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SOUTH REGION
(2) Villanova (31-5) vs. (3) Miami (27-7)
7:10 p.m., CBS | Villanova breezed through the first
two rounds behind guards Josh Hart and Ryan
Arcidiacono. They’ll go against the Hurricanes
backcourt of Angel Rodriguez and Shelden McClel-
lan. The Hurricanes took a 21-point lead on Wichita
State, lost it all with about 10 minutes to play and rallied to
win. The Wildcats will need to get plenty from forward Dan-
iel Ochefu, a tough rebounder.
(1) Kansas (32-4) vs. (5) Maryland (27-8)
9:40 p.m., CBS | Maryland blew nearly all of its 18-
point lead over South Dakota State on Friday before
holding on to win. The Terps shot 1-for-18 on 3-
pointers — an NCAA tournament record for futility
by a winning team — and beat Hawaii on the
strength of a defense-induced 19-2 run. Kansas, the tourna-
ment’s top overall seed, is shooting 41.5 percent on 3-point-
ers in its current 16-game winning streak.
WEST REGION
(2) Oklahoma (27-7) vs. (3) Texas A&M (28-8)
7:37 p.m., TBS | How did the Aggies do it? They were
down 12 to Northern Iowa with 44 seconds remain-
ing and won in double overtime. A&M, which went
4-0 against the Big 12 this season, can’t afford to
get behind Oklahoma in the same way. The Sooners
start with Buddy Hield, who had 36 in the second-round
victory over VCU. Give the Sooners the edge in the back-
court and A&M the edge up front with Danuel House.
(1) Oregon (30-6) vs. (4) Duke (25-10)
10:07 p.m., TBS | Utah is the teams’ common oppo-
nent. The Blue Devils lost to the Utes, and the Ducks
won all three meetings, including a 31-point thrash-
ing in the Pac-12 tournament title game. Duke
coach Mike Krzyzewski was reminded that he’s 0-4
all time in tournament games in the Pacific time zone. Ore-
gon forward Chris Boucher averages three blocks per game.
The Ducks will have to contend with Duke’s Grayson Allen,
one of the nation’s top shooters.
Kansas City Star, Tribune Newspapers
Perry Ellis and Kansas take a 16-game winning streak into
Thursday’s game against Maryland in Louisville, Ky.
NATI HARNIK/AP
SWEET 16 THURSDAY’S GAMES
High schools
College basketball
High school baseball
powerhouse Archbishop
McCarthy took its first loss
of the season Wednesday —
and did so even before the
game was played.
McCarthy, the top-
ranked team in Florida and
the nation, according to
USA Today’s latest polls,
was 16-0 and set to meet
Monsignor Pace in the Gold
Bracket championship of
HSBN’s March Madness
Shootout at 7 p.m. at Pom-
pano Beach Baseball Park.
But a pact officials from
the two schools made in
February, stemming from at
least one alleged incident of
student vandalism, appears
to have prompted McCar-
thy athletic director An-
thony Massero into forfeit-
ing the baseball game — and
handing their Miami Gar-
dens rival the victory.
Pace AD Joe Zaccheo
confirmed the two sides in
February agreed to forego
games against one another
for all sports, including
baseball, where the two
teams are traditional rivals.
Zaccheo said the pact
came out of a January 30
basketball game between
the rivals. McCarthy won
on its home court in South-
west Ranches, but the con-
test was marred by over-
heated exchanges.
Zaccheo refuted rumors
that Pace athletes later
broke into and vandalized
Archbishop McCarthy
High’s building and cam-
pus, saying the unwritten
contract was agreed to in
order to quiet threats made
via social media and to
avoid any future incidents.
But the resulting agree-
ment, according to Pace’s
AD, wasn’t relevant to
Wednesday’s HSBN final.
“In our opinion, this was
specific to regular-season
games only, not tourna-
ments or playoffs,” Zaccheo
said late Wednesday. “We
were ready to play.”
Zaccheo and tournament
director Anthony Uttariello
confirmed McCarthy for-
feited the bracket final, ap-
parently under the belief
the pact covered all compe-
tition, including tourna-
ment and postseason play.
“Pace is the winner,” Ut-
tariello said. “They get the
trophy, their photo taken,
their name on the plaque.”
McCarthy AD Anthonly
Massero could not be
reached for comment.
