South Regional Finals

Guide Note: On March 30, 2008, the South Regional Finals will be held to determine a spot in Final Four of the 2008 NCAA Tournament. The game will be held at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. The #1 seeded Memphis Tigers will face the #2 seeded Texas Longhorns. This page will provide play-by-play live coverage of this game.

Fast Facts:

  1. When: Sunday March 30, 2008, 2:20 PM ET
  2. Where: Reliant Stadium in Houston, TX
  3. Television Coverage: CBS Sports
  4. Game Announcers: Jim Nantz and Billy Packer

NCAA South Regional Finals - FINAL
Team1st2nd SCORE
#1 Memphis Tigers 3946 85
#2 Texas Longhorns 2839 67


South Regional Finals Live Play-by-Play Coverage

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End of Game

  • The Memphis Tigers have defeated the Texas Longhorns by the final score of 85-67

Second Half

  • 0:00: Game Ends
  • 0:46: Memphis leads 85-67 - Douglas-Roberts hits 2 free throws
  • 0:51: Texas trails 83-67 - Lewis makes the lay-in
  • 1:01: Memphis leads 83-65 - Rose makes 1 of 2
  • 1:35: Memphis leads 82-65 - Douglas-Roberts hits 2 free throws
  • 1:44: Memphis leads 80-65 - Rose hits 2 at the line
  • 1:47: Texas trails 78-65 - Abrams heating up with yet another 3-ball
  • 2:02: Memphis leads 78-62 - Rose hits 2 at the line
  • 2:04: TIMEOUT - Texas
  • 2:05: Texas trails 76-62 - Abrams hits the 3-ball from the corner pocket
  • 2:24: Memphis leads 76-59 - Allen hits 1 of 2
  • 2:32: Memphis leads 75-59 - Douglas-Roberts hits 2 free throws
  • 2:37: TIMEOUT - Texas
  • 2:38: Texas trails 73-59 - Abrams hits his 2nd straight 3-ball
  • 2:57: Texas trails 73-56 - Abrams hits a trifecta - Look like it's too little too late
  • 3:12: Memphis leads 73-53 - Kemp hits 2 free throws
  • 3:19: TIMEOUT - Texas and then because of an inbounding problem, TIMEOUT - Memphis
  • 3:20: Texas trails 71-53 - Augustin hits 3-ball up top
  • 3:30: Memphis leads 71-50 - Douglas-Roberts on a 1-and-1 hits 2 free throws
  • 3:36: Texas trails 69-50 - Augustin hits 2 free throws
  • 3:47: Memphis leads 69-48 - Rose hits 2 free throws
  • 3:55: TV TIMEOUT - Tigers are able to do just enough to make it happen right now - Longhorns can't get clean looks - haven't been able to all day
  • 4:47: Memphis leads 67-48 - Anderson takes lead pass ahead and SLAM DUNKS it home
  • 5:09: Memphis leads 65-48 - Douglas-Roberts hits on the 12-foot jumper
  • 5:25: Texas trails 63-48 - Johnson hits on the jumper inside
  • 5:37: Memphis leads 63-46 - Douglas-Roberts makes 2 free throws
  • 6:33: Texas trails 61-46 - Atchley hits the 3-pointer
  • 6:49: Memphis leads 61-43 - Allen hits 2 of 2 at line
  • 6:49: TV TIMEOUT - Anderson has done a terrific defensive job in these 2 games on Neitzel of Michigan State and now Abrams of Texas
  • 8:07: TIMEOUT - Memphis
  • 8:29: Texas trails 59-43 - Pittman scores on the lay-in and is fouled - misses bonus
  • 8:42: Memphis leads 59-41 - Taggart hits the runner inside off the feed by Douglas-Roberts
  • 9:46: Texas trails 57-41 - Abrams hits the 3-ball from the corner pocket
  • 10:06: Memphis leads 57-38 - Taggart with another jumper on the low block - 16-4 Memphis run now
  • 11:23: Memphis leads 55-38 - Taggart hits the inside jumper - assist to Anderson - Tigers have 14 assists in this game
  • 11:48: TV TIMEOUT
  • 12:08: Memphis leads 53-38 - Douglas-Roberts hits the runner in the paint
  • 12:53: Memphis leads 51-38 - Dorsey makes bonus free throw
  • 12:53: TV TIMEOUT
  • 12:54: Memphis leads 50-38 - Dorsey scores the bucket inside and the foul
  • 13:09: Texas trails 48-38 - Augustin on the floater from 11 feet
  • 13:42: Memphis leads 48-36 - Rose with the runner inside
  • 14:41: Texas trails 46-36 - James scores on the tap-in
  • 14:59: Memphis leads 46-34 - Anderson hits a 3-ball - Sunday bankers hours for Anderson
  • 17:07: Memphis leads 43-34 - Rose goes strong the bucket and SLAM DUNK
  • 17:58: Memphis leads 41-34 - Taggard hits baseline jumper - assist to Rose
  • 18:22: Texas trails 39-34 - James hits the jumper
  • 18:58: Texas trails 39-32 - Augustin off the steal scores the lay-up
  • 19:31: Texas trails 39-30 - James hits the jumper inside
  • Texas starts with the ball

