Connecticut and Dayton, two of the eight schools participating in the 2014 Puerto Rico Tip-Off, captured a pair of victories in overtime Thursday in the NCAA Championships at Buffalo, N. Y. After 11th-seeded Dayton posted the first upset of the 2014 Championships with a 60-59 win over sixth-seeded Ohio State, seventh-seeded UConn outlasted 10th-seeded Saint Joseph's 89-81. With the victories, Dayton challenges third-seeded Syracuse before Connecticut meets second-seeded Villanova in a pair of Saturday games in Buffalo.
New Mexico, the third of three PRTO's schools in the NCAA Championships, opens play Friday against Stanford (1:40 p.m. ET on TBS) in St. Louis. Texas A&M is also competing in the post-season and plays a College Basketball Insider game Monday at Illinois State (9 p.m., CBS Sports Network).
Other schools in the 2014 Puerto Rico Tip-Off are Boston College, College of Charleston, George Mason and West Virginia.
While the season for BC, Charleston and Mason ended in the conference
tournaments, West Virginia competed in the NIT. The Mountaineers
were eliminated earlier this week by 2013 Puerto Rico Tip-Off
participant Georgetown. The eighth annual Puerto Rico Tip-Off will be
played November 20, 21 and 23.
Here are web clips from the Connecticut win.
UConn outlasts Saint Joseph's in 89-81 OT win
Boston.com - 1 hour ago
The Associated Press Connecticut's Shabazz Napier drives to the
basket during the second half of a second-round game against Saint
Joseph's in the NCAA college basketball tournament in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Nick LoVerde).
New York Times - 1 hour ago
BUFFALO — The Connecticut Huskies framed their postseason —
actually, their entire season — around the fact that last year they
watched the N.C.A.A. tournament from home, barred from the most
significant party in college basketball. This was their ...
FOXSports.com - 1 hour ago
Shaking off a 23-foot miss at the second-half buzzer, Napier scored nine of his 24 points in overtime to lead seventh-seeded UConn (27-8) to an 89-81 win over 10th-seeded Saint Joseph's (24-10) in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Thursday ...
With soccer in his past, Brimah gets a kick out of helping UConn advance
Buffalo News (blog) - 53 minutes ago
The 7-foot freshman center, who has been playing basketball for only four years, is a big reason why UConn
survived a scare from Saint Joseph's and escaped with a 89-81 victory
tonight in First Niagara Center. With his team down three points in the
final ...
Game report: UConn defeats St. Joseph in OT
CT Post - 1 hour ago
BUFFALO, NY - MARCH 20: Shabazz Napier #13 of the Connecticut Huskies drives to the basket against the Saint Joseph's Hawks during the second round of the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the First Niagara Center on March 20, 2014 in ...
Yahoo Sports (blog) - 2 minutes ago
Mar 20, 2014; Buffalo, NY, USA; Connecticut Huskies center Amida Brimah (35) works to the basket against Saint Joseph's Hawks in the second half of a men's college basketball game during the second round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament at First Niagara ...
Bradenton Herald - 33 minutes ago
Connecticut's Ryan Boatright (11) drives past Saint Joseph's
Ronald Roberts Jr. (13) and Langston Galloway (10) during the first
half of a second-round game in the NCAA college basketball tournament in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, March 20, 2014. FRANK ...
NBC Connecticut (blog) - 27 minutes ago
BUFFALO, NY - MARCH 20: DeAndre Daniels #2 celebrates with Shabazz Napier #13 of the Connecticut Huskies after defeating the Saint Joseph's Hawks 89-81 in the second round of the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the First Niagara Center ...
Fresno Bee - Mar 19, 2014
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Connecticut is back in the NCAA tournament
after a one-year absence, and Jim Calhoun will settle on being happy to
be along for the ride. The three-time national champion and long-time
coach of the Huskies won't be in his familiar place ...
Hartford Courant - 12 hours ago
"I went through that whole time last year about doing what I wanted to do," said Smith, who prepped at South Kent School in Connecticut. "I had almost done ... It's more than just being on the basketball court and making shots. It's about them becoming men.".
