WASHINGTON -- Xavier shot 55.6 in t he second half and turned the ball over just seven times all day to come away with the win here at Verizon Center. The Musketeers outscored the upstart-Bulldogs by 19 in the second half and attempted 28 more free throws on the day. Here are some postgame quotes from both sides:
WASHINGTON -- Xavier wrapped this one up with solid free-throw shooting and tough defense. Josh Duncan and Derrick Brown both have 18 with 15 seconds left. I'll be back shortly with postgame quotes.
Washington -- Xavier, up three points and in possession of the ball, just used its final timeout with 1:24 left. Sundiata Gaines has been a force for the Dawgs, but if Xavier can hit free throws down the stretch -- and they are getting all the calls -- they should hold on.
WASHINGTON -- It is all Xavier now.
WASHINGTON -- Without scoring a point, Georgia's Sundiata Gaines just had what may be the 10-second sequence of the day.
WASHINGTON -- With 12 minutes left, Georgia is already in the penalty and their fans don't like it. As Jarvis Hayes, formerly of Georgia and now with the Detroit Pistons, looks on, Xavier has cut Georgia lead to four and has the ball.
WASHINGTON -- There is still a lot of time left here at Verizon Center, but with 16 minutes left, Georgia is up 11 and its fans have broken out some pretty creative signs.
WASHINGTON -- The answer: momentum doesn't die during a four-day break. Looking every bit like the worthy the champions of the SEC, Georgia has come out firing against the Musketeers and lead by nine at the half, 35-26.
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WASHINGTON -- One of the interesting things about the NCAA tournament is that a lot of the videos they show on the jumbotron are picked before the teams at a particular site are selected. Just now, we had one of those situations where had they known which teams would be here, they probably would have picked a different clip.
WASHINGTON -- With Georgia staked to an early six point lead, the star of the first 13 minutes has been junior guard Terrance Woodbury.
WASHINGTON -- After scoring the game's first five points, Xavier looked as though it might run away with this one. They looked more active, more polished and more talented. But since then, they've just been careless.
WASHINGTON -- Welcome to Verizon Center in the nation's capital, where the Georgia Bulldogs, a 14 seed that no one expected to be here, and the Xavier Musketeers, who have matched their highest seed (3) ever in the NCAA tournament, are just about to get started.
Verizon Center has seen its fair share of memorable college basketball games the last few years. It has seen Georgetown upset No. 1 Duke in January 2006, the ultimate Cinderella, George Mason, take down mighty Connecticut later that spring, and Roy Hibbert beat those Huskies on an unexpected three pointer just a couple months ago. With the eight teams the NCAA has sent to Verizon for the first weekend of this year's tournament, there is a good chance that the District is one again the site of a few classics.
ATLANTA, Ga. - How in the world can I put these last four days into perspective...
ATLANTA, Ga. - This can't be happening?
ATLANTA, Ga. - Where you wonder IF Arkansas will make the run we're all expecting.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Looks like the three games in two days are finally catching up to the Bulldogs.
ATLANTA, Ga. - You could tell during the second part of the first half, Arkansas looked a hair quicker than Georgia.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Remember how I said Dennis Felton was doing a good job of slowing down the tempo on offense.
ATLANTA, Ga. - I'm sure we all had Georgia in our SEC conference tournament pools.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Oh, if I were listening to Bill Raftery on television right now.
ATLANTA, Ga. - How Georgia keeps doing this is beyond me.
ATLANTA, Ga. - That's the song that the Arkansas band is currently playing.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Just to put Georgia's 64-60 victory over Mississippi State into perspective.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Sundiata Gaines fouled out with 7:18 to go.
ATLANTA, Ga. - The only good thing Georgia has going for it may be gone soon.
ATLANTA, Ga. - I don't know where Georgia would be.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Since my last post.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Still waiting for that big Mississippi State surge.
ATLANTA, Ga. - We knew coming into this game that point guard play would be at its best.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Georgia jumped out to a 10-12 lead in the first four minutes.
ATLANTA, Ga. - I'm back! Did you miss me?
ATLANTA, Ga. - Georgia's unexpected run through the SEC tournament continued at Kentucky's expense.
ATLANTA, Ga. - As I said before, Ramel Bradley has never met a shot he didn't like.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Doesn't look like it's in the cards. Though I've jinxed almost everything I've blogged about over the last two days.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Due to the large number of media covering this tournament in such a small building we have a limited number of ports to plug in our laptops.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Kentucky took the lead with a little over a minute to go.
ATLANTA, Ga. - I don't know how they got this place prepped so quickly.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Most believe that Kentucky needs a win to make it to the NCAA tournament.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Greetings from the most surreal basketball setting I have ever witnessed.
ATLANTA, Ga. - Say goodbye to another bubble team. The Ole Miss Rebels just got downed by Georgia senior center Dave Bliss.
ATLANTA, Ga. - When you're up three with 7.1 seconds left and on defense, you shouldn't foul someone taking a shot from behind the 3-point line
