Sunday, March 20, 2011

NCAA Southwest: VCU Smothers Boilermakers; Morris Twins Power Jayhawks; Seminoles Oust Fighting Irish

Three games in the Southwest Region of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament were played on Sunday.


At Chicago:


Two games were played at the United Center.  In the opener, #11 Virginia Commonwealth led by Bradford Burgess' 23 points and 8 rebounds, defeated #3 Purdue 84-76 to reach the Round of 16 for the first time in school history.


In the nightcap, #10 Florida State defeated #2 Notre Dame 71-57.  Besides pulling down 10 rebounds, Bernard James scored 14 points (and Michael Snaer added 13) for the Seminoles, who are headed to their first Sweet Sixteen since 1993.


At Tulsa:


The Morris Twins combined for 41 points (Marcus with 24 and Markieff with 17) and 24 rebounds (12 each) as top-seeded Kansas pulled away from #9 Illinois 73-59.

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