Led by Big Ten player of the year Trey Burke and sharp-shooting guard Nik Stauskas, one of three freshman starters, the Wolverines dominated Florida right from tipoff, scoring the game's first 13 points and routing the Gators 79-59 in the South Regional final Sunday.
None of that mattered once the championship game started and it looked like it was going to be Syracuse's romp to the title with the Orange scoring the game's first eight points and taking a 35-22 halftime lead and people scrambling in record books to find the largest margin of victory in a Big East championship game.
They won it on the shooting of Seimone Augustus, who averaged nearly 25 points a game, and after leading the scoring charge in the final game, was named -- not surprisingly -- Finals MVP.
It had been Sunderland who had looked more like scoring throughout the game, although Roy Keane's side were hardly in inspirational form themselves.
This is hardly the first attempt to curtail the arcade-like scoring of the college game.
Carroll, 23, prodded in at the far post at the start of the second half to open the scoring in the Premier League game.
For me, the highlight wasn't winning the game or scoring the try.
The Wallabies came desperately close to scoring the first try of the game soon after, but some heroic defence from the hosts saw powerful Australia number eight Wycliff Palu stopped inches short.
The two sides were locked together at 6-6 after 25 minutes before Saracens went close to scoring the first try of the game, Ratuvou nearly crossing after taking an inside pass from Neil de Kock.
Brian Boyle and defenseman Ryan McDonagh added goals, and Henrik Lundqvist stopped 26 shots in the Rangers' highest-scoring game of the season.
Washington outshot the Rangers 13-9 in the period, but the quality of the Capitals' scoring chances diminished as the game went on.
Vanek, the NHL leader with 11 goals, opened the scoring 9:28 into the game.
Denver took a quick 8-0 lead, but Gee, who had scored 14 points his last two games combined, kept Cleveland in the game by scoring 15 of the Cavaliers' first 17 points.
Klout has been at the scoring game for a while, handing out its 100 millionth grade this month.
Griner passed Oklahoma State's Andrea Riley for the record while scoring the first four points of the game, giving her 2, 837 for her career.
Nets center Brook Lopez, who was the centerpiece of the team's efforts to trade for Howard last season, responded by hitting a jumper and a foul shot at the other end, but the Lakers overpowered them down the stretch, scoring the final 10 points of the game.
The Red Foxes (26-6) led the Gaels 40-33 early in the second half before scoring 11 straight to put the game away and start the celebration.
Soon after Fussell got the Dragons back in the game, scoring their first try after beating the Bath defence to a clever kick from Arlidge, who converted to make it 7-8.
In 2003, Katie Hnida became the first woman to kick for an NCAA Division I-A football team, scoring in one game for the University of New Mexico.
Trailing 24-10 with less than 10 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter, Brady led New England on a furious rally, scoring two touchdowns to tie the game 24-24, the second coming on a 14-yard pass to wide receiver Wes Welker with 1:50 left on the clock.
Okposo continued his superb series by scoring for the third straight game, with some help from Fleury.
And the Somerset stumper continued his rich vein of form in the short form of the game in the Caribbean, scoring 222 runs in seven matches including 11 sixes.
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He changed the game with his energy and scoring after the Knicks sleepwalked through the start, and finished one basket shy of tying the team record for field goals without a miss, held by Johnny Newman and Bernard King.
LeBron James thoroughly dominated the Indiana Pacers in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Wednesday night, scoring a game-high 30 points, collecting a triple-double, and securing a Miami victory with a game-winning layup as time expired.
New York got back into the game, briefly, by scoring three in the sixth and chasing Scherzer with two walks and Travis Hafner's RBI single.
Pannell changed the game in the fourth quarter, scoring two goals and handing out two assists.
Nuneaton manager Kevin Wilkin felt his side could have made the victory more comfortable after creating a number of goal-scoring opportunities at the start of the game.
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