Halftime

  • At the half, Memphis leads Texas 39-28
  • Halftime Stats:
    • For Memphis Tigers: 15-30 from the field, 2-7 from 3-point range, 7-9 at the stripe, 14 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 steals, 5 turnovers. SCORING: Douglas-Roberts with 11 points, Rose with 10 and 4 assists, Dorsey with 8 and 7 boards.
    • For Texas Longhorns: 10-27 from the floor, 2-8 from outside the arc, 6-6 at the line, 15 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals, 8 turnovers. SCORING: Augustin and Mason have 7 each, Johnson has 6, Abrams only 2 so far.
    • ANALYSIS: The Tigers are playing like they have all year long - they pack in that 2-3 zone and force you to knock down shots, and they push the ball maybe as well as any team in the country. Rose has been sensational and Dorsey is a force inside. The best player for the Longhorns so far has been Mason, and they need more from Abrams to have a chance.

First Half

  • 0:00: Half expires
  • 0:31: Texas trails 39-28 - Johnson gets shooters roll on jumper in the lane
  • 1:26: Texas trails 39-26 - Johnson hits 2 of 2 at line
  • 2:14: Texas trails 39-24 - Abrams hits the jumper - Texas needs a big 2nd half from him to have any chance
  • 2:48: Memphis leads 39-22 - Dorsey with another SLAM DUNK off a feed from Douglas-Roberts
  • 3:16: Texas trails 37-22 - Johnson hits the lay-up on the off wing
  • 3:37: Memphis leads 37-20 - Anderson hits the triple from way downtown
  • 3:45: TV TIMEOUT
  • 4:03: Memphis leads 34-20 - Taggart hits the tough turnaround jumper
  • 4:36: Texas trails 32-20 - Pittman for the SLAM DUNK off the dish by Mason
  • 4:52: Memphis leads 32-18 - Anderson hits 1 of 2 at line
  • 6:01: Memphis leads 31-18 - Dorsey with the SLAM DUNK - almost took the rim off
  • 6:33: Texas trails 29-18 - Augustin hits the 3-ball from the corner pocket - TIMEOUT - Memphis
  • 7:09: Texas trails 29-15 - Augustin hits 2 free throws
  • 7:40: TV TIMEOUT - STAT PACK: For Memphis: 11-23 from the floor, 1-6 from 3-point range, 6-7 at the line, 13 rebounds, 4 steals, 4 assists, 2 turnovers - SCORING: Douglas-Roberts leads all with 11, Rose has 10, and Dorsey has 4 with 5 boards. For Texas: 5-19 from the field, 1-7 from 3-point land, 2-2 at the line, 9 rebounds (only 1 offensive), 6 turnovers - SCORING: Mason has 7 of their 13 points, Abrams hasn't scored yet.
  • 8:10: Memphis leads 29-13 - Douglas-Roberts on the break scores lay-in and the foul - he hits bonus - Boy the Tigers get out on the natural break so fast
  • 9:00: Memphis leads 26-13 - Dorsey SLAM DUNK off lob pass by Rose
  • 10:23: Memphis leads 24-13 - Rose on the steal and all the way for a SLAM DUNK
  • 11:26: Memphis leads 22-13 - Dozier on the smooth jumper from 12 feet
