Sasser hurt anew as top seed Houston beats Northern Kentucky
Calvin Sampson
Birmingham
Second Round
Saturday
Houston
Gary Mckillop
Alabama
65
83
Tonight
75
67
ONE
52
Number One
Northern Kentucky
96
Corpus Christi
Maryland
West Virginia
Automatic TRANSCRIPT
Number one seeds Houston and Alabama one in the opening round of the NCAA tournament in Birmingham, the tide overwhelmed Texas a and M Corpus Christi 96 75, while Houston struggled the toppled northern Kentucky 63 52. Houston coach, Calvin Sampson. They were tougher than we were tonight. And that's not easy for me to say. Other winners were Maryland, which edged West Virginia 67 65, and auburn, which beat Iowa 83, 75. Winners advanced to the second round on Saturday. I'm Gary mckillop's.