California State University, Northridge NCAA News

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Three of B.C.'s top former high school boys basketball stars are celebrating March Madness in style.

California and New York both have 24 of them. Texas has 21 and North Carolina has 18.

The Tigers should've known a little something about Cal State Northridge. Perhaps a name.

The mood in the Cal State Northridge locker room at the Sprint Center was more like the end of a spring break trip than the end of a season.

Fri Mar 20, 2009 7:46am EDT - Memphis Tigers Roburt Sallie drives past Cal State Northridge Matadors Rodrigue Mels during the second half of the Tigers' win in the first round game of the NCAA men's basketball tournament at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, March 19, 2009 .

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For a stretch in the second half, Cal State Northridge couldn’t miss, and John Calipari didn’t seem to have enough timeouts.“When they went up six, I looked up and said, I better talk to these young men right here,” Calipari said.Whatever Cal said worked as the Tigers stormed back from that six-point hole with 10 minutes ...

Roburt Sallie sounded grateful for the moment, the one that beckons with the promise of a run at the Final Four and, perhaps, a national championship.

Why don't they stagger those starts by more than five minutes? There are 16 games going on today.

Best storyThe game was all but over, 11.2 seconds remained and Cal State Northridge coach Bobby Braswell cleared his bench, giving five players an opportunity to step on the floor in an NCAA Tournament game.

Memphis' Roburt Sallie takes a 3-point shot as Cal State Northridge's Rob Haynes defends during the second half of their NCAA tournament game in Kansas City, Mo.

2009 NCAA Tournament Results - Memphis Tigers The Memphis Tigers dodged a bullet today in what could have been the first upset by a number 2 seed in the NCAA tournament since Hampton upset Iowa State in 2001.

Cal State Northridge's basketball team boarded a MD-80 chartered jet from Burbank to Kansas City for the NCAATournament.

The time has come to talk about the Cal State Northridge players who will play in the NCAA tournament, not the ones who won't. Tie both arms behind your back and try to do a somersault through a Hula-Hoop, and we'll call that an approximation of what the Matadors did to reach their first-round game today against Memphis without their leading scorer ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. He is believed to be the first deaf athlete playing in the NCAA Tournament, but Michael Lizarraga isn't concerned with making history.

Memphis' Roburt Sallie takes a three-point shot against Cal State Northridge in the second half during a first-round game at the men's NCAA college basketball tournament in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday, March 19, 2009.

They are just a couple of Vancouver Island guys engulfed in March Madness. California State University-Northridge, with post player Willie Galick of Cedar, B.C., and assistant-coach Jamie Blake of Victoria, plays heavily-favoured Memphis Thursday at Kansas City in the opening round of the NCAA men's basketball tournament.

Morgan State head coach Todd Bozeman gets a hug from guard Troy Smith at the end of Wednesday's March 18, 2009, Morgan State practice at Sprint Center in preparation for their first round game in the NCAA 2009 Basketball Championship.

First the head coach was nearly killed in a traffic accident, then their leading scorer was arrested along with the coach's son and removed from the team.