Lazar Hayward's 3-pointer from the right corner with three seconds to go increased Marquette's lead to four points, at 33-39, over Kentucky at intermission.
The game has been exacty as promoted: a half-court, defensive struggle between a couple of teams that don't jump shoot the ball particularly well.
The only surprise among the first three games completed today was in Michigan State beating Temple in Denver in a South Regional, 72-61. I thought the Owls would be a lot more competitive.
Xavier turned in a nice final nine or 10 minutes to come from 11 points down to ended Georgia's nifty little post-season run, 73-61, in Washington, D.C.
And No. 1 Midwest seed Kansas' game with Portland State in Omaha went about to script: Jayhawks 85, Vikings 61. Don't be surprised to see Oregon State make an effort to hire PSU's Ken Bone as its next head coach.
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