NCAA Tournament Scores: VCU Surprising Purdue, Lead By 10 At Halftime
We know that George Mason won’t be this year’s George Mason. Could CAA rival VCU step into the void? The No. 11 seeded Rams, who already defeated USC and Georgetown, now have a 42-32 halftime lead over No. 3 seed Purdue, with the winner earning a bid to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA bracket.
The Rams ripped off a 17-2 run midway through the half, and led by as many as 13 points. The Rams are still shooting the lights out, hitting 50 percent of their field goals. Brandon Rozzell and Bradford Burgess have 10 points each for Shaka Smart’s club, who was a highly-criticized at-large selection.
Read Article >NCAA Bracket 2011: No. 3 Purdue Vs. No. 11 VCU
The Southwest Region of the 2011 NCAA Tournament Bracket is the most upset-ravaged of them all. Can VCU, the only team with two wins through the Second Round of this March Madness, put another jagged line on the 2011 NCAA Tournament schedule with a win over Purdue? We’ll find out at 7:10 p.m. Eastern from Chicago with Spiro Dedes and Bob Wenzel on the call for TBS.
The Boilermakers have been one of the less-discussed elite teams in college basketball all season; thank Robbie Hummel’s torn ACL for that. But Purdue has been quietly excellent all year, and housed St. Peter’s 65-43 in the Second Round. Seniors E’Twaun Moore and JaJuan Johnson key the Boilers, who look to one or the other on more than half of their offensive possessions. And Purdue’s defense has been superb, only allowing more than 70 points in one nightmarish trip to Columbus to play Ohio State. Fun wrinkle: if Purdue and Richmond meet in the Elite Eight, it will be a rematch of a game from last November ... that the Spiders won.
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