  • 11:56: TV TIMEOUT
  • 12:21: Texas trails 20-13 - Augustin hits 2 of 2 at line
  • 13:13: Memphis leads 20-11 - Taggart hits 2 free throws - Atchley picks up 2 fouls for Texas
  • 13:45: Texas trails 18-11 - Mason nails the trifecta
  • 14:05: Memphis leads 18-8 - Douglas-Roberts hits 1 of 2 - offensive rebound for the Tigers and then a foul on Augustin
  • 14:05: TV TIMEOUT - Texas - Longhorns haven't had a good look the last 3 times down the floor - so Barnes calls a TO to settle them down.
  • 14:29: Memphis leads 17-8 - Rose with the cross-over and step back shot
  • 15:07: Memphis leads 15-8 - Rose strong the the rack for the lay-in - "...aaah, cracklin' Rose you get on board..."
  • 15:49: TV TIMEOUT - Well, as expected, the pace is too fast that it's already ready the next line of this blog. Figure the score will be in the 80-90 range for each team, as both will try to utilize their speed to their advantage. The big question is that Memphis likes to use 10-11, so will that be an advantage for them.
  • 16:06: Memphis leads 13-8 - Rose off the rebound runs the floor and hits
  • 16:24: Memphis leads 11-8 - Douglas-Roberts hits the jumper inside
  • 16:53: Texas trails 9-8 - Mason with the steal and another SLAM DUNK
  • 17:14: Texas trails 9-6 - Mason crashes the boards and hits the SLAM DUNK
  • 17:34: Memphis leads 9-4 - Douglas-Roberts hits 2 of 2 at line
  • 17:47: Memphis leads 7-4 - Dorsey gets the put-back right at the basket
  • 18:12: Texas trails 5-4 - James hits the jumper from 14-feet
  • 18:42: Texas trails 5-2 - Atchley SLAM DUNK off feed from Augustin
  • 18:51: Memphis leads 5-0 - Douglas-Roberts for 3 - got it
  • 19:23: Memphis leads 2-0 - Douglas-Roberts hits the shot

South Regional Finals Bracket

How They Got Here

2008 South Region Bracket

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  First Round
March 20 & 21
Sites TBD 		Second Round
March 22 & 23
Sites TBD 		Regional Semifinals
March 28
Reliant Stadium, Houston TX 		Finals
March 30
Reliant Stadium, Houston TX
                                     
1  Memphis 87  
16  UT Arlington 63  
  1  Memphis 77  
  8  Mississppi State 74  
8  Mississppi State 76
9  Oregon 69  
  1  Memphis 92  
  5  Michigan State 74  
5  Michigan State 72  
12  Temple 61  
  5  Michigan State 65
  4  Pittsburgh 54  
4  Pittsburgh 82
13  Oral Roberts 63  
  1  Memphis 85
  2  Texas 67
6  Marquette 74  
11  Kentucky 66  
  6  Marquette 81
  3  Stanford 82  
3  Stanford 77
14  Cornell 53  
  3  Stanford 62
  2  Texas 82  
7  Miami FL 78  
10  Saint Mary's 64  
  7  Miami FL 72
  2  Texas 75  
2  Texas 74
15  Austin Peay 54  
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