The Washington Huskies had a nifty comeback but fell just short of Purdue, 76-74, meaning it will be "Boilermakers-Huskies" instead of "Huskies-Huskies" as Purdue, and not Washington, will take the West's top seed, Connecticut, in the regional semifinal Thursday night in Glendale, Ariz.
So, after the Huskies and UCLA have bitten it, the Pacific 10 Conference is down to Arizona State, Arizona and USC, which takes on Syracuse, Cleveland State and Michigan State, respectively.
Blake Griffin -- what a stud! He went for 33 points and 17 rebounds in Oklahoma's 73-63 South Regional win over Michigan in Kansas City.
He is so much the best player in the country that I couldn't come up with an obviously choice for second best. The Sooners get Syracuse or Arizona State Friday night in Memphis. Either zone is going to have a tough time slowing him down.
Ty Lawson played for North Carolina despite he sore right toe. He didn't play in the ACC Tournament and missed the team's tourney opener against Radford Thursday. The Tar Heels wouldn't have beaten LSU without him today. Tyler Hansbrough demonstrated all of the limitations today that will hurt him on the NBA level: He can't guard people away from the hoop (Tasmin Mitchell dominated him out on the floor) and he struggles to score against "length" inside.
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