ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Fifth-seeded Arizona stunned West
top-seed Duke 93-77 as Derrick Williams scored a career-high 32.
The Wildcats will play Connecticut, which topped San Diego State
74-67 behind Kemba Walker's 36, in Saturday's West regional final.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Florida ended BYU's dream season with an
83-74 overtime victory behind 19 points and a career-high 17 boards
by Alex Tyus. The Gators move on to play Butler, which eliminated
Wisconsin, 61-54, in the Southeast regional final on Saturday.
UNDATED (AP) - There are four more regional semifinals tonight.
North Carolina plays Marquette and Ohio State takes on Kentucky in
the East regional semifinals in Newark, N.J., while in the
Southwest regional in San Antonio, it's Kansas vs. Richmond and
Florida State against upstart Virginia Commonwealth.
DALLAS (AP) - Dirk Nowitzki noh-VIHT'-skee) had 30 points and 11
rebounds, Jason Terry added 18 points and the Dallas Mavericks
rallied in the fourth quarter for a 104-96 victory over the
Minnesota Timberwolves. That gives the Mavs 50 wins for the 11th
straight season.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - In last night's only other NBA game, Emeka
Okafor (eh-MEH'-kuh OH'-kuh-fohr) banked in a 20-footer at the
regulation buzzer to force overtime, and reserve Aaron Gray scored
six points in OT to lead the New Orleans Hornets to a 121-117
victory over the Utah Jazz. David West scored 29 points for the
Hornets before leaving late with a knee injury.
