Memphis UCLA Final Four Live Coverage

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End of Game

• The Memphis Tigers have defeated the UCLA Bruins 78-63 and advance to Monday's National Championship game against the winner of the upcoming North Carolina-Kansas game.

Second Half

• 0:12: UCLA trails 78-63 - Westbrook with a 3-pointer - Too little, too late
• 0:20:Memphis leads 78-60 - Anderson banks in a 3-ball as the shot clock winds down
• 1:00: Memphis leads 75-60 - Douglas-Roberts hits 2 free throws
• 1:03: TIMEOUT - UCLA
• 1:03: UCLA trails 73-60 - Mbah a Moute scores inside
• 1:15: Memphis leads 73-58 - Rose makes 2 shots
• 1:16: TIMEOUT - UCLA
• 1:17: UCLA trails 71-58 - Westbrook hits the jumper
• 1:32: Memphis leads 71-56 - Rose hits 2 free throws
• 1:40: UCLA trails 69-56 - Mata-Real scores on the tip-in inside
• 1:58: Memphis leads 69-54 - Douglas-Roberts hits 2 of 2 at the line
• 1:59: Memphis leads 67-54 - Dozier hits the lay-in - Anderson on the assist
• 2:42: UCLA trails 65-54 - Keefe makes 2 of 2 at line
• 2:53: Memphis leads 65-52 - Rose hits 2 of 2 at line
• 2:53: TV TIMEOUT
• 2:54: Collison fouls out on a reach-in
• 3:17: Memphis leads 63-52 - after a thunderous rejection by Dorsey - Rose scores on the lay-in
• 4:56: Memphis leads 61-52 - Douglas-Roberts with a lefty SLAM over Love
• 7:21: UCLA trails 59-52 - Shipp scores and the foul - bonus is good
• 7:53: TV TIMEOUT - STAT PACK: For Memphis: 23-54 from field, 3-10 from 3-point range, 10-12 at stripe, 29 rebounds (10 off), 7 assists, 6 steals, 7 turnovers. SCORING: Douglas-Roberts 22, Rose 17. FOULS: Taggart and Dorsey have 3. For UCLA: 19-47 from the field, 3-9 from beyond-the-arc, 8-10 at the line, 26 rebounds (8 off), 8 assists, 11 turnovers. SCORING: Westbrook 17, Love 12. FOULS: Collison has 4, Westbrook has 3.
• 7:54: 4th foul called on UCLA's Collison - offensive foul
• 9:04: Memphis leads 59-49 - on the 1-and-1, Douglas-Roberts hits 1 of 2
• 9:45: Memphis leads 58-49 - Anderson drives through the middle and score on the lay-in
• 10:09: UCLA trails 56-49 - Westbrook scores inside - assist to Aboya
• 11:11: Memphis leads 56-47 - Rose gets a put back basket underneath
• 11:41: TV TIMEOUT - The Bruins have been a team that has been 'managed' but not 'coached' by Howland all season, so they can't be expected to play disciplined and run sets designed to get Love the ball on the interior now - they've usually tried to throw the on-switch at the 7-minute mark of the 2nd half of games all season. The Tigers are getting great production by Rose and Douglas-Roberts, and they have 9 offensive rebounds for the game to 7 for UCLA, a surprising advantage on the glass leading to second-chance scoring opps.
• 12:05: UCLA trails 54-47 - Mbah a Moute makes a lay-in
• 12:20: Memphis leads 54-45 - Douglas-Roberts makes 2 free throws
• 13:13: Memphis leads 52-45 - Douglas-Roberts hits the lefty turnaround jumper
• 13:32: TIMEOUT - Memphis
• 13:36: UCLA trails 50-45 - Great dish inside by Collison to Aboya for the easy lay-in
• 13:59: UCLA trails 50-43 - Mbah a Moute hits the inside shot
• 14:39: Memphis leads 50-41 - off the rejection by Dozier - Anderson ahead gets the SLAM DUNK
• 14:55: TV TIMEOUT
• 15:16: UCLA trails 48-41 - Love scores on the put back
• 16:06: UCLA trails 48-39 - Westbrook takes it strong to the glass and lays it in on the left side
• 16:37: Memphis leads 48-37 - Rose hits 2 free throws
• 17:56: Memphis leads 46-37 - Douglas-Roberts hits the jumper
• 18:15: UCLA trails 44-37 - Westbrook hits the lay-in off the quick outlet pass by Love
• 18:22: Memphis leads 44-35 - Dozier hits the shot inside
• 18:45: TIMEOUT - UCLA - Taggart and Dorsey have quickly picked up their 3rd fouls each and are on the bench for the Tigers
• 18:46: Memphis leads 42-35 - Douglas-Roberts goes all the way for the lefty-lay-in
• 19:20: Memphis leads 40-35 - Rose hits 2 of 2 at line
• 19:31: Love draws a charge for the Bruins, but bad shot selection leads to a foul on Collison
• Memphis starts with the ball

Halftime

• At the Half, Memphis leads UCLA 38-35
• HALFTIME STATS:
  • For the Memphis Tigers: 16-40 from the field, 3-9 from beyond-the-arc, 3-4 at the line, 19 rebounds (8 off, 11 def), 5 assists, 4 steals, 3 turnovers - SCORING: Douglas-Roberts has 13 points and Rose has 11, Taggart has added in 7 points. - Foul Trouble: 2 each for Taggart and Dorsey.
  • For the UCLA Bruins: 12-27 from the floor, 3-5 from 3-point range, 8-10 at the line, 18 rebounds (4 off, 14 def), 5 assists, 3 steals, 8 turnovers - SCORING: Westbrook has 11, Love has 10, and Shipp has 6. - Foul Trouble: None

