Michigan State bounces LSU to move to Elite Eight; Auburn in Elite Eight for first time in 33 years
Michigan State forward Gabe Brown and teammates react in the second half of the Spartans' win over LSU in Friday night's first Sweet 16 game. By Jacob Bogage Jacob Bogage National sports writer and blogger Email Bio Follow March 29 at 9:48 PM You thought Thursday night’s Sweet 16 slate featured high-powered programs? That was nothing.
[CBS sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson survives in a land of giants. “My height just makes me tougher.”]The NCAA tournament’s first No. 1 seed has fallen. Behind clutch three-point shooting and timely defense, No. 5 seed Auburn rolled over North Carolina, 97-80, in the Midwest regional semifinal. — Chuck Culpepper March 30, 2019 Auburn will face the winner of Houston and Kentucky in the Midwest regional final. It’s the Tigers’ first trip to the Elite Eight since 1986 and second ever.Michigan State surged past LSU, 80-63, Friday night to advance to the Elite 8. The Spartans launched an 11-0 run that countered an LSU surge to start the second half, and the Tigers were unable to catch up.
Tremont Waters has picked up right where he left off to start the second half for LSU, scoring seven straight points to open the period. The Tigers, in the midst of a 17-3 run, have cut the Spartans’ lead to four. Michigan State is in control after the first half against LSU. If not for a late three-pointer from Tremont Waters, things would look really ugly for the Tigers. As it stands, they trail 40-28 after getting rolled on the glass and stifled defensively. At one point, LSU went more than six minutes without a field goal while the Spartans went on a 12-1 run.
Even in college basketball’s one-and-done era, the same teams still find a way to rise to the top. And they’re all playing Friday night. LSU : The Tigers are in the Sweet 16 for the first time since 2006, and this trip has been anything but smooth. They survived Yale in the first round, 79-74, and needed a last-second layup to hold off Maryland in the second round. Interim coach Tony Benford continues to fill in for Will Wade, who was indefinitely suspended amid a recruiting scandal connected to an FBI investigation.
Virginia Tech : The Hokies got one of their biggest wins of the season against Duke in Blacksburg in February, but Williamson missed that game with a knee injury. The schools have never met in the NCAA tournament. The Hokies, who have already set a school record for wins, are in the Sweet 16 for the first time since the tournament expanded to its current format.
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