The Peach Basket Brief: 02.28.07

Tennessee 86, (4) Florida 76. You'd have expected a little more from the Gators after their coach outright accused them of not caring about winning their last game ... of course, I suppose it's hard to compete with any team that's getting a pregame peptalk from Peyton Manning and a cheerleading performance from Pat Summitt. By the way, I guess I have to be the one to say it, so fine ... for a 55-year-old woman, Pat Summitt's got a decent pair of legs. Chris Lofton led Tennessee with 21.

Pitt 80, (12) West Virginia 66. That could just about finish off West Virginia's tournament hopes. Now, they're going to probably need a couple of wins in the Big East tournament to get in, because lately, they've been in strugglesville. WVU can point to their poor shooting if they want to, but they gave up 51 points to Pitt in the second half. It takes their best defensive effort to keep Pitt from lighting it up. In the first half, they gave that. In the second half, they didn't.

Brigham Young 62, (20) Air Force 58. Air Force is another team bottoming out at the wrong time. The loss to BYU is their third straight, it ends their 30-game home winning streak, leaving BYU as the team with the nation's longest home winning streak ... at 30 games. BYU now clinches the Mountain West title with a loss from UNLV in either of its last two games.

Winthrop 74, Charleston Southern 42. Winthrop advances with ease in the Big South Conference tournament quarterfinals. They're at the quarterfinals already? Well, yeah, but it doesn't take much work to get there in an 8-team conference. Winthrop could be a troublesome team in the tournament, too, with the right draw.

Oklahoma State 84, Kansas State 70. It was senior night in Stillwater ... might as well go out with a bang, eh, Mario Boggan? Boggan got ejected on his senior night after headbutting K-State forward Cartier Martin. Well done, Mario. Mom will be so proud.

Michigan 67, Michigan State 56. A contest between two Big Ten bubble teams try to convince the world that the Big Ten is not, in fact, a soft and overrated conference (it is) ... and Michigan gets the win at home behind 24 points from Dion Harris.