One of the final at-large teams selected into the field now stands 40 minutes from a Final Four, meaning the winner of Saturday’s West Regional final between Gonzaga and the 11th-seed Musketeers will reach college basketball’s grandest weekend for the first time.
Player of the year front-runner Frank Mason III poured in 26 points, Kansas turned on the jets in the second half and the top-seeded Jayhawks soared to a 98-66 blowout of No. 4 seed Purdue on Thursday night in the Midwest Regional semifinals.
Jordan Mathews hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with under a minute to play and top-seeded Gonzaga survived a rough shooting night for both teams to beat No. 4 seed West Virginia 61-58 Thursday night to advance to the West Regional final.
Tyler Dorsey scored 20 points and made the go-ahead layup with 1:08 left, and third-seeded Oregon ended No. 7 Michigan’s dramatic postseason run with a 69-68 victory in a Midwest Regional semifinal on Thursday night.
The Review-Journal announces its 2017 all-state girls basketball teams.
The Los Angeles Clippers will play in this year’s Las Vegas NBA Summer League after being gone for two years. The event is scheduled for July 7 to 17 at the Thomas & Mack Center and Cox Pavilion.
The NCAA Tournament gets back into full swing today with the first day of the Sweet 16. The Midwest and West teams will battle for a spot in Saturday’s Elite 8.