CBS Local - 1 hour ago
Halil Kanacevic #45 of the Saint Joseph's Hawks drives to the basket as Niels Giffey #5 of the Connecticut Huskies defends during the second round of the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the First Niagara Center on March 20, 2014 in Buffalo, ...
Rhody Rampage - 17 minutes ago
Atlantic 10 Basketball: UConn Outlasts Saint Joseph's in NCAA Tournament ...
The Saint Joseph's Hawks made a bid for the second-straight A-10 upset
in the 2014 NCAA Tournament, but they came up just short against the Connecticut Huskies.
UConn 89, Saint Joseph's 81: Huskies hold off Hawks in overtime
Philahoops - 1 hour ago
After St. Joe's had stretched their lead to seven early in the second stanza, UConn made its first run, taking its first lead of the second half on a Napier three-point play. Minutes later ... James Hill covers Saint Joseph's basketball for Philahoops. Reach him at ...
Bleacher Report - 16 hours ago
If the squad is going to make a run now upon its triumphant return to the Big Dance, Napier will have to play his best basketball yet. The senior guard has certainly not been playing poorly, as he put the team on his ... While the 6'1”, 180-pound guard did his best to impact the game in other ways, notably grabbing nine boards, it's clear that UConn
has little chance of beating quality opponents when Napier can't get
his shot to fall. Regardless, Napier has been great much more often than
he has been anything else this ...
The UConn Blog (blog) - 25 minutes ago
For a while it also looked like UConn was going to once again fall to a less talented team because they just simply knew how to play basketball. In a lot of ways St. Joe's reminded me of SMU - smart offensive sets, good, tough defensive, and a patience that ...
Buffalo News - Mar 19, 2014
UConn will face Saint Joseph's today after sitting out last year's tournament because of academic sanctions. “I'm happy to have us ... “We were just talking in the back about how big Division III basketball is up here in upstate New York. I think it's bigger than ...
Other schools entered in the 2014 Puerto Rico Tip-Off (November 20, 21 and 23) competing in the NCAA Championships are Connecticut and New Mexico. . Connecticut opens play tonight versus. Saint Joseph's (6:55 p.m. ET on TBS) in Buffalo. New Mexico begins NCAA play Friday against Stanford (1:40 p.m. ET on TBS) in St. Louis.
Texas A&M is also competing in the post-season and plays a College Basketball Insider game Monday at Illinois State. Other schools in the 2014 Puerto Rico Tip-Off are Boston College, College of Charleston, George Mason and West Virginia. The season's for BC, Charleston and Mason ended in the conference tournaments. West Virginia competed in the NIT, but was eliminated earlier this week by 2013 Puerto Rico Tip-Off participant Georgetown.
Sanford lifts Dayton to 60-59 win over Ohio State
Boston.com - 1 hour ago
The Associated Press Ohio State's Aaron Craft (4) and Dayton's Jordan Sibert (24) fight for control of the ball during the first half of a second-round game in the NCAA college basketball tournament in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Bill ...
FOXSports.com - 3 hours ago
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Dayton is re-configuring the college basketball map in Ohio. It no longer runs through Columbus after Vee Sanford's layup with 3.8 seconds left secured 11th-seeded Dayton's 60-59 victory over sixth-seeded Ohio State in the second round of ...
The Star-Ledger - 2 hours ago
So Dayton's assistant director of basketball
operations sorted through the mess of bodies until he found Vee Sanford.
He embraced the kid who had hit the game-winning shot. "He's a guy
who's overcome a lot of adversity," Farrell said in a quiet moment in
the ...
Bradenton Herald - 1 hour ago
Vee Sanford's runner in the closing seconds gave Dayton the
lead and Aaron Craft's driving shot at the buzzer rolled off the rim, as
the Flyers pulled off a 60-59 victory over Ohio State in the opening
game of the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Dayton ...
