NCAA Tournament Highlights: Day 4

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SI Staff
Publish date:
Mar 22, 2009

NCAA Tournament Highlights: Day 4

Pitt 84, Oklahoma State 76

Sam Young scored 32 points as top-seeded Pittsburgh advanced to the round of 16 for the fifth time in eight years with a win over Oklahoma State.

DeJuan Blair, the powerful 6-foot-7 forward, added another double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds.

Eric Devendorf stepped up just as Arizona State threatened to catch Syracuse.

Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim got the 799th win of his career and moved into a tie with former Louisville coach Denny Crum for seventh in all-time NCAA tournament coaching wins, with 42.

Xavier 60, Wisconsin 49

B.J. Raymond scored 15 points, 12 in the second half, and Xavier finally broke through Wisconsin's defense to pull away to a victory.

Xavier 60, Wisconsin 49

The Musketeers held the Badgers to 25 percent shooting in the second half of a 60-49 victory Sunday in the East Regional.

Arizona 71, Cleveland State 57

Arizona, a 12 seed, advanced by beating upstart Cleveland State.

Arizona 71, Cleveland State 57

Nic Wise scored 21 points to lead four double-figure scorers for Arizona.

Kansas 60, Dayton 43

Sherron Collins had 25 points to help lead the defending NCAA champion past 11th-seeded Dayton.

Kansas 60, Dayton 43

Cole Aldrich had a triple-double with 13 points, 20 rebounds and 10 blocked shots.

Michigan State 74, USC 69

Travis Walton scored a career-high 18 points to lift the second-seeded Spartans to a win over USC.

Michigan State 74, USC 69

The Spartans were unable to put 10th-seeded USC away until the final seconds.

Missouri 83, Marquette 79

Missouri rallies past Marquette in the final seconds.

Missouri 83, Marquette 79

Freshman Kim English scored 15 points in 4 1/2-minutes in the first half. He later came off the bench to make two free throws with 5.5 seconds left that gave Missouri the go-ahead points.