Quick note that I didn’t know until tonight: college athletes from foreign countries aren’t eligible for NIL money. How is that possible? Oregon State has players from nine different countries, lot cheaper than recruiting American kids.
— Tennessee 79, Alabama 76
Tennessee nailed a 40-foot jumper at the buzzer for a walk-off win.
Vols outscored Alabama 7-0 over the final 0:36.
Tennessee has won seven of its last eight games.
— Texas Tech 78, Kansas 73
Red Raiders were 13-19 inside arc, 15-43 on arc; lot of 3’s.
Texas Tech is 11-3 in its last fourteen games.
Jayhawks are 5-6 in last 11 games, are in 6th place in Big X.
— Vanderbilt 97, Missouri 93 OT
Vandy hit a contested 3-pointer with 0:04 left to force overtime.
Commodores won last three games, by 5-2-4 points.
Bracketology has Vandy as a 9-seed in NCAA’s; last time they were in the NCAA’s was 2017.
— St John’s 71, Seton Hall 61
St John’s won its first outright Big East crown since 1985.
Pitino’s team has won 15 of its last 16 games.
Red Storm was 21-33 on foul line, Seton Hall 9-21.
— Colorado State 93, Utah State 66
Colorado State led this game 48-22 at halftime.
Rams made 14-21 shots on arc, scored 1.48 points/possession.
Colorado State won its last five games, giving up 59.4 ppg.
— Upsets of the Day:
Harvard (+9.5) 74, Yale 69
Minnesota (+8.5) 67, Nebraska 65
Denver (+7.5) 78, South Dakota State 62
Buffalo (+6.5) 87, Toledo 74
Stony Brook (+5.5) 71, Elon 66
Abilene Christian (+5.5) 70, Tex-Arlington 59
Georgia (+5.5) 83, Texas 67
— Cal-Irvine 70, Long Beach State 60
Beach has lost 13 games in a row, but they’re 5-1 ATS in last six.
Six of their last nine losses were by 5 or less points, or in OT.
Anteaters have won 15 of their last 18 games.
— Saint Mary’s 74, Oregon State 64
Gaels finish 17-1 in WCC, their best conference record ever.
Saint Mary’s out-rebounded the Beavers 39-22.
Augustas Marciulionis scored 25 points on his Senior Night.
— Towson 75, Hampton 72
Towson has won 17 of its last 19 games; they’re #1 seed in CAA tourney.
Tigers are #1 team in country in continuity.
Hampton lost, but they’re 7-0 ATS in their last seven games.
— Eastern Illinois 73, SE Missouri State 58
Loss snaps the Redhawks’ 10-game winning streak.
SE Missouri State shot 28% (7-25) inside the arc.
Streaky Eastern Illinois’ last 18 games: 7L-3W-4L-4W
— Famous birthdays, March 2nd:
Cassie Yates, 74
Terry Steinbach, 63
Jon Bon Jovi, 63
Ron Gant, 60
Sebastian Janikowski, 47
Ross Tucker, 46
Ben Roethlisberger, 43
Reggie Bush, 40
Bud Norris, 40
Jason Smith, 37
Miguel Andujar, 30
Tua Tagovailoa, 27
— South Carolina 72, Arkansas 53
Arkansas trailed 40-16 at half; damaging loss for a bubble team.
Razorbacks shot 28.8% from the floor.
South Carolina is only 2-14 in the SEC this season.
— Virginia Tech 101, Syracuse 95 OT
Syracuse led by 13 with 8:45 left in the game.
Hokies shot 69% inside the arc.
Last four years, Syracuse is 36-42 in ACC games.
— Florida 89, Texas A&M 70
Gators were 14-33 on arc, scored 1.24 points/possession.
Florida has won seven of its last eight games.
Aggles have lost four in a row, after a 20-5 start to the season.
— Portland State 79, Montana 76 OT
Loss drops Grizzlies into a first-place tie with Northern Colorado.
Soph Williams scored 36 for Montana; he didn’t start.
Portland State survived going 21-35 on the foul line.
— Duquesne 85, George Mason 68
Duquesne shot 15-31 on the arc, scored 1.24 points/possession.
Dukes scored 85 against team with the #7 eFG% defense in country.
Patriots lost two of last three games, slip out of first place tie with VCU.
