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The Basketball Diaries - Sweet 16 Edition

West Region

#3 Xavier Musketeers 79 #7 West Virginia Mountaineers 75 OT

The way this game started, it looked like the Musketeers were going to have an easy time getting to the Elite 8. West Virginia couldn't buy a bucket early, and Xavier jumped out to an 28-10 lead midway through the first half. Then the Mountaineers battled back thanks to Joe Alexander, who led WVU with 18 points and 10 rebounds. Alexander also hit the game tying shot with 14.2 seconds left, but missed the accompanying free throw that could have won the game. He then fouled out early in the overtime, and Xavier's B.J. Raymond took over. He hit two three-pointers in the extra frame, which was one more than West Virginia hit all night. We shouldn't ignore Josh Duncan's contributions either, as he rebounded from early foul trouble to score a career high 26 points. As for who Xavier will be moving on to play...

#1 UCLA Bruins 88 #12 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers 78

Kevin Love and the Bruins dominated this game through most of the night, though the Hilltoppers did get pretty close to the top of whatever hill they're perpetually climbing in the second half. Tyrone Brazelton scored 25 of his 31 points in the second half, and when Darren Collison fouled out with five and a half minutes left, it looked like WKU might actually have a chance. Unfortunately for the Toppers, reality quickly set in afterwards. Kevin Love finished with a career high 29 points, and James Keefe had a big game with 18 points and 12 boards for the Bruins as well.

East Region

#1 North Carolina Tar Heels 68 #4 Washington State Cougars 47

The score is pretty indicative of how entertaining a game this was. The Cougars held around for a few minutes, and were able to hold North Carolina to only 68 points, but they were just outclassed on Thursday night in Charlotte. Tyler Hansbrough was held to only 2 points in the first half, but he managed to drop in 16 in the second half to make sure Washington State never made a run. Danny Green had 15, Wayne Ellington had 13, and Ty Lawson had 12 to help pace the Tar Heels.

#3 Louisville Cardinals 79 #2 Tennessee Volunteers 60

This game was the big disappointment of the night for me. I thought it would be an up and down, fast paced, close battle between two very athletic teams, but all I got was the same Rick Pitino dominance over Tennessee. The Vols fell way behind early, battled back, but then just ran out of gas in the second half thanks to foul trouble. Earl Clark had 17 points for Louisville, and four of the Cardinals five starters finished the game in double-digits. Chris Lofton scored 15 points for the Vols, but they aren't going to win many games when he shoots 3-of-15 from the field.

NBA Scores

• Nuggets 118 Mavs 105
• Warriors 111 Blazers 95
• Pistons 85 Heat 69