The first half of the elite eight is set with Marquette, Ohio State, Syracuse and Wichita State all moving on from the sweet 16.
How we got there:
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Marquette dominated from start to finish and the Hurricanes where never really in the ball game. The loss of backup center Reggie Johnson cost the U dearly as they where outrebounded, but the most important stat was the fact that the Golden Eagles defense held Miami to 16 first half points for a 13 point half time lead.
The second half was much closer, with the Hurricanes actually outscoring the Eagles by three but the first half defense was to much to overcome.
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4 Syracuse 61 vs. 1 Indiana 50:
The Men of Orange once again showed what kind of havoc the 2-3 zone can do to teams. The Hoosiers' Victor Oladipo 5-of-6 from the field did a great job of scoring and creating his own shot but the rest of the team went a combined 11-of-41 from the field and never got into a rhythm. On the opposite side Micheal Carter-Williams tore apart Indiana's defense for the tune of 24 points on 9-of-19 shooting, getting into the lane at will.
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9 Wichita State 72 VS 13 La Salle 58:
Despite its best efforts La Salle couldn't match the inside presence of Wichita State and the Shockers dominated the glass 47 to 29 and cruised to the win. The magical run for the Shockers continues while the Explores did their best to duplicate VCU's performance from 2010 but fell two games short.
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2 Ohio State 73 VS 6 Arizona 70:
The most exciting and closest game of the day came between the Wildcats and the Buckeyes. Almost a week after Aaron Craft drained a 3 with .5 seconds left to lead Ohio State to the win against Iowa State, LaQuinton Ross drained a 3 with two seconds to go to send the Wildcats home in defeat. Despite leading for most of the game 'Zona could not hang on down the stretch.
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