At the under 12 Arizona now leads 19-13 having outscored the Boilermakers 10-3 between the two media timeouts.

38-31 Purdue at the half over Zona. 

Purdue closed out the last 11+ minutes of the half outscoring Arizona 25-12 and lead 38-31.

Purdue messed up bad in their timeout usage.  Were up 7 on Arizona - gave up seven straight.  No timeout.  Let it get all the way to a 16-3 run before using one of their three timeouts they had left.  Now they're down 51-45.  Bad move. 

64-53 Arizona at the 7 minute mark.  Purdue calls another timeout.  

TOO. LATE.

Game turned into a fairly hideous beating like Arizona's other games.  74-61 Arizona, 2:05 remaining. 

Arizona punches their ticket to the Final Four with a 79-64 win, leading by as many as 18 after trailing by as many as 7.  They ultimately outscored Purdue 44-19 to take full control.

Arizona 79 

Purdue 64

Final Arizona advances to the final 4. They outscored Purdue 48-26 in the 2nd half.

Glad Purdue lost.

Both games played out very similar. The underdog had a good first half, then things changed in the second half and as the game wore on, the better team pulled away.

1 and 4 in the KenPom have punched their Final Four tickets. 2 and 3 each have a chance today.

Arizona dominated the second half and Purdue had no answers as the game went on.

Chuck Barkley called the Big Dance the Arizona Invitational, I'm beginning to believe him.

2 hours ago, 4 Quarters said:

Chuck Barkley called the Big Dance the Arizona Invitational, I'm beginning to believe him.

The have easily been the best performing team so far this tournament. 

4-3 Michigan over UT.