Final Nov 21
JMU 99 -3.0 o146.0
UIC 81 3.0 u146.0
Final Nov 21
MIA 69 -9.0 o143.0
DRKE 80 9.0 u143.0
Final OT Nov 21
OHIO 81 -2.0 o146.5
MTU 83 2.0 u146.5
Final Nov 21
LAS 67 -1.5 o144.0
UCSD 72 1.5 u144.0
Final Nov 21
OKST 78 2.0 o163.0
FAU 86 -2.0 u163.0
Final Nov 21
USF 74 -6.5 o145.5
PORT 68 6.5 u145.5
Final Nov 21
ECU 78 -4.0 o135.0
JVST 86 4.0 u135.0
Final Nov 21
MONM 62 4.5 o146.5
YSU 72 -4.5 u146.5
Final OT Nov 21
HALL 69 7.0 o126.0
VCU 66 -7.0 u126.0
Final Nov 21
BRAD 82 -7.0 o135.5
TXST 68 7.0 u135.5
Final Nov 21
TOL 103 -13.0 o154.5
STET 78 13.0 u154.5
Final Nov 21
RMU 86 9.5 o151.5
COR 76 -9.5 u151.5
Final Nov 21
UNCG 58 17.5 o146.5
IND 69 -17.5 u146.5
Final Nov 21
RAD 51 22.0 o144.5
CLEM 79 -22.0 u144.5
Final Nov 21
SYR 66 11.0 o155.0
TEX 70 -11.0 u155.0
Final Nov 21
NIAG 73 14.0 o136.5
KENT 76 -14.0 u136.5
Final 0OT Nov 21
BAY 99 -2.5 o150.5
SJU 98 2.5 u150.5
Final Nov 21
EMU 68 7.0 o134.5
OAK 64 -7.0 u134.5
Final Nov 21
BRY 66 -12.5 o153.0
STONE 67 12.5 u153.0
Final Nov 21
MER 72 18.5 o150.0
SCAR 84 -18.5 u150.0
Final Nov 21
JOHNSU 52 -0.0 o0.0
CHAT 72 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
EDW 59 -0.0 o0.0
UNF 108 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
NJIT 64 12.5 o135.0
BUCK 81 -12.5 u135.0
Final OT Nov 21
SEMO 77 1.5 o149.5
CARK 73 -1.5 u149.5
Final OT Nov 21
PRE 58 8.5 o135.0
SFA 55 -8.5 u135.0
Final Nov 21
TRN 78 -0.0 o0.0
SHSU 105 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
VAN 73 2.5 o150.5
NEV 71 -2.5 u150.5
Final Nov 21
CCSU 54 -2.0 o142.0
SH 67 2.0 u142.0
Final Nov 21
UTM 77 11.5 o155.5
AMCC 81 -11.5 u155.5
Final Nov 21
ORU 68 21.5 o149.5
MISS 100 -21.5 u149.5
Final Nov 21
TXWES 66 -0.0 o0.0
UNT 73 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
LNDNWD 64 9.5 o145.0
VALP 77 -9.5 u145.0
Final Nov 21
MINCR 60 -0.0 o0.0
NDSU 67 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
PRIN 62 -7.5 o152.5
WRST 80 7.5 u152.5
Final Nov 21
46 -0.0 o0.0
WIU 73 0.0 u0.0
Final Nov 21
TAMCOM 56 24.5 o144.5
OKLA 84 -24.5 u144.5
Final Nov 21
TST 49 31.0 o147.0
MICH 72 -31.0 u147.0
Final Nov 21
TTU 77 -10.5 o149.5
STJOE 78 10.5 u149.5
Final Nov 21
GRAM 58 23.5 o152.5
UNM 80 -23.5 u152.5
Final Nov 21
TENN 64 -12.5 o126.5
UVA 42 12.5 u126.5
Final Nov 21
EWU 81 14.0 o158.5
WSU 96 -14.0 u158.5
Final Nov 21
ORE 78 -6.5 o139.5
ORST 75 6.5 u139.5
Final Nov 21
AFA 69 16.0 o136.0
CAL 78 -16.0 u136.0
Final Nov 21
MEM 68 2.0 o154.5
SF 64 -2.0 u154.5
Oregon 4th Big Ten24-12
South Carolina 5th Southeastern26-8

Oregon @ South Carolina preview

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PITTSBURGH -- Nobody saw South Carolina coming before the season. Oregon was out of the postseason discussion before running the table to the Pac-12 tournament title last week.

If there's one thing the sixth-seeded Gamecocks and 11th-seeded Ducks have in common, it's the ability to surprise the skeptics.

The two schools will clash Thursday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, guaranteeing one of their Cinderella stories will continue for at least one more game.

South Carolina (26-7) was picked dead last in the 14-team Southeastern Conference in the preseason media poll. The Gamecocks were coming off an 11-21 season with four conference wins, and three of their top four scorers departed, including GG Jackson to the NBA.

Yet coach Lamont Paris, in just his second year on the job, helped the Gamecocks roll to a 9-2 start in the league that featured wins over Kentucky and Tennessee. They finished one game out of first place in the SEC.

"We have a good way about us. Our culture is exactly where we want it to be," Paris said. "We're ahead of schedule, probably."

Veterans Meechie Johnson (13.8 points, 4.2 rebounds per game) and B.J. Mack (13.6 points, 4.7 rebounds) were joined by breakout freshman forward Collin Murray-Boyles, who is now garnering NBA attention.

In 11 games between Feb. 3 and March 14, Murray-Boyles shot an incredible 70.3 percent from the floor to average 16.7 points until a 1-for-9 outing in South Carolina's SEC semifinal loss to Auburn. He averages 10.6 points and is the team's leading rebounder at 5.9 per game.

Oregon (23-11) won three times in three days to secure the automatic bid in the Pac-12's final season as a bona fide league. The Ducks stunned Arizona (now a No. 2 seed) 67-59 in the semifinals, thanks in part to a hotshot freshman of their own, Jackson Shelstad.

Shelstad made three 3-pointers and scored 21 points while Jermaine Couisnard went 4-for-8 from deep for 20 points in that one. Then Oregon beat Colorado 75-68 in the championship game, with center N'Faly Dante pouring in 25 points on 12-for-12 shooting.

Ducks coach Dana Altman said the message to his team is the same as it was after the Arizona upset: Enjoy it for five minutes, then it's on to the next assignment.

"South Carolina doesn't care that we won the Pac-12," Altman said. "We just gotta refocus, forget about that and get ready for Thursday."

Altman is a perfect 7-for-7 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament while at Oregon. He guided the Ducks to the Final Four in 2017.

Dante has averaged 16.2 points, 8.8 rebounds, 1.9 blocks and 1.7 steals in 20 games this season. Couisnard -- the only player to start all 34 games for Oregon amid an injury-ravaged season -- provides 15.4 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.6 steals per contest.

Couisnard spent four years (including a redshirt season) at South Carolina before transferring to Oregon in 2022. He said he still talks to former Gamecocks teammates Jacobi Wright and Josh Gray to this day.

He's going to leave any pleasantries aside till after the game.

"I didn't check my phone but I know they're probably texting me, but I ain't gonna text them back," Couisnard said with a smile. "Because they know how I get, but it's alright."

The winner faces either No. 3 Creighton or No. 14 Akron on Saturday.

--Adam Zielonka, Field Level Media

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