B2 MONDAY, MARCH 12, 2012 THE ADVOCATE-MESSENGER SPORTS WWW.AMNEWS.COM Assists/Turnovers: Team (14.6/14.7); Hernst right ankle in practice for the Big Ten tour- Cochran 11.0; Chris Czerapowicz 10.2. tournament’s premier coaches, as evi- Laroche 3.8/2.3; Tyrone Watson 3.2/2.0. nament, though he wound up playing with Rebounds: Team (38.9); De’Mon Brooks denced by back-to-back national titles in NCAA capsules 3-pointers: Team (.327); Wendell McKines it heavily taped. 6.3; Jake Cohen 6.0; Chris Czerapowicz 2006 and ‘07. 50; Hernst Laroche 45; Bandja Sy 38. ——— 4.8. ——— Murray The Associated Press Last Ten: 9-1. LIU Assists/Turnovers: Team (13.8/11.8); Nik Virginia NCAA Capsules ——— Brooklyn, N.Y., 25-8. Cochran 3.7/2.1; JP Kuhlman 2.9/1.6; Tom Charlottesville, 22-9. South Region UNLV Nickname: Blackbirds. Coach: Jim Ferry. Droney 2.2/1.4. Nickname: Cavaliers. Coach: Tony Bennett. Kentucky Las Vegas, 26-8. Conference: Northeast. Bid: Northeast 3-pointers: Team (.339); Chris Czerapowicz Conference: Atlantic Coast. Bid: At large. Lexington, 32-2. Nickname: Rebels. Coach: Lon Kruger. champion. 64; Nik Cochran 46; JP Kuhlman 42; Tyler Region: West. Seed: No. 10. likes Nickname: Wildcats. Coach: John Calipari. Conference: Mountain West. Bid: At large. Region: West. Seed: No. 16. Kalinoski 36; Jake Cohen 30. Tournament Record: 22-16, 16 years. Last Conference: Southeastern. Bid: At large. Region: South. Seed: No. 6. Tournament Record: 0-4, 4 years. Last Last Ten: 8-2. appearance: 2007. Region: South. Seed: No. 1. Tournament Record: 33-17, 18 years. Last NCAA Appearance: 2011. The Skinny: Forget about the fact that Scoring: Team (63.1); Mike Scott 18.1; Joe Tournament Record: 107-47, 52 years. Last appearance: 2011. Scoring: Team (81.9); Julian Boyd 17.4; Davidson needed double overtime to beat Harris 11.5; Sammy Zeglinski 8.7. Scoring: Team (76.7); Mike Moser 14.1; Jamal Olasewere 16.8; C.J. Garner 12.5; Western Carolina, a team with a losing Rebounds: Team (32.5); Mike Scott 8.4; Akil draw appearance: 2011. Scoring: Team (76.7); Anthony Davis 14.3; Chace Stanback 12.7; Anthony Marshall Jason Brickman 9.7; Michael Culpo 9.6. record, in the Southern Conference title Mitchell 4.4; Joe Harris 3.9. game. And remember the Wildcats beat Assists/Turnovers: Team (12.3/11.4); Jontel Doron Lamb 13.2; Terrence Jones 12.5; 12.1; Oscar Bellfield 9.8. Rebounds: Team (38.6); Julian Boyd 9.5; By COLIN FLY Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 11.8; Darius Miller Rebounds: Team (37.8); Mike Moser 10.6; Jamal Olasewere 7.5. Kansas on a neutral court in December. Evans 3.8/2.4; Sammy Zeglinski 2.6/1.7. 3-pointers: Team (.337); Sammy Zeglinski 9.6; Marquis Teague 9.4. Anthony Marshall 5.1; Chace Stanback 4.5. Assists/Turnovers: Team (14.8/16.2); Jason ——— AP Sports Writer Rebounds: Team (39.1); Anthony Davis Assists/Turnovers: Team (17.7/13.5); Oscar Brickman 7.3/3.8; C.J. Garner 3.4/2.2. Murray St. 57; Joe Harris 49. 3-pointers: Team (.368); Michael Culpo 70; Murray, Ky., 30-1. Last Ten: 4-6. 10.0; Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 7.6; Terrence Bellfield 5.3/2.4; Anthony Marshall 4.6/3.1; Murray State coach Steve Jones 7.0. Mike Moser 2.3/2.9. Jason Brickman 51; Brandon Thompson Nickname: Racers. Coach: Steve Prohm. The Skinny: The Cavaliers’ 22 regular-sea- Assists/Turnovers: Team (13.2/11.4); Mar- 3-pointers: Team (.370); Chace Stanback 30. Conference: Ohio Valley. Bid: OVC cham- son wins were their most since 25 in 1982- Prohm was more than will- quis Teague 4.8/2.8; Darius Miller 2.1/1.6; 78; Oscar Bellfield 63; Mike Moser 42; Last Ten: 9-1. pion. 83, the same year that Virginia and star ing to trade a higher seed in Michael Kidd-Gilchrist 2.0/2.1. Justin Hawkins 37. The Skinny: The Blackbirds count New Region: West. Seed: No. 6. player Ralph Sampson were upset by 3-pointers: Team (.371); Doron Lamb 64; Last Ten: 5-5. York’s most famous basketball fan among Tournament Record: 2-14, 14 years. Last Chaminade early in the season. They also the NCAA tournament for Darius Miller 49; Kyle Wiltier 31. ——— their supporters. Film director Spike Lee appearance: 2010. had seven road wins for the first time since the opportunity to begin play 1986-87, and the 11 straight weeks they Last Ten: 9-1. Colorado was in their little gym on Flatbush Avenue Scoring: Team (74.2); Isaiah Canaan 19.2; in Louisville. So instead of ——— Boulder, 23-11. in Brooklyn when they knocked off Robert Donte Poole 14.2; Ivan Aska 10.9; Jewuan spent in the Top 25 were the most since MVSU Nickname: Buffaloes. Coach: Tad Boyle. Morris to win their second straight North- Long 8.5. 