Gonzaga (2017) [37-2]

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ROUND 1 RESULTS

West Region

#5 Illinois Fighting Illini (2005) vs #12 Gonzaga Bulldogs (2017)

Illinois Starters: PG Deron Williams; SG Luther Head; SF Roger Powell; PF Jack Ingram; C James Augustine.
Gonzaga Starters: PG Nigel Williams-Goss; SG Josh Perkins; SF Jeremy Jones; PF Johnathan Williams; C Zach Collins.

Illinois jumped out to an early double-digit lead due to some good second-chance scoring plus a series of turovers by Gonzaga and fouls sending Zags’ starters Collins and Perkins to the bench early. Good shooting by Gonzaga got them within 2 points with 7 minutes until halftime. But fouls continued sending Illinois players to the foul line and turnovers didn’t cease for the Zags. That allowed Illinois to carve out a 44-30 lead at the break with the Fighting Illini scoring 10 more points that the Bulldogs at the free throw stripe. Illinois C James Augustine scored 15 points and grabbed 7 boards in the half.

Illinois’ lead grew to 20 points with 12 minutes to play. Gonzaga made repeated efforts to catch up but was continually hampered by a continuance of fouls and turnovers. Illinois triumphed by a final score of 78-67.

Luther Head scored 25 points to lead the Fighting Illini offensively. He was ably supported by James Augustine’s 19 points, 15 points, 3 assists, 3 steals and 8 (yes 8) blocks. For Gonzaga Zach Collins had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and Nigel Williams-Goss and Przemek Karnowski both scored 10 points with Williams-Goss also having 5 rebounds and 5 assists.

Gonzaga coach Mark Few said, “It was unfortunate that Zach Collins and Josh Perkins only got to play 20 minutes apiece due to foul trouble. But you have to control the ball to win games and we didn’t do that. You also have to give a lot of credit to some very strong D by the Fighting Illini. 14 blocks and 13 steals is pretty darned impressive.”

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ROUND 1 RESULTS

West Region

#6 Loyola-Marymount Lions (1990) vs #11 Kansas State Wildcats (1988)

Loyola-Marymount Starters: PG Terrell Lowery; SG Jeff Fryer; SF Bo Kimble; PF Chris Scott; C Hank Gathers.
Kansas State Starters: PG Steve Henson; SG Carlos Diggins; SF Mitch Richmond: PF Charles Bledsoe; C Fred McCoy.

Dominating in the paint, Hank Gathers scored 11 points in the first 3-1/2 minutes of the game. The Lions hit an amazing 80% of their shots in the first 13 minutes of the game and had scored 50 points by that point. When the half ended Kansas State had scored 49 points which normally would mean they had a decent lead…but the Lions had poured in 67 points in the half. Gathers hit 13 of 15 shots from the field and scored 28 points in the first half.

Loyola-Marymount hit the century mark with 8:18 remaining in the game and Gathers had scored 48 of those points. The Lions decimated the Wildcats 114-82. Loyola-Marymount hit 65% of their shots, were +11 on the boards, and had just 7 turnovers compared to 18 by Kansas State.

Even though he sat out the final 7 minutes, Hank Gathers garnered 50 points and 9 rebounds. Bo Kimble and Jeff Fryer added 17 points each and Terrell Lowery scored just 2 points but had 20 assists (!!!) and 4 steals for Loyola Marymount. Mitch Richmond scored 20 points, Fred McCoy put in 14 points, and Steve Henson added 13 points for Kansas State.

“I was pleased when our offense caught fire immediately. But then it just continued to blaze the entire 40 minutes which certainly exceeded my expectations,” said Lions’ coach Paul Westhead.

Up next: Arkansas (1994) [31-3] vs Oregon (2016) [31-7]

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ROUND 1 RESULTS

West Region

#7 Arkansas Razorbacks (1994) vs #10 Oregon Ducks (2016)

Arkansas Starters: PG Corey Beck; SG Clint McDaniel; SF Scotty Thurman; PF Corliss Williamson; C Darnell Robinson.
Oregon Starters: PG Casey Benson; SG Tyler Dorsey; SF Dillon Brooks; PF Jordan Bell; C Chris Boucher.

The teams pounded away at each other with 9 lead changes in the first 11 minutes of play. Arkansas then exerted some dominance by hitting a high percentage of their shots and with 7 minutes to go in the half were up by 8. They held onto a solid lead but Oregon got to within 4 at halftime at 47-43. Dillon Brooks scored 14 points for the Ducks and Scotty Thurman had 13 for the Razorbacks.

