Raleigh, NC – Sophomore Scott Wood scored a season-high 20 points and senior Tracy Smith ignited an 11-point run midway through the second half as NC State held off Georgia Tech Saturday afternoon at the RBC Center. Freshmen Lorenzo Brown added 13 points and Ryan Harrow 10 for the Wolfpack, which won for the third...
Stephen Curry scored 25 of his 30 points in the second half and the Davidson Wildcats rallied from a 17-point second-half deficit to stun the No. 2 seed Georgetown Hoyas 74-70 on Sunday at the RBC Center in Raleigh, sending the Wildcats to a spot in the round of 16. Despite 14 points from Jessie...
The Tar Heels scored the first nine points, led 51-26 at halftime and shot 68 percent for the game. They became the first team to score 100 points in their first two NCAA games since Loyola Marymount did it against New Mexico State and Michigan in 1990. Wayne Ellington scored 20 points, Ty Lawson...
Roy Hibbert went over and around undersized UMBC all day, finishing with 13 points and leading the second-seeded Hoyas past the 15th-seeded Retrievers. Jonathan Wallace added 13 points on 5-of-10 shooting and Austin Freeman finished with 11 for the Hoyas (28-5), who shot 51 percent and held UMBC scoreless for a 7-minute stretch. Darryl Proctor scored...
The #9 Arkansas Razorbacks quickly erased the disappointment of losing the SEC championship game by blowing past the #8 Indiana Hoosiers 86-72 in the first round of the NCAA tournament at the RBC Center. Arkansas held a seven point lead at halftime and continued to build on their advantage in the second half. The Razorbacks...
Interesting article by John Feinstein in today’s Washington Post. Excerpts follow - Let us begin today with a very simple statement: The NCAA men’s basketball tournament does not need more teams. If anything, it needs one less team, removing the horrific play-in game that forces one team to go home without getting to go...
Stephen Curry scored 30 of his 40 points in the second half and hit the tie-breaking three-pointer with just over a minute left to lead Davidson to an 82-76 win over Gonzaga in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Jason Richards added 15 points and nine assists for Davidson. View the 2008 NCAA...
Tyler Hansbrough and Ty Lawson each had 21 points Friday night to help the top-seeded Tar Heels cruise by Mount St. Mary’s 113-74 in the first round of the East Regional of the 2008 NCAA Basketball Tournament at the RBC Center in Raleigh, N.C. View pictures from the game here. March 21, 2008, Game 3, North...
Busy this week at the RBC Center in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is home to the 1st and 2nd rounds of the 2008 NCAA Basketball Tournament. View pictures here.
Duke battled back from a 13-point second half deficit to defeat NC State 87-86 in the RBC Center. View over 180 pictures here.