No. 1 seed UCLA managed to survive a tough onslaught from No. 9 Texas A&M tonight in Anaheim, holding on to win 53-49 in by far the toughest challenge a 1 seed has had so far in this year's NCAA Tournament. Most of the UCLA players turned in lousy performances, but Kevin Love and Darren Collison carried the Bruins on their backs, making two crucial shots apiece down the stretch. Collison and Love combined for 40 points on 14-of-25 shooting; their teammates combined for 13 points on 6-of-20 shooting, including a dunk by Russell Westbrook at the buzzer that looked, to these eyes, like it was actually after the buzzer.
"We made big plays by big-time players down the stretch," UCLA coach Ben Howland said of Love and Collison.
Donald Sloan led A&M with 12 points.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
3-23-2008 @ 12:43AM
Andy said...
Controversy continues, the "block" in last seconds of the Texas A&M game was a clear foul.
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3-23-2008 @ 12:44AM
Andy said...
Why refs don't call anything when UCLA is about to lose a game. This is thge thiord game given to the Bruins this season.
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3-23-2008 @ 12:50AM
bt said...
It is always fun to read comments from losers. This must be a nationwide conspiracy. Deal with it!!
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3-23-2008 @ 1:44AM
E. Hyder said...
I am neither a big A&M fan or a UCLA fan, but I am really tired of refs deciding the outcome of games. That was not a "block" at the end of the game and UCLA had an illegal screen in the 2nd to last shot they made.
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3-23-2008 @ 2:35AM
john meairs said...
fans only look at the calls in the waning minutes of a game. believe it or not bad calls are often made throughout the game and usually balance out. the best team one.
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3-23-2008 @ 3:08AM
Skip said...
John Meairs---The proper word is WON. Yes the final score is all that really counts. Fair calls or not the team with the higher score goes on, the other team goes home
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3-23-2008 @ 11:42AM
Michael Corgnati said...
I am a UCLA fan and they were lucky, lucky, lucky......they got out played but won.
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3-23-2008 @ 8:45PM
chris jones said...
I really thought UCLA was not going to pull that game out. They will need to step it up when they play next weekend or they will be done.
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