VCU out with virus
INDIANAPOLIS — VCU was pulled from the NCAA Tournament on Saturday after what the school said were “multiple” positive COVID-19 tests within the past two days, ending the Rams’ run in college basketball’s annual showcase before it began.
The 10th-seeded Rams’ first-round game Saturday against Oregon was declared a no-contest, the NCAA said, sending the seventh-seeded Ducks into the second round against Iowa without playing.
The announcement from the Division I Men’s Basketball Committee came a little more than three hours before the teams were set to play in the West Region.
NO. 5 CREIGHTON 63 NO. 10 UCSB 62
Christian Bishop made both ends of a one-andone with 16 seconds left, and the Bluejays hung on to beatthe Gauchos.
The Bluejays (21-8) next face Ohio.
JaQuori McLaughlin led UCSB with 13 points.
Marcus Zegarowski scored 17, and Bishop had 15 points and 11 rebounds.
NO. 3 KANSAS 93
NO. 14 E. WASHINGTON 84
One day after rejoining the Jayhawks in Indianapolis, David McCormack piled up 22 points and nine rebounds, helping Kansas rally from a 10point second-half deficit and beat the Eagles.
Tanner Groves scored a career-high 35 points.
NO. 6 USC 72 NO. 11 DRAKE 56
Evan Mobley had 17 points, 11 rebounds and three blocks, and the Trojans used smothering defense to earn a victory over the Bulldogs and advance to play Kansas.
Joseph Yesufu scored 26 points for Drake.
NO. 2 IOWA 86
NO. 15 GRAND CANYON 74
The Hawkeyes got 24 points from Luka Garza and avoided an early with a win over the Antelopes.
Asbjorn Midtgaard had 18 points for GCU (17-7).
NO. 13 OHIO 62 NO. 4 VIRGINIA 58
The Cavaliers’ title defense ended with another upset, as they fell to Jason Preston and the Bobcats.
Ben Vander Plas scored 17 points.
Preston finished with 11 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists.
NO. 8 OKLAHOMA 72 NO. 9 MISSOURI 68
Austin Reaves scored 23 points, Brady Manek added 19 and the Sooners slipped by the Tigers.
Oklahoma (16-10) will face Gonzaga on Monday.
Dru Smith led Mizzou (16-10) with 20 points.
NO. 1 GONZAGA 98
NO. 16 NORFOLK ST. 55
Corey Kispert scored 23 points and Anton Watson added 17 as the Bulldogs routed the Spartans.
Kyonzae Chavis and Devante Carter had 12 each for Norfolk State.