College Confidential

Kansas charges back into lead

Sherrod Collins drained a 3-pointer and Kansas led 52-51 with about 6 1/2 minutes left.

Stephen Curry, with 22 points, is the only Davidson player in double figures.

Scratch that. Bryant Barr banks in a shot and has 11 points, all in the second half, and Kansas has a 54-53 lead.

Davidson hurting another Goliath

You think Davidson's going to buckle? You think the Wildcats are licked? You're wrong, evil stepsister breath.

Bryant Barr has just hit his third three in a 12-2 Davidson run and the 10th seeded Wildcats have built a 49-45 lead over Davidson.

Now Stephen Curry, the star of this Cinderella spectacular, hits a two-pointer, and it's back to 51-47 and there's about 8 minutes left. This one could be classic.

-- Vince Langford

Season ends for Lady Frogs

Colorado scored 12 of the first 15 points in overtime to pull away for a 96-90 overtime win over TCU in the Women's NIT quarterfinal at Coors Events Center in Boulder. TCU pulled within 90-87 on Lorie Butler-Rayford's 3-pointer with 56 seconds left, but the Lady  Frogs never got any closer. TCU ends its season at 23-12 while Colorado (19-14) will host Marquette in the semifinals Wednesday night.

-- Lori Dann

Fantastic finish ... and there's more

TCU's Helen Roden grabbed an offensive rebound and beat the buzzer with a putback to send the Lady Frogs' WNIT quarterfinal game against Colorado into overtime. That came just after a clutch pullup jumper from Colorado's Whitney Houston.

-- Lori Dann

TCU trails for first time

After leading the entire game, TCU now trails Colorado 69-68 with 4:31 left. The Buffs are on a 13-3 run, capped by Aija Putnina's 3-pointer that put them ahead.

-- Lori Dann

Another Colorado run

Within a span of three minutes, three TCU players picked up their third fouls -- Moneka Knight, Danielle Nunn and Jenna Lohse -- and now Colorado is making another run. The Buffs have scored eight of the last 10 points, getting 3-pointers from Aija Putnina and Jackie McFarland, to close the gap to 56-52 with 13:26 left.

-- Lori Dann

Knight picks up third foul

It took TCU point guard Moneka Knight less than three minutes to pick up her third foul, but coach Jeff Mittie is gambling by keeping her in the game. So far it's paying off. Immediately after the foul, Knight hit a 3-pointer, and she now has 13 points as the Lady Frogs lead Colorado 54-44 in the Women's NIT quarterfinals.

-- Lori Dann

Lady Frogs weather storm

After Colorado made an 11-0 run to pull within three, TCU responded with a 7-0 streak of its own to stretch its advantage back to double-digits. Adrianne Ross had five of the points, going coast to coast and spinning past a defender for a layup, then hitting a 3-pointer to make it 42-32. The Lady Frogs lead 44-38 at the half behind Ross' 12 points. Jackie McFarland has 11 points and Aija Putnina has 10 for the Buffs. The winner takes on Marquette, a 69-64 winner over Kentucky, in the semifinals.

-- Lori Dann

Memphis, CD-R showed us

Memphis coach John Calipari said free throws would fall when it really mattered, and they did for the Tigers, who made an eye-popping 30 of 36 (83 percent) to blunt any hopes of a Texas comeback in the Tigers' 85-67 victory in the South Regional final Sunday in Houston.

Chris Douglas-Roberts led Memphis with 25 points, and he was 14-of-17 from the line. Freshman guard Derrick Rose had 21 points and nine assists and lived up to his billing.

Texas shot 36 percent from the field, Memphis an even 50 percent, numbers Texas simply couldn't live with. But an Elite Eight exit isn't bad for a team that lost the national player of the year, Kevin Durant, from last season, when the Longhorns went out in the second round.

The Longhorns never led in the game. Memphis was up 18-8, built the lead to 17 and led by 11 at halftime. Texas came out in a box-and-one defense in the second half and cut the margin to 39-34 but Memphis had all the answers, pushed the lead back to double digits and the Longhorns really never got a foothold on the raised court at Reliant.

-- Vince Langford

Tennessee folks return to Alamo

The final count is Memphis 85, Texas 67. Memphis will play UCLA in the Final Four in San Antonio at the Alamodome. Memphis hopes a Texas two-step brings it a national title after they cleaned out Reliant Stadium's Texas contingent. The gong sounded for Texas at 3:33 p.m.

D.J. Augustin couldn't have had one of "those" games for Texas to win, but he did, making only 4 of 18 shots, although Memphis' defense on his teammates forced a lot of those errant misses.

-- Vince Langford