Stephon Castle had 16 points and 11 rebounds for top-seeded UConn and the defending NCAA champion advanced to the Elite Eight with another double-digit victory, beating San Diego State 82-52 on Thursday night in a rematch of last year’s title game.
The rematch of last year's national championship ended up as the Huskies' ninth straight double-digit March Madness win.
Mar. 28—DETROIT — It's one of the only obstacles Gonzaga hasn't hurdled in 25 years on college basketball's national stage. The Bulldogs have played in 25 consecutive NCAA Tournaments, 14 Sweet 16s — only UCLA (1967-80) and North Carolina (1981-93) had longer streaks than Gonzaga's current nine-year run — six Elite Eights and two national championship games. Nine times they have run into No. 1 ...
Mar. 28—DETROIT — Gonzaga's experienced lots of growth since its last run-in with Zach Edey and Purdue four months ago at the Maui Invitational. Four inches and 38 pounds, to be exact. That's the height/weight discrepancy between freshman wing Dusty Stromer and junior forward Ben Gregg, the players who traded spots in Gonzaga's starting lineup in mid-January. The change Gonzaga made midway ...