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William Buford scored 18 points, freshman Jared Sullinger added 11, and Ohio State looked every inch the portion of a No. 1 overall ovum in rolling to victory. Playing just a two-hour spin from their Columbus campus, the Buckeyes (33-2) were cheered on by more than 15,000 fans, who made Quicken Loans Arena handle just similarly to home. Ohio State built a 16-point halftime lead, ballooned it to 38 in the substitute half against the No. 16 offspring Roadrunners (20-14).

Devin Gibson scored 24 to leading UTSA. Ohio State will contend in George Mason, a 61-57 title-holder over Villanova, on Sunday. NORTH CAROLINA 102, LONG ISLAND UNIVERSITY 87: Tyler Zeller scored 32 points, John Henson added 28, and North Carolina reach-me-down its oafish largeness to overcame sloppiness in its crop up again to the NCAA Tournament with a mangle over scrappy Long Island University. Harrison Barnes added 24 points and 16 rebounds for the second-seeded Tar Heels (27-7) who in due course wore down the 15th-seeded Blackbirds (27-6). The 2009 NCAA champions, relegated to the NIT at season, advanced to the third straightforward of the East Regional.

Julian Boyd scored 18 points, C.J. Garner added 16 and Jamal Olasewere had 15 for LIU, which faded after rallying to lace with under 5 minutes fist in the to begin half as its nation-best 13-game charming strip was snapped. The 7-footer Zeller and 6-10 Henson kept bewitching peak passes for unexacting layups over smaller LIU to each write rush highs in points.

GEORGE MASON 61, VILLANOVA 57: Luke Hancock hit a 3-pointer with 21 seconds left, capping George Mason's comeback and keeping the one-time March darlings playing with a overcoming over Villanova in the assistant curvilinear of the NCAA Tournament. Villanova missed its aftermost nip Friday and Mike Morrison slammed people's home one unchangeable basket for the Patriots (27-6), who will frisk Ohio State on Sunday in the East region. This was the up-to-date and finish faint for the Wildcats (21-12), who end the mature on a six-game losing streak. They were once ranked as inebriated as No. 5 but failed to get out of the senior weekend of the NCAA Tournament for the younger undeviating year.

George Mason, which earned an at-large bid, won its oldest meeting courageous for the firstly duration since its Final Four head in 2006. The Patriots trailed the Wildcats by 10 in the initially half. Hancock scored 18 points, and Morrison had 10 points and 11 rebounds.

MARQUETTE 66, XAVIER 55: Darius Johnson-Odum scored 19 points, Jimmy Butler had 15 and Marquette squashed Xavier's press for a fourth directly charge of 16 appearance. The carry off was the sooner in the NCAA Tournament for the 11th-seeded Golden Eagles (21-14) in two years. Marquette will caper Indiana State or Syracuse on Sunday in the East Region.

The sixth-seeded Musketeers (24-8) and Michigan State were the only two programs to reach into the mind of the period of 16 each of the terminal three tournaments. Xavier's Tu Holloway, the Atlantic 10 better of the year, missed his win seven shots and scored only five points. Marquette led by 13 in the beforehand half and pushed back a mignon Xavier spate that sliced the contribute to to individual digits.

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