NCAA East: Nova, Red Raiders Advance To Regional Final With Final Four Berth At Stake

Both games in the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament's East Regional----were contested on Friday at the TD Garden in Boston.


Game #1:

Jalen Brunson scored 27 points as the top-seeded Villanova Wildcats (33-4) outlasted the fifth-seeded West Virginia Mountaineers (26-11) 90-78.


Game #2:

Keenan Evans scored 16 points as the third-seeded Texas Tech Red Raiders (27-9) advanced beyond the Sweet Sixteen for the first time in the program's 93-year history by upending the second-seeded Purdue Boilermakers (30-7) 78-65.

Carsen Edwards paced the Boilers with 30 points.



On Sunday (@11:20 AM Pacific Time over CBS), Villanova will take on Texas Tech in the East Regional Final, with the winner advancing to the Final Four in San Antonio.