A Good Day for the Good Guys
Sunday was a good day, as Kent State beat Fairfield 72-68 to reach the quarterfinals of the NIT.
The Golden Flashes were led by Randal Holt’s 22 points, while Carlton Guyton added 16, Michael Porrini had 11 and Justin Manns contributed 10.
Kent State, which is now 25-11 on the season, will play at Colorado on Tuesday night. Not sure what they have to do to be worthy of a home game here, but what are you going to do?
After being screwed over by the NCAA despite winning the MAC regular season title and going to overtime of the conference title game, the Golden Flashes are making the most of their chance in the NIT.
It’s too bad Kent didn’t get a chance to compete in the NCAA Tournament, but if the Golden Flashes had gone then that means one of the 11 Big East teams would have been left out.
And just how is the Big East doing in the tournament?
Well, if Notre Dame defeats Florida State in the Sunday night game, the Big East will end up with a whole three teams in the Sweet 16. Or, just one more than the Mountain West Conference.
And the only No. 1 seed to lose so far is Pittsburgh, from the Big East, of course.
We’re sure glad they just had to 11 teams from that conference.
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And congratulations to Kent State junior Dustin Kilgore, who won the 197-pound championship at the NCAA Division I wrestling championships in Philadelphia.
Kilgore defeated Oklahoma State’s Clayton Foster, who was previously unbeaten on the season, to become Kent State’s first national-champion wrestler as well as the school’s career leader in wins.
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Liverpool kept its hopes alive for playing in Europe next season with a 2-0 win over Sunderland at the Stadium of Light.
Dirk Kuyt and Luis Suarez found the back of the net as the Reds closed the gap on fifth-place Tottenham Hotspur, who were held to a 0-0 draw with West Ham United.
With eight games to go, Liverpool trails Spurs by just four points.
The two face off at Anfield on May 15 in the penultimate game of the season.
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