CBS News - 2 hours ago
The Dayton Flyers celebrate after defeating the Ohio State Buckeyes 60-59 in the second round of the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the First Niagara Center on March 20, 2014 in Buffalo, New York. Elsa, Getty Images. Shares. Tweets; Stumble.
Chicago Sun-Times - 2 hours ago
Dayton fans cheer during of a second-round game of the NCAA college basketball
tournament against Ohio State in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, March 20,
2014. (AP Photo/The Buffalo News, John Hickey) TV OUT; MAGS OUT;
MANDATORY CREDIT; BATAVIA ...
Businessweek - 1 hour ago
Harvard University won its men's college basketball national tournament opener for the second straight year, beating the University of Cincinnati 61-57. Elsewhere, No. 11 seed Dayton upset No. 6 seed Ohio State 60-59 as Vee Sanford made a running shot ...
CBSSports.com - 2 hours ago
By Matt Norlander | College Basketball Writer. March 20, 2014 2:33 PM ET. Dayton's
win over Ohio State in the first game of the Round of 64 ended the
dream of a perfect bracket pretty quickly for a majority of
CBSSports.com users. We had 81 percent of ...
New York Times - 2 hours ago
Craft has had one of the more captivating careers in college basketball
— on-court charisma fused with a regional celebrity status broaching
territory reserved for the likes of Tim Tebow and Johnny Manziel. His
four-year run had one more magic moment left in ...
TIME - 2 hours ago
NCAA Dayton Ohio State Basketball Ohio State's Aaron Craft (4) defends as Dayton's Scoochie Smith (11) tries to inbound the ball during the second half of a second-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, March ...
Rhody Rampage - 2 hours ago
Mar 20, 2014; Buffalo, NY, USA; Dayton Flyers forward Devin Oliver (5) shoots against Ohio State Buckeyes in the second half of a men's college basketball game during the second round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament at First Niagara Center. Mandatory ...
The Globe and Mail - 3 hours ago
Sam Thompson led Ohio State with 18 points, and Craft scored 16. Craft had no time for questions about whether Dayton can stake claim to being the state's better basketball school for one year at least. “Sorry, I have zero thoughts on that right now,” he said.
ESPN - 1 hour ago
Craft had no time for questions about whether Dayton can stake claim to being the state's better basketball school for one year at least. [+] Enlarge. Dayton Celebration. Kevin Hoffman/USA TODAY Sports. No. 11 Dayton pulled off the first upset of the NCAA ...
The Times-Picayune - 2 hours ago
Dayton's Dyshawn Pierre (21) knocks the ball away from Ohio
State's Lenzelle Smith Jr. (32) during the first half of a second-round
game in the NCAA college basketball tournament in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, March 20, 2014. (AP Photo/Bill Wippert). Print.
Los Angeles Daily News - 2 hours ago
Dayton teammates embrace Vee Sanford, center, after defeating Ohio State in a second-round game in the NCAA college basketball tournament Thursday in Buffalo, N.Y. Sanford scored on a layup with 3.8 seconds left to lift 11th-seeded Dayton to a 60-59 ...
ESPN (blog) - 1 hour ago
Elsa/Getty Images Dayton's Vee Sanford scored 10 points,
including the game winner, in the Flyers' upset of Ohio State. And this
is also March -- a good hour later, interviews done, locker room closed,
teammates ... For four years, Craft has been the personification
of what people want this college game to be about (excluding, that is,
the folks who find fault with a no-curse, no-drink, straight-A,
heart-on-his-sleeve basketball player). Nearly impeccable in every other part of his life, Craft certainly hasn't been without flaw ...
Bleacher Report - 44 minutes ago
To hear members of the Dayton basketball team tell it, the
Flyers are no one's little brother. So forgive us the analogy that
nonetheless is such a perfect fit in the wake of Dayton's 60-59 upset of
Ohio State in the NCAA tournament on Thursday. Dayton is ...
newtoncitizen - 1 hour ago
Dayton Flyers celebrate after beating Ohio State Buckeyes in the men's college basketball
game during the second round of the 2014 NCAA Tournament at First
Niagara Center. (USA TODAY Sports: Kevin Hoffman). BUFFALO, N.Y. —
Senior guard Vee ...