While the Ducks continually made efforts to wrest the lead from Arkansas in the 2nd half, the Razorbacks thwarted each and every effort and maintained a 3-11 point lead the entire 20 minutes. Arkansas scored 10 more points than Oregon at the foul line and outshot the Ducks 62% to 52% which was enough for the Razorbacks to prevail 96-88.

Corliss Williamson topped Arkansas scoring with 18 points plus he had 5 boards and 3 assist. Scotty Thurman and Chris McDaniel both scored 17 points with Thurman also recording 6 rebounds for the Razorbacks. Dwight Stewart added 12 points off the bench and Corey Beck has 11 points and 7 assists. Oregon’s Dillon Brooks scored 27 points and Chris Boucher had 22 points and 12 rebounds with Tyler Dorsey scoring 16 points and Casey Benson finishing with 9 points, 7 assists and 2 steals.

Coach Nolan Richardson of Arkansas said, “Oregon is a great team and challenged us the entire game. Our guys were really hitting their shots today, though, and in the 2nd half just wouldn’t give in to the Ducks’ continuous pressure.”

Up next: UCLA (2008) [35-4] vs Washington (2005) [29-6]

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ROUND 1 RESULTS

West Region

#8 UCLA Bruins (2008) vs #9 Washington Huskies (2005)

UCLA Starters: PG Darren Collinson, SG Russell Westbrook; SF James Keefe; PF Lorenzo Mata-Real; C Kevin Love.
Washington Starters: PG Will Conroy; SG Tre Simmons; SF Brandon Roy; PF Jamaal Williams; C Mike Jensen.

The Huskies took a 12-1 lead. UCLA finally hit their first field goal with 11:40 on the clock and then roared back to tie the game 2-1/2 minutes later at 14-14. The Huskies edged back on top and were ahead the rest of the half due to forcing the Bruins to turn the ball over 12 times. But UCLA hit a last second jumper for their first lead and a 29-28 halftime advantage. The defenses of both teams kept the shooting percentages very low.

UCLA held onto a small lead in the 2nd half and in the latter portions began to edge further ahead. This was mainly due to Washington not hitting a 3-point shot until there was 5-1/2 minutes remaining in the game. The Huskies had counted on scoring from the perimeter against the taller Bruins, but had missed all 14 of their attempts prior to that point. The Huskies fought to close the gap but were unable. UCLA escaped with a 72-65 victory.

Kevin Love and Darren Collinson both scored 18 points for UCLA with Love gathering in 13 rebounds to go along with 3 assists and 3 blocks and Collinson dishing out 7 assists. Lorenzo Mata-Real added 9 points and 10 boards for the Bruins. Jamaal Williams led the scoring for Washington with 14 points and he also had 6 rebounds. Will Conroy had 12 points, 5 assists, and 3 steals and Brandon Roy scored 8 and had 7 boards, 5 assists, and 3 steals.

“Even though the Bruins out-rebounded us 37-24 and we hit just 39% of our FG’s and 3 of 17 of our 3’s, we ended up outscoring UCLA from the field but they got to the line 15 more times and scored 9 more points there than we did. But give the Bruins credit, they held us off the entire 2nd half,” said UW coach Lorenzo Romar.

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Top Individual Performances After Round 1:

Points:
Hank Gathers, Loyola-Marymount—50
Jared Sullinger, Ohio State—34
Glenn Robinson, Purdue—28
Dillon Brooks, Oregon—27
Derrick Rose, Memphis—26
Juan Dixon, Maryland—26
David Robinson, Navy—25
Jalen Brunson, Villanova—25
Kenny Anderson, Georgia Tech—25
Luther Head, Illinois—25
Marcus Canby, Massachusetts—24

Rebounds:
Joakim Noah, Florida—18
Frank Kaminsky, Wisconsin—16
Gordon Hayward, Butler—15
James Augustine, Illinois—15
Stacey King, Oklahoma—15
John Turner, Georgetown--14

Assists:
Terrell Lowery, Loyola-Marymount—20
Peyton Siva, Louisville—11
Bobby Maze, Tennessee—11
Nate Mason, Minnesota--10

Steals:
Randy Devall, LSU—6
Travis Banks, Wake Forest—6

Blocks:
James Augustine, Illinois—8
Stacey King, Oklahoma—8

Most FG Made:
Hank Gathers, Loyola-Marymount—23 of 28

Most 3P Made:
Jalen Brunson, Villanova—7 of 15

Most FT Made:
Bonzie Colson, Notre Dame—14 of 14

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Round of 32 Brackets

Midwest

#1 Michigan (1993) vs #8 Purdue (1994)
#2 Oklahoma (1988) vs #7 Cincinnati (1993)
#3 Kansas (2008) vs #11 Butler (2010)
#5 Wisconsin (2015) vs #12 Iowa State (2017)