The top-seeded Maver-
icks defeated Mater Acade-
my, Miami Killian and, on
Tuesday night, St. Thomas
Aquinas to reach the Gold
Bracket final. Pace, which
improves to 14-4 with the
win, advanced by beating
Westland Hialeah, SLAM
Academy and LaSalle en
route to Wednesday’s game.
The two teams do not share
the same district — McCar-
thy leads District 15-6A,
while Pace sits atop15-5A.
Last season, McCarthy
captured its fifth state title
in six seasons to set a Flori-
da high school record.
The Mavericks next play
onMarch28againstCalvert
Hall,outofMaryland,inthe
opening round of the Cath-
olic Challenge Tournament
at Bishop Moore High in
Orlando.
jgower@tribpub.com /
@soflajimmyg
BASEBALL
Top-ranked McCarthy forfeits to rival Pace
By Jimmy Gower
Staff writer
Tyler Cavanaugh scored
23, including a key
3-pointer in the final min-
ute, and Kevin Larsen add-
ed 19 points with a season-
high 13 rebounds to help
George Washington beat
Florida 82-77 Wednesday
nightinthequarterfinalsof
the NIT.
Patricio Garino added 13
points and rebounds for
fourth-seeded George
Washington. Cavanaugh
made 4 of 5 from 3-point
range.
A jumper by Florida’s
Chris Chiozza tied it at 73
with 2:25 left. Cavanaugh
made 1 of 2 free throws
about a minute later to put
the Colonials up one and,
after Dorian Finney-Smith
misseda3ontheotherend,
Cavanaugh knocked down
a 3-pointer from the top of
thekeywith54secondsleft
to make it 77-73.
Kasey Hill made 1 of 2
foul shots to pull the No. 2
seed Gators (21-14) within
four,butCavanaughhit4of
4 from the free-throw line
in the final 16 seconds to
seal it.
George Washington
(26-10) will face the winner
of Georgia Tech and San
Diego State in the semifin-
als Tuesday at Madison
Square Garden.
KeVaughn Allen led
Florida with 22 points. Ke-
varrius Hayes scored14.
The Gators made just 7
of 24 (29.2 percent) from
3-point range.
Cavanaugh has scored at
least 20 in each of George
Washington’s three NIT
games while hitting 8-of-13
3-pointers.
The game was played at
George Washington due to
renovation at UF’s O’Con-
nell Center.
NIT QUARTERFINALS
Gators lose in final minute
Associated Press
We’re going to keep doing
it and [Thursday]. We’re
looking forward to win-
ning another game.”
If the third-seeded Hur-
ricanes are to notch anoth-
er tournament upset, they
know they’ll make school
history as the first to reach
the Elite Eight. Miami has
advanced to the Sweet 16
three times in program his-
tory, the most recent ap-
pearance before this one
coming in 2013, when a
squad led by Shane Larkin,
Julian Gamble, Durand
Scott and second-year
coach Jim Larrañaga won
the ACC regular-season
and tournament titles.
But that team saw its
season end after a 71-61loss
to Marquette. These Hur-
ricanes (27-7) want better.
They’ll have to contend
with a Wildcats team that
is likely playing with a chip
on its shoulder too.
Despite three consecu-
tive 20-win seasons, until
last weekend, Villanova
(31-5) hadn’t advanced out
of the second round of the
NCAA Tournament since
2009, when it earned a
berth in the Final Four.
Much like Miami, Villa-
nova has faced questions
about its ability to keep
pace with basketball’s elite.
“I think we’ve all heard
it throughout our four
years,” said Wildcats guard
Ryan Arcidiacono, who is
averaging 12 points enter-
ing the Sweet16.
This time around,
though, Villanova broke
through first with an 86-56
win over UNC Asheville in
thefirstroundandan87-68
winoverIowatwodayslat-
er. In their two games in
Brooklyn, the Wildcats
were65of111fromthefield,
including 23 of 47 from
3-point range. Since Feb.
24, Villanova is averaging
81.8 points per game, and
the Hurricanes know
they’ll have to contain that
offense to advance.
“They play great as a
team, and they really pass
the ball well. They look for
a lot of threes and feed off
thosethrees,sowe’regoing
to try and take that away
and make them shoot con-
tested twos,” said guard
Sheldon McClellan, Mi-
ami’s leading scorer, who is
averaging 16 points. “As
long as we play great de-
fense, we’ll be fine.”
