Sun Belt Sports Blog

After advancing the the Sweet 16 with wins over #5 Drake and #13 San Diego, the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers finally met their match against #1 seed UCLA. The Bruins built a 21-point halftime lead at 41-20 and appeared poised to cruise to a 3rd staright Elite 8. But Darrin Horn’s WKU Hilltoppers cut into the lead in the second half as WKU’s Tyrone Brazelton scored 25 of his 31 points in the second half to cut the lead to as few as four points. But the Hilltoppers would get no closer as UCLA pulled away behind a career-high 29 from media-darling Kevin Love and UCLA topped WKU 88-78.

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College Sports Fans has released previews for all 65 teams in the 2008 NCAA Tournament including the two Sun Belt teams, Western Kentucky & South Alabama. They prevew the matchups for both schools as well as discuss team strenghts & weaknesses while predicting their Tournament results. Find NCAA Tournament scores as well as CBI Tournament scores online through College Sports Fans, and click the links below to view the WKU & South Alabama team previews.

> Western Kentucky (WKU) 2008 NCAA Tournament preview

> South Alabama 2008 NCAA Tournament preview