Dayton Daily News - 1 hour ago
Amedeo Della Valle #33 of the Ohio State Buckeyes and Dyshawn Pierre #21 of the Dayton Flyers battle for a loose ball during the second round of the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the First Niagara Center on March 20, 2014 in Buffalo, New ...
Las Vegas Sun - 5 minutes ago
Syracuse's Trevor Cooney (10) puts up a 3-pointer over Western
Michigan's David Brown (5) in a second-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, March 20, 2014. ... Dayton beat Ohio State 60-59 on Thursday.
WDTN - 43 minutes ago
DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) University of Dayton students cheered loudly as the men's basketball
team tipped off against OSU in the NCAA tournament Thursday. Red Scare
hosted a watch party at the Hangar, a popular hang out on campus. “We're
upsetting ...
Bleacher Report - 3 hours ago
The lead switched hands multiple times inside the final five minutes before Dayton finally held on. College basketball
fans hope it's a sign of plenty more excitement to come over the next
few weeks. Let's check out the scoring summary from the First Niagara ...
MLive.com - 1 hour ago
Jon Peters, of Ohio, gets in the spirit of March Madness before a second-round game of the NCAA college basketball tournament between Ohio State and Dayton in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday. (Associated Press). Print · John Allen, National Desk By John Allen, ...
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Bleacher Report - 1 hour ago
So what should college basketball fans make of the early action from the round of 64? Here's a recap of ... The one-and-done format of the tournament naturally heightens drama, and Dayton ensured that the tourney began with a thriller. After a seesaw final ...
Land-Grant Holy Land - 3 hours ago
Mostly it was ugly basketball with quick explosions of points. Craft was his typically in-control-yet-entirely-out-
Yahoo Eurosport UK - 3 hours ago
The Ohio State Buckeyes bench looks on during the second round of the 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament against the Dayton Flyers at the First Niagara Center on March 20, 2014 in Buffalo, New York. The Dayton Flyers defeated the Ohio State ...
Bleacher Report - 3 hours ago
With every fan carrying a printout of their bracket to work and looking on while hoping it all doesn't crumble, Dayton
opened this year's Dance by eliminating anyone who took Ohio State on a
deep run, ousting the sixth-seeded Buckeyes in a thriller. That game
was picked by some as a potential upset, and it may set ...
Similar stories are told by the likes of Ken Pomeroy, whose advanced
metrics system has helped revolutionize the way we look at college basketball. To put it in the most cliche way possible: Expect the ...
NewsOK.com - 38 minutes ago
Dayton teammates embrace Vee Sanford, center, after defeating Ohio State in a second-round game in the NCAA college basketball tournament against Ohio State in Buffalo, N.Y., Thursday, March 20, 2014. Sanford scored on a layup with 3.8 seconds left to ...
Big Ten Network - 4 hours ago
In the first game of the NCAA men's basketball tournament, No. 11 seed Dayton
upset No. 6 seed Ohio State, 60-59, at the First Niagara Center in
Buffalo. The Buckeyes' Aaron Craft had one last attempt at a
game-winning shot, but it bounced off the rim.
Rant Sports - 3 hours ago
While he probably is Ohio State's best player, you wouldn't have
known he even had many teammates in the final tumultuous minutes of the
Buckeyes' 60-59 loss to the Dayton Flyers on Thursday in the
second round of the NCAA Tournament. In the final 3 minutes, 32 seconds,
Craft hit a layup, missed a free throw, committed a foul, converted a ... any kind of success next season. Ed Morgans is an ACC Basketball Writer for RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter @writered21 and add him to your network on Google.
FanSided - 3 hours ago
It was a back and forth game that came down to the wire and with just under 11 seconds left on the clock, Dayton had possession on an inbounds pass. Ohio State's Aaron Craft had just made a layup to give the Buckeyes the lead and Dayton was down one ...
