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Tuesday, March 27
Gary Was Sweet,Now He's Elite Gary Williams is in charge of an Elite Eight team for the first time in 23 seasons as a head coach. Williams had won 447 games. He had been to five Sweet 16s. But by beating Georgetown on Thursday night, the Terps finally put Williams in Elite company. Simply, amazing. More ...
PLAYER OF DAY.............................. Casey Jacobsen. In four games, four players stood out. ESPN's experts have their choices (see below), but all Jacobsen did while playing 30 minutes down the freeway from his hometown of Glendora, Calif., was score a career-high 27 points and hit two 3-pointers to tie the single-season Stanford record of 82 in a season. RANDOM THOUGHT............................... Should Duke wind up winning the national championship, the Blue Devils could also stake a claim to the Pac-10 crown. The Blue Devils have already beaten UCLA and getting to the Final Four will take a victory over USC on Saturday. Once in Minneapolis, Duke could face Stanford out of the West in the semifinals and then clash with Midwest rep Arizona in the title game. STOCK RISING..................................... Saul Smith. Talk about getting in the last word. The much-maligned Kentucky point guard and son of Tubby Smith brought the Wildcats back from 21-point deficit with five 3-pointers, four assists, just one turnover and 17 points. By the final seconds, UK fans were actually hoping he'd take the last shot. Alas, he and the 'Cats exited without getting such an opportunity. STOCK FALLING.................................. Kentucky Fans: Not only won't the Bluegrass faithful have a chance to payback Duke, but ESPN Classic is still showing the '92 East Region Final between Duke and Kentucky on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET. HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU................ The Stanford band, notorious for its outrageous pranks, was ordered not to wear graduation gowns mocking the graduation rate of players in the Cincinnati basketball program. The Bearcats' graduation rate was 0 percent in 2000, 33 percent in 1999, 0 percent in 1998, 0 percent in 1997 and 0 percent in 1996, according to NCAA records. Stanford officials were unable to say who gave the edict to the band. NCAA officials sifted through their hefty bureaucracy, but could neither confirm nor deny the order.
"The last three games, I've been speechless. I like being speechless in these situations." USC head coach Henry Bibby on his team's NCAA Tournament run. |  |
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ESPN.com's Andy Katz
ESPN's Dick Vitale
ESPN's Jay Bilas
The sixth-seeded Trojans not only ruined the East bracket, but also ruined a trip down memory lane. And we thought the only Cinderella stories left were in the South.
USC head coach Henry Bibby credits his team's ability to make shots when needed. (Courtesy: NCAA Prod.)