College Hoops The Road To The Final Four: Vermont Over Syracuse & Bucknell Takes Down Kansas, It's Upset City Baby!

14th-Seed Bucknell Stuns No. 3 Kansas

OKLAHOMA CITY (Sports Network) - Bucknell's Chris McNaughton banked in a hook shot with 10.5 seconds left and Kansas' Wayne Simien missed a jumper from the foul line as time expired, as the Bison stunned the Jayhawks, 64-63, in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Kevin Bettencourt scored 19 points and Charles Lee added 15 for Bucknell (23-9), which advanced to take on Wisconsin in a second-round matchup Sunday.

Bucknell became the first-ever team out of the Patriot League to earn an NCAA Tournament victory and the first No. 14 seed to win a first-round game since Weber State defeated North Carolina in 1999. More>>>

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No. 13 Vermont Upsets Fourth-Seed Syracuse

WORCESTER, Mass. (Sports Network) - Germain Mopa Njila and T.J. Sorrentine drained clutch three-pointers in overtime, and Vermont held on for a thrilling 60-57 upset of Syracuse in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Njila scored 20 points and Sorrentine had 17 for the 13th-seeded Catamounts (25-6), who picked up their first Tournament win ever and first victory over a ranked team since 1950.

Conference-champion Vermont is also the first team from America East to win in the tourney since 1996 when Drexel knocked off Memphis in the first round. More>>>

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posted by ADMIN @ Saturday, March 19, 2005