Today's Games (NCAA Tournament) Mar. 29

ELITE EIGHT!

MIDWEST
Louisville 52, Michigan St. 64

SOUTH
N. Carolina 72, Oklahoma 60

Today's Games (NCAA Tournament) Mar. 28

ELITE EIGHT!

WEST
UConn 82, Mizzou 75

EAST
Pitt 76 Villanova 78

Today's Games (NCAA Tournament) Mar. 27

SWEET 16!

MIDWEST

Louisville 103, Arizona 64
Michigan St. 67, Kansas 62

SOUTH

Oklahoma 84, Syracuse 71
North Carolina 98, Gonzaga 77

Today's Games (NCAA Tournament) Mar. 26

SWEET 16!

WEST
Connecticut 72, Purdue 60
Memphis 91, Missouri 102

EAST
Pitt 60, Xavier 55
Duke 54, Villanova 77

Arkansas schedules Oklahoma and Texas

Although the Arkansas' complete non-conference schedule will not be released until August or September, Arkansas coach, John Pelphrey, say that the Hogs will play Oklahoma in Norman, Okla., and Texas at home next year. Arkansas will finish the current series with Texas in 2010 in Austin. Oklahoma also owes Arkansas a home game in 2010.

Today's Games (NIT), March 20

(1) Florida 74, (4) Miami 60
(1) Auburn 74, (4) Tulsa 55
(1) San Diego St. 70, (4) Kansas St. 52

Today's Games (NCAA Tournament), Mar. 20

(3) Syracuse 59 , (14) Stephen F. Austin 44
(8) Oklahoma St. 77, (9) Tennessee 75
(6) Marquette 58, (11) Utah St. 57
(3) Kansas 84, (14) North Dakota St. 74
(6) Arizona St. 66, (11) Temple 57
(1) Pittsburgh 72, (16) East Tennessee St. 62
(3) Missouri 78, (14) Cornell 59
(6) W. Virgina 60, (11) Dayton 68
(1) Louisville 74, (16) Morehead St. 54
(5) Utah 71, (12) Arizona 84
(7) Boston College 55, (10) USC 72
(4) Xaiver 77, (13) Portland St. 59
(8) Ohio St. 72, (9) Siena 74 2OT
(4) Wake Forest 69, (13) Cleveland St. 84
(2) Michigan St. 77 (15) Robert Morris 52
(5) Florida St. 59 (12) Wisconsin 61 OT

New Topics

Since none of the Arkansas teams made the cut, I will be covering the NCAA Tournament until the final game on April 6. I also will be covering a bit of the NIT. I will post scoring updates on every game in the tournament. Also, all games can be seen on ncaa.com or on CBS.

Arkansas loses to Flordia in SEC Tournament

Mike Washington had a double-double, although the Gators beat Arkansas 73-58. Mike Washington lead the Hogs in both points, 15, and rebounds, 18. Courtney Fortson scored 9 points, 3 rebounds in the loss. The Hogs shot 42% from the field and 88% from the line. Nick Calathes scored
11 points for Florida.

UALR is eliminated from Sun Belt Tournament

UALR lost to S. Alabama Monday night, 54-44. The loss eliminated UALR from the conference tournament. John Fowler had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds. UALR shot 26.2% from the field and 17% from behind the arc, making 4-23. The Trojans will have to await and see if they get a NIT or NCAA Tournament bid.

My Rankings (Mar. 9)

1. Memphis
2. N. Carolina
3. Louisville
4. Pitt
5. UConn
6. Michigan St.
7. Wake Forest
8. Kansas
9. Michigan St.
10. Duke
11. Oklahoma
12. Missouri
13. Gonzaga
14. Villanova
15. Butler
16. LSU
17. Clemson
18. Syracuse
19. UCLA
20. Arizona St.
21. Auburn
22. Marquette
23. St. Mary's
24. Utah St.
25. Illinois

UALR wins thriller

UALR beat the Denver Pioneers 58-55 Sunday night at the Hot Springs Convention Center. The Trojans advanced to the semi-finals of the Sun Belt Tournament. John Fowler won the game with 44 seconds left with a 3-pointer to give the Trojans their first lead of the half, 58-55. The Pioneers then shot the ball with 6 seconds left, missed, and UALR got the rebound. The Pioneers sent the Trojans to the line with 6 seconds left, and missed the free-throw. Denver got the rebound and dribbled to mid-court and shot. The ball hit the rim and bounced off for a Trojans win. The Trojans will face the winner of Troy and So. Alabama in Hot Springs on Monday at 9:00 pm.

Arkansas loses again in OT

Arkansas blew a 9 point halftime lead Wednesday night for a 98-91 loss to Ole Miss. Courtney Fortson had a double-double with 18 points, 13 rebounds, and 5 assists. Roteni Clark had 19 points and Micheal Washington had 16. Arkansas will finish the season on Saturday at Vanderbilt. The game will be televised by Raycom Sports on Channel 7.

Arkansas 89, Georgia 67

Ronde Clarke lead the Razorbacks to their second win of SEC play Sunday with 19 points, including 4 threes. Micheal Washington had 17 points and 13 rebounds. On Sunday, not only did the Razorbacks win, but the Razorbacks celebrated a 15 year National Championship reunion. Thompkins led the Bulldogs with 20 points and 8 rebounds. The Razorbacks next game is against Ole Miss in Fayetville.

Red Wolves 63, ULM 64

ULM's Dynile Forbes hit two free throws with nine-seconds remaining in the game to give the Warhawks a one point lead to defeat the Arkansas State men's basketball team 64-63 in their final regular-season game. The Red Wolves will have to await the N.Texas/Denver game to find out who'll they will play. If Denver wins they will play Denver. If N.Texas wins they will play S. Alabama. Daniel Boone had led the Red Wolves with 18 points. Malcolm Thomas scored 18 for the Warhawks.

UALR 67, UL-Layfette 60

The Trojans finished the season on a high note with a win over Louisiana-Layfette Saturday at the Jack Stephens Center. With the win UALR got part of the Sun Belt title, along with Western Kentucky. UL-Layfette came as close as 2 points in the second half. John Fowler led the Trojans with 17 points. Also scoring in double digits were Trojan Mike Smith with 14, and ULL's Chris Gradnigo with 17. UALR will play the winner of Denver and New Orleans on Sunday, March 8 in Hot Springs.