Selection Sunday merely 2 days away, nevertheless there’s plenty of college basketball exercise to remain on high of on seminar occasion weekend break.
Beyond that, there are plenty of numerous different important video video games at hand. Auburn, Michigan State, Houston andSt John’s are carried out in exercise as opponents strive the entrance runner line within the NCAA tournament.
Here are all of the video video games we’ll be sustaining an in depth eye onFriday (Scroll for on-line updates.)
Friday’s splendid video video games:
ACC
No 1 Duke vs. UNC, 7 p.m.|ESPN or ESPN2 No 13 Louisville vs.No 10 Clemson, 9:30 p.m.|ESPN or ESPN 2
Big 12
No 2 Houston vs.No 17 BYU, 7 p.m.|ESPN/ESPN2 No 9 Texas Tech vs. Arizona, 9:30 p.m.|ESPN/ESPN2
SEC
No 3 Auburn vs. Ole Miss, 1 p.m.|ESPN No 8 Tennessee vs. Texas, 3:30 p.m.|ESPN No 4 Florida vs.No 21 Missouri, 7 p.m.|SECN No 15 Kentucky vs.No 5 Alabama, 9:30 p.m.|SECN
Big East
No 6St John’s vs.No 25 Marquette, 6:30 p.m.|Fox Creighton vs. UConn, 9 p.m.|Fox
Big Ten
Michigan State 74, Oregon 64 No. 18 Wisconsin vs. UCLA, 2:30 p.m.|Big Ten Network No. 11 Maryland vs.No 24 Illinois, 6:30 p.m.|Big Ten Network No. 20 Purdue vs.No 22 Michigan, 9 p.m.|Big Ten Network
Best of the rest
No 16 Memphis vs. Wichita State, 1 p.m.|ESPN2 Boise State vs. New Mexico, 9:30 p.m.|CBSSN
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Ole Miss is beginning to uncover its shot and is sticking close to Auburn subsequently. A Dre Davis shuts the Rebels to inside 43-37 on the 12:48 mark of the 2nd fifty %.
HALFTIME: Memphis 39, Wichita State 39
In the AAC occasion, Memphis and Wichita State are related 39-39 at halftime. The Tigers fell again 20-10 components, nevertheless rallied previous to the break.
PJ Haggerty has 21 for the Tigers, whereas Bijan Cortes leads the Shockers with 11.
FINAL: Michigan State 74, Oregon 64
Michigan State is on to the Big Ten semifinals after sending off Oregon, 74-64. They will definitely encounter the champion of this mid-day’s Wisconsin- UCLA competitors.
Jase Richardson led the Spartans with 17 components, complied with by 12 from Jaden Akins.
Nate Bittle racked up a game-high 22 components for Oregon with 11 rebounds. But the Ducks simply had 2 avid gamers rack up in twin numbers with TJ Bamba tallying 11.
Back to Indianapolis, an extra Coen Carr dunk locations Michigan State up 68-57 with 3:24 persevering with to be and Oregon is missing time to make a run.
HALFTIME: Auburn 29, Ole Miss 22
Ole Miss enters into the fifty % with a season-low 22 components, firing 27% from the flooring. However, Auburn is taking pictures 36%, which has truly prevented them from creating an enormous lead.
Rebels coach Chris Beard may actually really feel respectable concerning his group’s potentialities with simply being down by 7 whatever the capturing issues.
Ole Miss is battling to fireplace, not merely from 3-point array. The Rebels are firing 7-of-25 (28%) from the flooring. Despite that, Auburn hasn’t retreated. But it’s mosting more likely to be powerful for Ole Miss in the event that they can’t fireplace significantly better and produce some easy baskets off missed out on pictures and switch overs.
Auburn expands trigger 27-18 with 3:09 left within the very first fifty %.
Ole Miss has truly struck 1 of its final 8 shot efforts.
Ole Miss has truly gone chilly from 3-point array contemplating that Davon Barnes offered the Rebels a 14-13 lead. They’re 3-for-13 from prolonged array with merely underneath 4 minutes persevering with to be within the very first fifty %. That’s enabled Auburn to provide some vary with a 24-18 lead.
Over in Nashville, Davon Barnes struck a 3 to supply Ole Miss a 14-13 lead. But Auburn hasn’t flinched, making 4 cost-free tosses together with pictures from Ja’Heim Hudson and Chad Baker-Mazara to extend 20-16.
Johni Broome is mosting more likely to the bench for a the rest, which could provide a chance for the Rebels.
Frankie Fidler has truly aided Michigan State reclaim its lead over Oregon, placing a 3 for a 53-43 margin. A Coen Carr put-back dunk moreover offered the Spartans a rise all through their run.
Ole Miss took an 11-6 lead over Auburn on a Jaemyn Brakefield 3-pointer. But the Tigers have truly returned to hyperlink ball sport, powered by 5 components from Johni Broome.
Oregon is off to a 11-2 go to start out the 2nd fifty %, decreasing the Michigan State trigger 44-43 after a Keeshawn Barthelemy 3-pointer.
Denver Jones begins heat for Auburn, tearing down 2 3-pointers. The Tigers are related 6-6 with Ole Miss early.
Ole Miss and Auburn will tip off their SEC occasion quarterfinal. The Rebels are proper right here after Sean Padulla’s buzzer-beating 3 beat Arkansas on Thursday.
HALFTIME: Michigan State 42, Oregon 32
The Spartans shut the very first fifty % on an 11-2 run topped by a Carson Cooper jumper. That positioned some vary in between them and Oregon because the Ducks have been remaining shut.
Jaden Akins missed out on an edge 3 previous to the buzzer that would definitely’ve made the MSU followers seem.
The Spartans are nonetheless firing 4-of-6 from 3. Seven offending rebounds for MSU would be the distinction within the very first fifty %.
Michigan State could also be retreating as halftime strategies. Jase Richardson strikes a 3 to supply the Spartans a 40-32 lead with 1:17 left previous to the break.
Jaden Akins gives MSU a five-point lead on a take and soak.
Oregon isn’t vanishing, nonetheless, as Nate Bittle makes a shot proper afterwards.
Michigan State again on the highest, 31-28, after baskets byJeremy Fears Jr and Carson Cooper.
TJ Bamba strikes a 3 to supply Oregon a 28-27 lead over Michigan State with 6:22 persevering with to be within the very first fifty %.
Coen Carr misses out on an alley-oop dunk for Michigan State and Oregon transforms that proper right into a basket with a fast-break layup by Jackson Shelstad, decreasing the Spartans’ trigger 20-19.
Coen Carr blew a dunk?! Heading outdoors to see if pigs are flying.
— Brandon Champion: Low Ego, High Output (@Brandon thaChamp) March 14, 2025
