NCAA Tournament: Elite 8 Results/Highlights
Writing by Igor Ivanov on Monday, 31 of March , 2008 at 1:50 pm
History has been made at the NCAA men’s basketball Tournament. All four No. 1 seeds are in the Final Four.
This year’s top seeds happen to be four outstanding basketball teams. But their perilous journey to get here explains why this has never been done before. In the Elite Eight round, Kansas (-9.5) held off the plucky No. 10 Davidson Wildcats 59-57. After earlier scares for UCLA and Memphis, that leaves the North Carolina Tar Heels as the only team taking a 4-0 ATS record into the Final Four.
North Carolina has shown no mercy during March Madness. Their 83-73 win over the very strong Louisville Cardinals (-5.5) wasn’t without its rough patches, as the Cards erased a 12-point halftime deficit to tie the score. This time, though, the Tar Heels stood firm and pulled away at the end. Last year’s loss to Georgetown must have inspired them – or perhaps it was the fans in Raleigh and Charlotte.
Category: NCAA basketball
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