First Half

• 0:02: UCLA trails 38-35 - Collison drives it inside as the clock winds down
• 0:38: TIMEOUT - Memphis
• 0:58: UCLA trails 38-33 - Love on the interior jumper
• 1:20: Memphis leads 38-31 - Rose hits the baseline jumper
• 1:25: UCLA trails 36-31 - Love hits 2 of 2 at line
• 1:26: Again both teams struggling, especially the Bruins with sloppy ball handling and turnovers
• 2:59: Memphis leads 36-29 - Douglas-Roberts hits the 3-ball from the corner pocket
• 3:12: UCLA trails 33-29 - Mbah a Moute hits 2 of 2
• 3:47: Memphis leads 33-27 - Rose hits 1 of 2 at the line
• 3:57: TV TIMEOUT
• 4:07: UCLA trails 32-27 - Westbrook hits the running lay-in on the right side
• 5:05: Memphis leads 32-25 - Taggart dominating inside with the jump hook - Bruins look out of sorts right now
• 5:28: UCLA trails 30-25 - Love hits 2 of 2 free throws
• 5:49: Memphis leads 30-23 - Taggart on the SLAM dunk on the follow-up
• 7:17: TV TIMEOUT - STAT PACK: For Memphis: 12-26 from the floor, 2-7 from 3-point range, 2-2 at the line, 13 rebounds, (4 off), 3 assists, 2 steals, 0 turnovers; SCORING: Douglas-Roberts has 10, Rose has 8, and Anderson has 5. For UCLA: 9-20 from the floor, 3-5 from 3-point land, 2-2 at the line, 9 rebounds (1 off), 5 assists, 2 turnovers; SCORING: Westbrook has 9, Shipp with 6 and Love has 4.
• 7:40: Memphis leads 28-23 - Dozier off the fast break converts the easy lay-in
• 8:01: TIMEOUT - UCLA
• 8:30: Memphis leads 26-23 - Rose just puts it into another gear
• 9:23: UCLA trails 24-23 - Westbrook hits the inside shot
• 9:40: Neither team has scored in the past minute, UCLA had it's 3 best players on the bench, now back in
• 10:45: Memphis leads 24-21 - Rose gets the "shooter's touch" on the jumper
• 11:46: TV TIMEOUT
• 12:28: UCLA trails 22-21 - Westbrook hits a lay-up inside off the dribble penetration
• 12:40: Memphis leads 22-19 - Douglas-Roberts hits a turnaround jumper
• 12:57: UCLA trails 20-19 - 3-ball corner pocket by Westbrook
• 13:26: UCLA trails 20-16 - Love takes the feed from Collison and converts the SLAM dunk
• 13:57: Memphis leads 20-14 - Taggart from 3-point range in the corner
• 14:07: UCLA trails 17-14 - Keefe makes 2 of 2 at line
• 14:07: TV TIMEOUT
• 14:22: TIMEOUT - UCLA - The Bruins had it at the pace they wanted early on, and Shipp knocking down two 3's will help, but the Tigers have started to ratchet it up to their pace and are on an 11-2 run to take a 5 point advantage.
• 14:24: Memphis leads 17-12 - Anderson with a big time SLAM dunk on the breakaway
• 14:51: Memphis leads 15-12 - Douglas-Roberts hits the running lay-up
• 15:19: Memphis leads 13-12 - Rose takes it strong to the rack and lays it in - He's going to be a great pro, can get his own shot and very quick off the dribble - will that be this year or next he goes?
• 15:30: UCLA leads 12-11 - Westbrook strong with the jumper inside the key
• 15:46: Memphis leads 11-10 - Anderson hits the 3-pointer from outside
• 16:13: Memphis trails 10-8 - Douglas-Roberts hits 2 free throws
• 16:38: UCLA leads 10-6 - Shipp knocks down a second trifecta - Bruin fans have been waiting all tourney long for this from Shipp, but they'll take them now
• 16:52: Memphis trails 7-6 - Rose scores quickly in transition
• 17:01: UCLA leads 7-4 - Love hits the jump hook inside
• 17:20: Memphis trails 5-4 - Douglas-Roberts hits the lay-up
• 17:43: Memphis trails 5-2 - Douglas-Roberts knocks down the jumper
• 17:58: UCLA leads 5-0 - Shipp hits the first 3-ball of the Final Four
• 19:40: UCLA leads 2-0 - Mbah a Moute on the interior
• UCLA wins the tip

Pre-Game

• Awaiting the opening tip-off at the Alamodome in San Antonio.
• This is the 3rd straight Final Four appearance for coach Ben Howland and his Bruins. UCLA has won the most national championships in history, but has only one since 1980. Memphis is in the Final Four for the first time since 1985, and the 3rd time in school history. It's the second Final Four appearance for coach John Calipari (1996, UMass).
• Starters begin announced right now: for UCLA: Josh Shipp, Luc Richard Mbah a Moute, Kevin Love, Russell Westbrook, and Darren Collison; Memphis: Robert Dozier, Joey Dorsey, Chris Douglas-Roberts, Antonio Anderson, and Derrick Rose.

Memphis UCLA Bracket Info

How They Got Here

• #1 UCLA:
  • First Round: Defeated #16 Mississippi Valley St. 70-29
  • Second Round: Defeated #9 Texas A&M 53-49
  • Regional Semifinals: Defeated #12 Western Kentucky 88-78
  • Regional Finals: Defeated #3 Xavier 76-57
• #1 Memphis:
  • First Round: Defeated #16 UT-Arlington 87-63
  • Second Round: Defeated #8 Mississippi State 77-74
  • Regional Semifinals: Defeated #5 Michigan State 92-74
  • Regional Finals: Defeated #2 Texas 85-67

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