East

#1 Duke (1992) vs #8 West Virginia (2010)
#2 Syracuse (1987) vs #7 Georgetown (1989)
#3 Maryland (2002) vs #6 Massachusetts (1996)
#4 Villanova (2018) vs #5 UConn (2004)

South

#1 Kentucky (1996) vs #9 Texas (2003)
#2 Florida (2007) vs #10 Louisiana State (1990)
#3 North Carolina (2005) vs #6 Georgia Tech (1990)
#4 Virginia (2019) vs #5 Memphis (2008)

West

#1 UNLV (1991) vs #8 UCLA (2008)
#2 Arizona (1997) vs #7 Arkansas (1994)
#3 Michigan State (2000) vs #6 Loyola-Marymount (1990)
#4 Illinois (2013) vs #5 Illinois (2005)

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Round 2

Midwest Region:

#1 Michigan Wolverines (1993) vs #8 Purdue Boilermakers (1994)

Michigan Starting lineup: PG Jalen Rose; SG Jimmy King; SF Ray Jackson; PF Juwan Howard; C Chris Webber
Purdue Starting lineup: PG Matt Waddell; SG Porter Roberts; SF Herb Dove; PF Glenn Robinson; C Brandon Brantley

Chris Webber opened this battle of the Big 10 with 2 monstrous dunks energizing the Michigan fans. Purdue struck back hard to take a 14-8 lead with 14 minutes remaining in the half. Led by Webber’s 14 points, the Wolverines finally caught up and tied the game at 29-29 with 5 minutes left. When the half concluded, Michigan led 41-38. Chris Webber scored 20 points and hauled in 12 rebounds and Michigan scored 24 points in the paint. Glenn Robinson and Preston Roberts scored 11 and 9 points, respectively, to lead Purdue. But Robinson and reserve C Ian Stanbuck had each picked up 3 fouls trying to control Webber and Juwan Howard.

Purdue’s Herb Dove, Matt Waddell and Brandon Brantley were sent to Purdue’s bench less than 2 minutes into the 2nd half, leaving just one starter (Porter Roberts) on the court. Michigan opened a double-digit lead 2 minutes later and the rout was on. Michigan went on to trounce the Boilermakers 92-69.

Chris Webber finished with 31 points, 20 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 3 blocks. Teammates Juwan Howard added 13 points and Jalen Rose and reserves Rob Pelinka and James Voskuil added 9 points apiece for Michigan. Purdue’s Porter Roberts scored 17 points, Glenn Robinson had 13 points and 7 boards, and Matt Waddell scored 10.

“We did exactly what we had planned by controlling the paint and the boards,” said Michigan’s coach Steve Fisher.

Next up: #2 Oklahoma (1988) vs #7 Cincinnati (1993)

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Round 2

Nudwest Region:

#2 Oklahoma Sooners (1988) vs #7 Cincinnati Bearcats (1993)

Oklahoma Starting lineup: PG Ricky Grace; SG Mookie Blaylock; SF Andre Wiley; PF Harvey Grant; C Stacey King
Cincinnati Starting lineup: PG Nick Van Exel; SG Tarrance Gibson; SF Terry Nelson; PF Erik Martin; C Corie Blount

Corie Blount scored 4 quick points but also picked up 2 quick fouls for Cincinnati. The Sooners gradually pulled away and took a 43-33 advantage at the break. The members of the Sooners scored in double figures in the half: Harvey Grant-14, Stacey King-12, and Mookie Blaylock-10.

The offense in the 2nd half came down to Oklahoma’s inside duo of King and Grant with an assist from Blaylock against Cincinnati’s Nick Van Exel. The Sooners just had more horses and continued to widen the gap. The game ended with Oklahoma soundly defeating Cincinnati 80-59. The Sooners held the advantage in shooting (55% vs 39%), rebounding (31 vs 26), and turnovers (15 vs 19).

Leading the way for Oklahoma were Hugh Grant with 25 points and 8 rebounds, Stacey King who scored 21 and grabbed 6 boards, Mookie Blaylock who added 17 points and Ricky Grace with 9 assists. The Bearcats had only one player scoring in double figures: Nick Van Exel poured in 22 points. Corie Blount scored 8 points and picked off 7 rebounds while playing just 16 minutes.

Up Next: #3 Kansas (2008) vs #11 Butler (2010)