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For three days in November, the second annual O’Reilly Auto Parts Puerto Rico Tip-Off was the hottest ticket in town. From Dante Jackson’s buzzer-beater from beyond halfcourt (a SportsCenter Top 10 play, by the way) to Puerto Rico native A.D. Vassallo shooting the lights out early, to Seton Hall playing to its fans in the third place game … this growing event featured a nice mix of blowouts, nail-biters—and upsets (ask USC’s Tim Floyd). In the end, however, it Sean Miller’s Musketeers outlasted John Calipari’s Tigers, 63-58.
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Championship: Memphis vs. Xavier
On the bus ride to the gym, Coach Cal looked extremely relaxed. (Maybe too relaxed.) His players hardly played that way, but lost a hard-fought slugfest to Xavier.
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3rd Place Game: Seton Hall 77, Virginia Tech 73
Down six at the half, the feisty Seton Hall Pirates shot 56.5 percent in the second half to get the win.
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4th Place Game: Missouri 83, USC 72
Basketball is a team sport. But in this game, it was all DeMarre Carroll (29 pts) as Missouri pulled away from No. 19 USC.
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7th Place Game: Fairfield 61, Chattanooga 42
Fairfield scored first in this game (on a three-pointer), and never trailed—running away from Chattanooga, which finished 0-3 in Puerto Rico. Read Game Recap >>
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