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The evening portion of Thursday’s 16 second-round NCAA Tournament games provided us a healthy heaping of the thrills we’ve come to expect from the first week of the event.

Of course, there was one nail bitter of sorts in the afternoon in Pittsburgh when the University of North Carolina – the Asheville version – made things a tad painstaking for the East’s top seed.

The Orange – just two days after sophomore center Fab Melo was declared ineligible – trailed most of the first three quarters of the game before pulling in front and then hanging on to edge Bulldogs.

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By JAMES KERTI

LAS VEGAS, NV — The Fullcourt Press Las Vegas Spring Showcase displayed some of the city’s top underclass prep talent on Wednesday night.

The showcase led off with the freshman game, which featured a slew of talented young prospects, especially from Bishop Gorman.

Bishop Gorman’s Stephen Zimmerman displayed his developing handle and passing, to go along with his already impressive size and shot blocking.

Other Gorman forwards contributed as well. Six-eight Christian Jeter showed off his mid-range game, while 6-5 Nick Blair‘s strength and leaping ability helped him control the glass.

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And once they get to New Orleans . . .

Ohio State over Kansas, and Kentucky over Michigan State, with the winner being . . .

The Kentucky Wildcats.

And so will conclude an incredible season for Anthony Davis, John Calipari and all the dedicate citizens of Big Blue Nation.

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MIDWEST REGIONAL

THURSDAY: (at Greensboro) No. 1 North Carolina over No. 16 *Lamar (projected first-round winner); No. 8 Creighton over No. 9 Alabama; (at Nashville) No. 12 *Cal (projected first-round winner) over No. 5 Temple; No. 4 Michigan over No. 13 Ohio; (at Columbus) No. 11 North Carolina State over No. 6 San Diego State; No. 3 Georgetown over No. 14 Belmont; (at Omaha) No. 10 Purdue over No. 7 Saint Mary’s; No. 2 Kansas over No. 15 Detroit

ROUND OF 32: North Carolina over Creighton; Michigan over Cal; North Carolina State over Georgetown; Kansas over Purdue

SEMIFINALS (at St.

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EAST REGIONAL

THURSDAY: (at Pittsburgh) No. 1 Syracuse over No. 16 UNC-Asheville; No. 8 Kansas State over No. 9 Southern Mississippi; No. 7 Gonzaga over No. 10 West Virginia; No. 2 Ohio State over No. 10 Loyola-Maryland; (at Albuquerque) No. 5 Vanderbilt over No. 12 Harvard; No. 4 Wisconsin over No. 13 Montana.

FRIDAY: (at Nashville) No. 6 Cincinnati over No. 11 Texas; No. 3 Florida State over No. 14 St. Bonaventure.

ROUND OF 32: Syracuse over Kansas State; Ohio State over Gonzaga; Vanderbilt over Wisconsin; Florida State over Cincinnati.

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