La Salle Explorers

NCAA Tournament: Wichita State dispatches La Salle, 72-58

2013-03-28 21:50:00

�Wichita State went from sweet to elite, beating La Salle 72-58 on Thursday night to reach the final eight of the NCAA tournament for the first time in 32 years. Malcolm Armstead scored 18 points, Carl Hall added 16 points and freshman Ron Baker 13...

Wichita State scores an outsized victory over La Salle, 72-58

2013-03-28 23:30:00

You could see it was going to be a problem for La Salle from the opening tip. The basket on both ends of Staples Center was 10 feet from the floor and Wichita State players were always closer to it. The four-guard rotation that got La Salle to the...

NCAA West Regional: La Salle a real Philadelphia story

2013-03-27 17:11:00

La Salle, located in Philadelphia, advanced to the Sweet 16 with a roster heavy with Philadelphia products. Guards Tyreek Duren, Ramon Galloway, Tyrone Garland and forward Jerrell Wright all hail from the City of Brotherly Love. The Explorers rode their...

La Salle in the Sweet 16: Philadelphia story is no underdog's tale

2013-03-27 21:09:00

The message was clear and it came with accent, attitude and a side of sauce: Don't even start with the insulting line of questioning that would somehow suggest La Salle — La Salle! — is an underdog being overshadowed in the NCAA tournament...

True underdogs mix with pedigreed types in wide-open NCAA tournament

2013-03-25 00:00:00

My dream of a West Regional foursome of Wichita State, La Salle, Harvard and Iowa State came only half true. Los Angeles fell two underdogs short from hitting for the Cinderella cycle. The disappointment abated when, in Philadelphia, the hallucination...

NCAA Tournament: La Salle holds on to upset No. 4 Kansas State

2013-03-22 14:35:00

KANSAS CITY, Mo. --� La Salle wouldn't let a stellar first half go to waste. Jerrell Wright made three foul shots in the final 30 seconds, and the No. 13 seed Explorers survived after blowing an 18-point halftime advantage to beat fourth-seeded Kansas...

NCAA Tournament: La Salle topples Mississippi, 76-74

2013-03-24 20:00:00

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The last time La Salle advanced this far in the NCAA tournament there was no round of 16. The field was only 24 teams. Tyrone Garland banked home a scooping layup with 2 seconds left and 13th-seeded La Salle beat Mississippi 76-74 on...

Louisville earns top seeding in NCAA tournament field

2013-03-17 16:15:00

The red-colored and red-hot Louisville Cardinals earned the No. 1 overall seeding for this year’s NCAA tournament. Rick Pitino’s Big East Conference tournament championship team got the top spot in the Midwest Region and will open play...

March Madness Wrapup

2013-03-25 16:24:03

La Salle coach Giannini enjoying the moment

2013-03-25 18:20:00

As John Giannini stared into an empty Sprint Center on Sunday night in Kansas City, Mo., he never felt more fulfilled as head coach at La Salle. One hour earlier, Giannini's Explorers somehow discovered in the final seconds how to beat Mississippi for...

Vegas: Florida Gulf Coast and La Salle remain huge longshots in NCAA tourney

2013-03-26 16:23:00

Grant's NCAA Blog: Shocker Nation has arrived

2013-03-28 18:47:00

If you don't have a permit, don't even think about working in California. As we have found by doing our work and other stuff, permits are a must for working in Los Angeles. We've been moved and shooed and told to go away more times than I can remember...

La Salle Explorers guard Rohan Brown (35) celebrates a 63-61 win over the Kansas State Wildcats in the second round of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri, Friday, March 22, 2013.

2013-03-22 00:00:00