The Hurricanes played
some of that defense
against Wichita State,
holding the Shockers to
just 19 points in the first
half of their second-round
game this past Saturday.
If they can replicate that
kind of performance and
advance, they know they’ll
make history. And that, in
and of itself, will be worth
celebrating, even if their
work won’t be finished.
“It would mean a lot.
We’d be the first team to go
to the Elite Eight? That
would say a lot,” said
Ja’Quan Newton, a Phila-
delphia native who was re-
cruited by Villanova, but
opted for Miami. “That
would say a lot for our pro-
gram moving forward be-
cause we have a lot of guys
coming back. We’ll have
guys moving on, but we
also have great recruits
coming in and guys getting
older, so next year will be
great too.”
ccabrera@tribpub.com; On
Twitter @ChristyChirinos
Miami center Tonye Jekiri, right, works on a drill Wednesday. The ’Canes hope to make school history as the first to
reach the Elite Eight, and must beat Villanova to get there.
TIMOTHY D. EASLEY/AP
CANESContinued from Page 1C
Coral Springs captured
the silver bracket champi-
onship of the HSBN March
Madness Shootout with a
4-3 come-from-behind vic-
tory over Palm Beach Cen-
tral.
The Colts (11-5) trailed 3-0
going into the top of the
sixth inning when they fi-
nally broke through scor-
ing two runs.
Right Fielder Austin Da-
vis threw out pinch runner
Zach Brundage at home
plate ending the sixth in-
ning and keeping the Colts
within one run.
Davis capped a 3-for-4 day
with an RBI single with two
outs in the top of the sev-
enth, scoring two runs, and
putting the Colts up for
good.
Hunter Gunn led the
Broncos (10-7) batting
2-for-3 with a run scored.
➤ BASEBALL
HSBN March Madness Shootout Cham-
pionships (at Pompano Beach Baseball
Park):
Silver Bracket Championship (Pompano
Field A)
C. SPRINGS 4, PB CENTRAL 3
C. Springs 000 002 2 — 4 9 2
PB Central 021 000 0 — 3 6 1
Pitching: W — Pogrebnov, 2-0. L — Girgos,
0-1. Key performers — CS: Smith 3-4, 2
RBIs; PBC Gunn 2-3, R. Records — CS 11-5;
PBC 10-7 .
Black Bracket Championship (Pompano
Field B)
CS CHARTER 10, S. MIAMI 7
S. Miami 010 111 3 — 7 13 0
CS Charter 180 001 X — 10 15 0
Pitching: W — Bueno,1-0. Key performers
— CSC: Doherty, 1 IP, SV, K; Robinson 3-5, 2
RBIs, R; Perugini 3-3, 3B, 2 RBIs, R. Records
— CSC 6-7, SM 7-10.
CHAMINADE (CA) 3, FLANAGAN 1
Flanagan 000 000 0 — 1 7 1
Chaminade 000 000 x — 3 0 0
Pitching: W —. L — MacDonald. Key per-
formers — Moforis 3-4, 2B, RBI. Records —
F 13-2-1.
GIBBONS 9, BISHOP VEROT 5
C. Gibbons 341 001 0 — 9 11 1
B. Verot 000 041 0 — 5 7 2
Pitching: W — Durkin, 1-2. L — Smith. Key
performers — CG: Laney 3-3, 3 RBIs. Re-
cords — CG 5-10.
➤ SOFTBALL
MCCARTHY 16, GIBBONS 1
McCarthy 243 7X — 16 12 0
C. Gibbons 100 0 — 1 2 1
Pitching: W — Rodriguez, 3-1. Key per-
formers — Rodriguez 2-3, 2B, 2 RBIs; Vaz-
quez 2-3, 3B, 2R.
➤ BOYS TENNIS
N. BROW. 6, POSNACK 1
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Singles — Shen (NBP) d. Zlatkin 8-1; Jultak
(NBP) d. Stauber 8-6; Lofrisco (DP) d. Rubin-
stein 8-6; Glass (NBP) d. Vavunn 8-6; Stadel-
hoffen(NBP)d.Gamal8-6.Doubles—Shen/
Miguel (NBP) d. Zlatkin/Gamal 6-2; Jultak/
Firestone (NBP) d. Vavunn/Weiss 6-2.
