Ncaa Tournament: Peak Performers

Sat., March 18, 2000

Friday’s stars

East

Shaheen Holloway scores 27 points, including the game-winner as 10th-seeded Seton Hall upsets Oregon.

Mike Miller’s “home run” at the buzzer lifts fifth-seeded Florida past pesky Butler in overtime in East Regional.

Brandon Armstrong scores 22 for Pepperdine as the Waves pull off big upset.

South

David Shelton scores 21 as Tulsa makes it look easy against UNLV.

Today on CBS

10 a.m. quadrupleheader: Syracuse vs. Kentucky followed by Michigan State vs. Utah, Arizona vs. Wisconsin and St. John’s vs. Gonzaga.

Inside

Notebook: St. John’s coach Mike Jarvis has had to deal with a lot of distractions this season, but defends his players as “some of the finest in the country.”

Rough week: Eleventh-seeded Pepperdine beats sixth-seeded Indiana 77-57, ending a week in which Hoosiers coach Bob Knight was forced to defend himself against allegations he once choked a player.

Duck soup: Seton Hall beats Oregon in OT.

Mark Madsen scores 14 and pulls down 13 rebounds as Stanford wins.

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