Sunday, March 22, 2015

NCAA East: Spartans, Sooners Advance To Sweet Sixteen

Eight games were played on Sunday as the third round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament concluded, three of them in the East Region.

At Charlotte, North Carolina:

Travis Trice scored 23 points as the #7-seeded Michigan State Spartans (25-11) knocked off the second-seeded Virginia Cavaliers (30-4) 60-54.

At Columbus, Ohio:

Jordan Woodard scored 16 points as the #3-seeded Oklahoma Sooners (24-10) defeated the #11-seeded Dayton Flyers (27-9) 72-66.  Sooners head coach Lon Krueger became the second coach to pilot four different schools to the NCAA Tourney's Sweet Sixteen (Kansas State, Florida, UNLV).

At Seattle:

Terry Rozier scored 25 points as the #4-seeded Louisville Cardinals (26-8) defeated the #5-seeded Northern Iowa Panthers (31-4) 66-53.

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