Great teams find ways to win. Kansas did
exactly that on Sunday night.
Sunday's Scores (3rd Round)
#11 North Carolina State def. #3 Georgetown 66-63
#1 Michigan State def. #9 Saint Louis 65-61
#1 North Carolina def. #8 Creighton 87-73
#7 Florida def. #15 Norfolk State 84-50
#13 Ohio def. #12 South Florida 62-56
#10 Xavier def. #15 Lehigh 70-58
#2 Kansas def. #10 Purdue 63-60
#6 Cincinnati def. #3 Florida State 62-56
The Sweet 16's final eight tickets were punched on Sunday. Cinderella runs were ended, top seeds escaped, and the elite separated themselves.
After their upset victory over Mizzou on Friday, Norfolk State was completely overmatched by a talented Florida team. Dominating from the beginning, the Gators finished off the Spartans by 34. The other 15 seed fell as well on Sunday. Lehigh was simply no match for Xavier down the stretch. Kenny Frease, mostly famous for being a victim in the Cincy/Xavier brawl, put together an impressive 25 point, 12 rebound performance. Tu Holloway also added 21 points for the Musketeers.
Doesn't it seem like every year there's an 11 seed clinching a spot in the Sweet 16? A team that nobody bothered to glance twice at makes an appearance in college basketball's second weekend? That 11 seed this year will be N.C. State. After an upset win over Georgetown, the Wolfpack are peaking, and will face second seeded Kansas in St. Louis.
Robbie Hummel's career had to end one day. That day was Sunday for the 5th year senior. After two torn ACLs, Hummel led his team to this year's NCAA Tourney, and even helped deliver them to an "upset" victory over 7th seeded St. Mary's. Unfortunately for him, his 26 points & 9 assists weren't enough on Sunday night. Elijah Johnson's go ahead layup delivered Kansas to victory, and helped them escape a scrappy Purdue team in round three.
The team that everyone thought would crumble after the brawl only got closer together. The Bearcats of Cincinnati are now headed to the Sweet 16 after defeating Florida State in the round of 32.
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