WACO, Texas, March 28 (UPI) -- Cory Jefferson and Pierre Jackson ignited Baylor to a game-closing run Wednesday that pushed the Bears into the NIT semifinals with a 79-68 win over Providence.
HATTIESBURG, Miss., March 28 (UPI) -- Tyler Haws sent Brigham Young surging in front in the second half Wednesday and the Cougars reached the NIT semis with a 79-62 win over Southern Mississippi.
RICHMOND, Va., March 27 (UPI) -- Virginia Commonwealth Athletic Director Ed McLaughlin announced Wednesday Coach Shaka Smart would stay in charge of the school's basketball team.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va., March 27 (UPI) -- A 3-pointer by Roy Devyn Marble sent Iowa on a second-half run Wednesday that gave the Hawkeyes a 75-64 win over Virginia and a NIT semifinal berth.
TUSCALOOSA, Ala., March 27 (UPI) -- Maryland advanced to the semifinals of the NIT by edging top-seeded Alabama 58-57 on the Crimson Tide's home court Tuesday.
HATTIESBURG, Miss., March 26 (UPI) -- Jerrold Brooks and Dwayne Davis each scored 13 points Monday, hoisting top-seeded Southern Mississippi over Louisiana Tech 63-52 in an NIT second-round game.
PROVO, Utah, March 26 (UPI) -- Brandon Davies netted 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds Monday in third-seeded Brigham Young's 90-71 rout of Mercer in an NIT second-round game.
PROVIDENCE, R.I., March 25 (UPI) -- LaDontae Henton netted 21 points Monday, propelling fourth-seeded Providence to a 77-68 win over Robert Morris in a second-round NIT contest.
HAMILTON, Mass., March 25 (UPI) -- Michael Carter-Williams, playing for Syracuse's Sweet 16 team in the NCAA Tournament, learned after a game his Hamilton, Mass., home was destroyed in a fire.
PHILADELPHIA, March 25 (UPI) -- Rasheed Sulaimon and Seth Curry combined for 38 points Sunday, propelling No. 2 Duke into the NCAA Tournament's Sweet 16 with a 66-50 win over Creighton.
AUSTIN, Texas, March 25 (UPI) -- Rion Brown's foul shots with 7.7 seconds left enabled second-seeded Miami-Florida to hold off Illinois 63-59 and advance in third-round NCAA Tournament play.
Kentucky Derby winning jockey Joel Rosario, and his mount Orb, both enjoy a quick bath after winning the 139th running of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky, May 4, 2013. UPI/Mark Abraham
