NCAA South: Kansas State ousts Kentucky
The top four seeds in the NCAA South Regional lost before the tournament reached the Sweet 16. And the highest seed to make it to Atlanta, No. 5 Kentucky, is gone now, too.
The Wildcats were eliminated by Kansas State 61-58 Thursday night at Philips Arena.
That sets up an Elite Eight game Saturday between a No. 9 seed, Kansas State, and a No. 11 seed, Loyola Chicago.
The Kansas State-Kentucky game was tied 58-58 in the final minute. A layup by Barry Brown gave K-State a 60-58 lead with 19 seconds to play, and a free throw by Amaad Wainright made it 61-58 with seven seconds to play. A 3-point attempt by Kentucky’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander missed at the buzzer.
Please see MyAJC.com for full coverage of Thursday night’s games.
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Tim Tucker, a long-time AJC sports reporter, often writes about the business side of the games. He also had stints as the AJC's Braves beat writer, UGA beat writer, sports notes columnist and executive sports editor. He was deputy managing editor of America's first all-sports newspaper, The National Sports Daily.
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