Saturday, April 06, 2019

NCAA Men's Final Four: It's Red Raiders vs. Cavaliers For All The Marbles

At US Bank Stadium, Minneapolis:

Both semifinal games in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament were contested on Saturday.

Semifinal #1:

Kyle Guy (who scored 15 points) sank three free throws with 0.6 seconds remaining as the Virginia Cavaliers (34-3; #1, South) battled back to overcome the Auburn Tigers (30-10; #5, Midwest) 63-62 to advance to their first-ever national championship game.

Ty Jerome led the Cavaliers with 21 points.

Samir Doughty came off the bench to pace the Tigers with 13 points.

Semifinal #2:

Matt Mooney scored 22 points to pace the Texas Tech Red Raiders (31-6; #3, West) to a 61-51 victory over the Michigan State Spartans ( 32-7; #2, East) to advance to their maiden national championship game.

Cassius Winston topped the Spartans with 16 points.

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