NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ekpe Udoh had 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Baylor won an NCAA tournament game for the first time in 60 years by beating Sam Houston State 68-to-59 yesterday. Their first-round victory in the South Regional was their first in the tournament since beating BYU in 1950.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Carleton Scott's 3-pointer rattled out in the closing seconds, and 11th-seeded Old Dominion delivered the first upset of the NCAA tournament when it stunned sixth-seeded Notre Dame 51-to-50 yesterday in the South Regional.
DENVER (AP) — Carmelo Anthony pulled down a career-best 18 rebounds to go with his 26 points in leading the Denver Nuggets past the New Orleans Hornets 93-to-80 last night. Coach George Karl missed his sixth game since beginning radiation and chemotherapy treatment for throat cancer a month ago.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees says he's been offered a number of book contracts but turned them all down -- until this year. He said yesterday that he'd always thought that it was too early to write about himself, though he might do so after his playing days were over.
