CBS has it on West Virginia vs. Texas Tech. Blah. All of the good games involve West Coast teams tonight, and CBS is gonna give it to the teams that in closer proximity.
West Virginia is up by five. Pretty much no kind of defensive stands by either team so far in this game. The college basketball legend, Pittsnoggle, is leading the way. 24-19.
10:45: Texas Tech had cut the game to one until WV hit a three on the baseline. Before that, WV was pretty cold from the arc.
CBS said West Virginia has played their seventh game in 16 days. That's a tough schedule.
Tech has tied the game up, 30-30.
10:50: West Virginia and Texas Tech are tied at halftime with 32 a piece. CBS has changed coverage to Oklahoma State/Arizona. After a huge Arizona lead at the beginning of the game, Oklahoma State has stabilized things and now are down by only 2, 38-36, with 1:24 to go.
11:20: Nothing big. West Virginia continues to make big baskets, while Tech attacks the boards and plays it safe. WV leads by two, and Zona is up by five.
11:45: This hasn't been a pretty game, but both teams have stayed competitive down the stretch. Meanwhile, Arizona's been able to create a bit of space between them and Oklahoma State. WV's up by five with less than four minutes to go, and and Zona's up by three with eight minutes to go.
11:55: Ugh. This game is entertaining, but it's got to be frustrating to basketball fans because it seems as if both teams are just playing really ugly. WV seems like they are imploding right now. Then after WV called the timeout they allowed 13 ticks to get off before they finally fouled Pittsnoggle. Sad sad sad. They need him to miss one of these two fts, which is possible.
12:00: Both Texas Tech and West Virginia imploded at the end. Unfortunately for Texas Tech, theirs was worse and at the wrong time. Tech pulls off one of the ugliest tournament wins I ever seen, 65-60. Now on to the Zona/OK State game, where Ok State leads by two with 3:30 left.
12:05: Salim Stoudamire just hit a three pointer while floating to his side. That's unreal. And there are people saying JJ Redick is the best shooter in the nation? Yeah right. Zona is now up by one with less than a minute to go in the game.
12:10: Oklahoma State got away with murder when throwing the shoulder to knock down a Zona defender to take the lead. But that one-man wrecking crew named Stoudamire took care of business with a fadeaway jumper to lead by one with 2.8 seconds left.
- Arizona 79, Ok State 78. Eddie Sutton has played his last game tonight. Illinois vs. Arizona should be a barn burner.