Results tagged “eliteeight”

Lakers 121, Grizzlies 119 - It's March Madness, but the most impressive hoops action keeps coming from a guy who never played a minute of college ball. Kobe had 60 points against Memphis, but it wasn't just his one game point total that generated buzz. This is the third game in a row he has scored at least 50, a feat only matched by Wilt Chamberlain, Michael Jordan, Elgin Baylor. Chamberlain actually did it seven...

In perhaps the most thrilling finish since Tyus Edney went coast-to-coast against Mizzou in 1995, UCLA scored the final 11 points in the game to eliminate Adam Morrison and the Gonzaga Bulldogs 73 -71 and advance to the Elite Eight.

We here at LAist think that Loyola Marymount has the ability to be a much better basketball program. Fifteen years removed from its magical Bo Kimble-led run to the Elite Eight in the wake of Hank Gathers' death, we wonder what exactly went wrong with the Lions. Loyola Marymount is in a major basketball city and should be able to attract some of the quality local talent that doesn't wind up at USC or UCLA.

And it couldn't have happened soon enough.