College hoops Saturday: Duke - Miami headlines loaded start to March

Baylor initially thought it would have the final possession of the game, but the Bears threw a baseball pass the length of the court - and it sailed out of bounds untouched. That gave the ball back to the Wildcats with exactly one second left, setting up the game winner:

Miami coach Jim Larranaga is now 2-1 against Duke.

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New Mexico set the tone early against Wyoming on Saturday and did not let the pace ever get away; the slowed tempo has proven to play into New Mexico’s strength. But the Lobos can also win high-scoring games as they did in a 91-82 win at Colorado State on Feb. 23.

The Lobos have won five straight games headed into the last week of their regular season.

UCF fought back quickly, using a 9-0 run to tie the game at 38 apiece with 15:48 remaining. After a timeout, Memphis reacted with a flurry, led by seven quick points from Joe Jackson, to take a double-digit lead just four minutes later.

Jackson was ejected with 19.6 remaining after shoving a UCF player. Several plays earlier, he got into a separate dust-up with a couple of Knights.

Louisville (24-5, 12-4 Big East) took a 23-19 lead into the break, and the game went back and forth throughout much of the second half. The Cardinals appeared on the verge of breaking things open, taking a 47-40 lead with just over five minutes to play. The Orange (22-7, 10-6 Big East) responded with an 8-0 run to take a brief 48-47 lead, but went scoreless over the next two-plus minutes. Louisville knocked down 7-of-8 free throws in the final minute to seal the game.

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With the Rams up by seven points early in the first half, Daniels scored nine straight points, burying two three-pointers and a trio of free throws in a 1:19 span to extend VCU’s lead to 22-10. The Rams continued their offensive onslaught, taking a 24-point lead into the break after Treveon Graham’s three-pointer just before the halftime buzzer.

Despite owning a commanding lead, VCU didn’t stop at the break, embarking on a 13-0 run in the latter part of the second half to take a 31-point advantage with less than six minutes remaining.

This is absolutely the most important news of the day:

Yes, that’s UCLA head coach Ben Howland. Yes, he visited students camping out for today’s game. Yes, he played beer pong. No, we’re not sure if he was drinking. Yes, this is awesome either way.