MCCARTHY 6, GIBBONS 1
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Singles — Puglisi (AM) d. Colell 8-4; LaFon-
tant (AM) d. Soong 8-6; Torres (AM) d. Gam-
bello 8-1; Gallego (AM) d. Armoli 8-0; Gon-
claves (AM) d. Cuellar 8-2. Doubles — Co-
lell/Soong (CG) d. Torres/Roca 8-1; Goncal-
ves/Riviati (AM) d. Lopez/Baumeister 8-2.
Late Tuesday
MCCARTHY 5, UNIVERSITY 2
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Singles — Puglisi (ABM) d. Cohen 8-3; La-
Fontant(ABM)d.Milgram8-2;Tores(ABM)d.
Zager 8-4; Pollack (US) d. Gallego 9-7; Barron
(US) d. Goncalves 8-6. Doubles — Puglisi/
Gallego (ABM) d. Cohen/Milgram 9-8; LaFon-
tant/Torres (ABM) d. Zager/Pollack 8-2.
➤ GIRLS TENNIS
N. BROW. 7, POSNACK 0
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Singles — Babb (NBP) d. Chussid 8-0; Bak-
ratze (NBP) d. Kramer 8-4; Neira (NBP) d. S.
Chussid 8-2; Zeitler (NBP) d. Azolay 8-2; Lion
(NBP) d. Sekoff 8-6. Doubles — Babb/Bak-
ratze (NBP) d. Chussid/Kramer 6-0; Neira/
Zeitler (NBP) d. S. Chussid/Azoulay 6-4.
GIBBONS 4, MCCARTHY 3
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Singles — Gonzalez-Umana (AM) d. Copley
9-7; Gonzalez (AM) d. G. Harmon 8-3; B. Ger-
raghty (CG) d. Urdapilleta 8-0; N. Gerraghty
(CG) d. Lagos 8-6; S. Harmon (CG) d. Brown
8-3. Doubles — Gonzalez-Umana/Gonzalez
(AM) d. Copley/G. Harmon 8-2; B. Ger-
raghty/N. Gerraghty (CG) d. Urdapilleta/La-
gos 8-3.
Late Tuesday
UNIVERSITY 5, MCCARTHY 2
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Singles — Witchen (US) d. Cabrero 8-2;
Ohayou (US) d. Gonzalez-Umana 8-5; Gonza-
lez (ABM) d. Guttman 8-3; Meles (US) d. Ur-
dapilleta8-5;Cabrero(ABM)d.Bell8-2.Dou-
bles — Witschen/Ohayou (US) d. Cabrero/
GonzalezUmana8-2;Guttman/Meles(US)d.
Gonzalez/Natalie Brown 8-6.
➤ VOLLEYBALL
MCCARTHY D. CHAMINADE
25-14, 25-12, 25-22
AM (10-1): Vazquez 33 assists, 17 points, 3
aces; Grossman 18 digs, 17 points, 2 aces.
CM (3-4): Seilkop 10 assists, 7 kills, 4 digs;
Fernandez 7 points, 7 digs, 2 kills.
➤ THURSDAY SCHEDULE
BASEBALL
(Games at 4 p.m. unless noted)
American Heritage at Park Vista, 7; Berean
Christian at Highlands Christian, 7; Dade
Christian at Coral Springs Christian, 4;
SOFTBALL
(Games at 6:30 p.m. unless noted)
Highlands at Berean Christian, 7;
TRACK AND FIELD
(Meets at 4 p.m. unless noted)
Cardinal Gibbons Field Open
GIRLS WATER POLO
(Games at 7 unless noted)
McAul vs. St. Thomas Aquinas (at Central);
BOYS LACROSSE
(Games at 5 p.m. unless noted)
Jensen Beach at Pine Crest, 7; Spanish River
at Calvary Christian; St. Thomas Aquinas at
Jensen Beach;
GIRLS LACROSSE
(Games at 5 p.m. unless noted)
North Broward Prep at Nova, 5:30; Cold
Spring Harbor at Pine Crest, 4:30; St. Thom-
as Aquinas at Jensen Beach, 7;
RESULTS
Coral Springs
defeats P.B.
Central
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