Sporting Alert - 3 hours ago
Buffalo, New York (Sporting Alert, Box Score) — The 2014 NCAA March Madness men's basketball national tournament opened up with a major upset, as 11th seeded Dayton upsets sixth-seeded Ohio State, 60-59 on Thursday.
MarketWatch (blog) - 3 hours ago
The University of Dayton, the No. 11 seed in the South regional of the NCAA men's basketball
tournament, knocked off an in-state rival, No. 6–seeded Ohio State, to
give the tournament its first round-of-32 entrant and its first upset. Dayton scored on a runner ...
FanSided - 3 hours ago
11 Dayton upending the No. 6 seed Ohio State Buckeyes. Dayton
was able to hit the game-winning shot in the final seconds, to end
nearly everyone's chance at a billion dollar perfect bracket. After the Dayton upset, only 19 percent of brackets in ESPN's ...
Mlive Kalamazoo - 52 minutes ago
Thursday afternoon in Buffalo, N.Y., Oliver helped the Dayton Flyers knock off the Ohio State Buckeyes in the second round of the NCAA tournament. Oliver recorded 11 points and four ... He also finished fifth in the Mr. Basketball voting. Email Justin Dacey at ...
The Elkhart Truth - 3 hours ago
Dayton has recorded the first upset of the NCAA men's basketball
tournament with a 60-59 victory over in-state powerhouse Ohio State on
Vee Sanford's jumper with 4 seconds left. Aaron Craft's last-second
layup for the win rimmed out. The brackets many ...
Sports Interaction - 6 hours ago
It's the emotion and team spirit of college basketball that really gets me. Then, of course, you have the brackets and the office pools and ... Thought a bit about taking Dayton to upset Ohio State, but couldn`t pull the trigger. Buckeyes have that nasty defence.
Boxscore - 2 minutes ago
Sanford's the hero as Dayton Flyers stuns Ohio State Buckeyes at NCAA Basketball Championship. Photo by Jill Vumdeshaer. University of Dayton: BUFFALO (March 20, 2014) – Vee Sanford hit a layup with 3.8 seconds remaining to help the Dayton Flyers ...
Alabama's News Leader - 3 hours ago
The 2014 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament officially got underway Thursday, and the first game ended with the first upset in the round of 64 as 11th-seeded Dayton knocked off 6th-seeded Ohio State. The Flyers downed the in-state foe Buckeyes 60-59 ...
Larry Brown Sports - 2 hours ago
Dyshawn-Prince-celebration The Dayton Flyers were
understandably ecstatic on Thursday when they knocked off No. 6 seed
Ohio State to advance to the third round of the NCAA Tournament. The
victory took 40 minutes of hard-nosed basketball and hustle, ...
durhamregion.com - 2 hours ago
BUFFALO -- Whitby's Dyshawn Pierre hit three consecutive free
throws in the final minute and sank a team-high 12 points as the
11th-seeded Dayton Flyers upset sixth-seeded Ohio State 60-59 in the second round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament ...
Terrapin Station - 5 hours ago
They're probably starting a little earlier now that Dayton is beating Ohio State at halftime 33-30 after a very strong first half of some great transition basketball. Aaron Craft has yet to make his mark on the game yet, but Ohio State is giving up a lot of points (they ...
Mstarz - 2 hours ago
The Buckeyes last six tournament games have seen them lose by a
combined 14 points, showing that they've suffered as much heartbreak as
any NCAA basketball team. The 2014 NBA draft is loaded with top quality NBA-ready prospects, and Aaron Craft ...
Awful Announcing - 3 hours ago
The last minute of the game personifies Craft's place in college basketball fandom and the history books. After making a go-ahead basket on one end, Dayton's Vee Sanford scored over Craft with just over 3 seconds left to give Dayton a 1 point lead. Craft then ...
BuckeyeSports.com (subscription) - 2 hours ago
Thompson led the Buckeyes with 18 points while forward Craft added 16 in his college basketball finale. Sibert, an Ohio State transfer, scored nine points for the Flyers while facing his former team and Pierre led Dayton with 12 points on the day. The first half ...
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