2000-01. dwelling on being given a six Itta Bena, Miss., 21-12. Conference: Pac-12. Bid: Pac-12 champion. east Conference championship. Rebounds: Team (33.3); Ivan Aska 5.7; Ed ——— seed in the West region and a ——— Daniel 5.3; Latreze Mushatt 5.0. Missouri Nickname: Delta Devils. Coach: Sean Region: South. Seed: No. 11. matchup with Colorado Woods. Tournament Record: 9-12, 10 years. Last Memphis Assists/Turnovers: Team (13.0/14.0); Isaiah Columbia, 30-4. Conference: Southwestern Athletic. Bid: appearance: 2003. Memphis, Tenn., 26-8. Canaan 3.7/2.7; Jewuan Long 2.6/2.0; Zay Nickname: Tigers. Coach: Mike Anderson. State, the Racers are focused SWAC champion. Scoring: Team (67.6); Carlon Brown 12.6; Nickname: Tigers. Coach: Josh Pastner. Jackson 2.1/1.5. Conference: Big 12. Bid: Big 12 champion. on playing in their home Region: South. Seed: No. 16. Andre Robderson 11.6; Austin Dufault 10.9; Conference: Conference USA. Bid: CUSA 3-pointers: Team (.406); Isaiah Cannan 95; Region: West. Seed: No. 2. Tournament Record: 0-4, 4 years. Last ap- Spencer Dinwiddie 10.2. champion. Donte Poole 65. Tournament Record: 22-24, 24 years. Last state on Thursday. pearance: 2008. Rebounds: Team (35.7); Andre Roberson Region: West. Seed: No. 8. Last Ten: 9-1. appearance: 2011. “Who knows what goes Scoring: Team (80.3); Marcus Denmon Scoring: Team (68.9); Paul Crosby 13.3; 11.1; Austin Dufault 4.5; Carlon Brown 3.7. Tournament Record: 32-23, 23 years. Last The Skinny: Jewuan Long wears No. 33 as into seedings,” Prohm said. Terrence Joyner 13.2; Cor-J Cox 11.2; Assists/Turnovers: Team (11.7/12.7); Nate NCAA Appearance: 2011. an homage to Scottie Pippin, and like the 17.6; Kim English 14.9; Ricardo Ratliffe Kevin Burwell 9.2; Falando Jones 9.0. Tomlinson 3.3/1.6; Carlon Brown 1.9/1.8. Scoring: Team (75.3); Will Barton 18.1; Joe former Bulls star, he’s a defensive whiz. 13.9; Michael Dixon 13.3; Phil Pressey “At the end of the day, (we’re) Rebounds: Team (37.1); Paul Cosby 7.4; 3-pointers: Team (.343); Carlon Brown 41; Jackson 11.1; Tarik Black 10.9; Chris Then there’s Steve Prohm, who took over 10.0. excited about being in Crawford 9.3; Adonis Thomas 9.0. after Billy Kennedy left for Texas A&M and Rebounds: Team (32.2); Ricardo Ratliffe Cor-J Cox 6.7; Amos Studivant 5.7; Falando Spencer Dinwiddie 41; Nate Tomlinson 36. Louisville. If they put as a six Jones 4.4. Last Ten: 7-3. Rebounds: Team (34.4); Will Barton 8.1; rattled off 23 consecutive wins to start his 7.5; Marcus Denmon 5.1; Kim English 4.2. Assists/Turnovers: Team (13.3/14.5); Kevin ——— Tarik Black 4.9; Wesley Weatherspoon 3.7. first season as a head coach. This is a team Assists/Turnovers: Team (16.2/10.3); Phil seed because of location, I Burwell 4.4/2.0; Terrence Joyner 2.6/2.1; Baylor Assists/Turnovers: Team (14.8/12.7); Chris that nobody wants to face in March. Pressey 6.3/2.4; Michael Dixon 3.3/1.6; hope we do have 7, 8,000, Falando Jones 2.2/2.0. Waco, Texas, 27-7. Crawford 3.9/2.1; Joe Jackson 3.8/2.5; Will ——— Marcus Demon 2.1/1.2. 3-pointers: Team (.328); Terrence Joyner Nickname: Bears. Coach: Scott Drew. Barton 3.0/2.1. Colorado State 3-pointers: Team (.395); Marcus Denmon 9,000 fans from Murray come 69; Kevin Burwell 44; Paul Crosby 36; Cor- Conference: Big 12 . Bid: At large. 3-pointers: Team (.369); Chris Crawford 51; Fort Collins, 20-11. 95; Kim English 78; Michael Dixon 46; Phil over and support us.” Pressey 34. J Cox 30. Region: South. Seed: No. 3. Will Barton 35; Antonio Barton 30. Nickname: Rams. Coach: Tim Miles. Murray State (30-1) fin- Last Ten: 9-1. Tournament Record: 6-8, 6 years. Last ap- Last Ten: 9-1. Conference: Mountain West. Bid: At large. Last Ten: 9-1. pearance: 2010. The Skinny: The Tigers led Conference USA Region: West. Seed: No. 11. The Skinny: Pick your poison. Kim English ished the regular season ——— Western Kentucky Scoring: Team (74.9); Perry Jones III 14.0; in scoring, field goal percentage and man- Tournament Record: 3-9, 8 years. Last ap- hit 20 of his first 23 field-goal attempts in ranked 11th and is the only aged to shoot better than 71 percent from pearance: 2003.