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Shareece Wright Ravens Jersey .J. - Wes Welker swears he doesnt dwell on his costly drop in the Super Bowl two years ago
that could have sealed New Englands win over the New York Giants and made up for
losing to them four years earlier. "You know what? I dont even think about it,"
Welker said as he prepared for his third Super Bowl, his first with the Denver
Broncos. "The past is the past, what happened, happened, and Im just looking
forward to this one and going out there and playing my best game and doing what
I can to help my team win." Welker said getting to the big game and coming up
short two times is what drives him. "I think its the reason I get up in the
morning in the off-season and even now," he said after helping the Broncos beat
his old team for the AFC title, securing a showdown with the Seattle Seahawks on
Sunday night at MetLife Stadium. Welker tied a Super Bowl record with 11
receptions for 103 yards six years ago but the Patriots perfect season ended
when Eli Manning threw a 13-yard touchdown pass to Plaxico Burress with 35
seconds left to give the Giants a 17-14 win. The teams met again four years
later in Indianapolis and Welker caught seven passes for 60 yards and ran twice
for 21 more, but it was the catch he didnt make that haunts Patriots fans to
this day. The Patriots led 17-15 with four minutes left and were on the Giants
44 when Tom Brady found Welker wide open 23 yards downfield. The pass, however,
was high and slightly behind Welker, who got both hands on the ball but couldnt
make the catch. The Giants got the ball back and drove for the winning
touchdown. "Sure, I mean it motivates you during the off-season. It motivates
you when youre working out, it motivates you through the year," Welker said.
"Just that feeling of losing that game, I mean its heartbreaking. It takes a few
weeks just to get over it. It definitely sticks with you and motivates you for
the future and definitely blessed to have this opportunity again." Welker joined
Peyton Manning in Denver in the off-season after six seasons with Brady and was
Denvers leading receiver until missing the final 3 1/2 games after sustaining
his second concussion in a three-week span. He still ended up with 778 yards on
73 catches and a career-high 10 touchdowns. Wearing a bigger helmet to protect
against further head injury, hes caught 10 passes for 76 yards and a TD in the
playoffs. He had four catches for 38 yards against New England in the AFC
Championship and his hard hit took out Patriots top cornerback Aqib Talib on a
pick play at the line of scrimmage. The next day, Patriots coach Bill Belichick
suggested Welker deliberately tried to hurt Talib and complained to the league
about it. The NFL said no infraction had occurred. Welkers teammates said
Belichick was just using Welker as a smoke screen and a scapegoat to hide
deficiencies in his teams defence and the fact that Welkers replacement in New
England, Danny Amendola, dropped the only pass thrown to him in the title game.
Welker stayed above the fray, saying he was just happy to be back in the Super
Bowl. "Im very blessed to have this opportunity again and thats all you really
ask for," he said. "Its all you work for during the off-season is to get to this
point and now you just want to finish it."
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Slattery and two over Paraguays Farbrizio Zanotti (68).Lexington, KY
(SportsNetwork.com) - Devin Booker and Willie Cauley-Stein each scored 15 points
as top-ranked Kentucky remained undefeated with an 84-70 victory over No. 21
North Carolina. Aaron Harrison added 14 points and the Wildcats shot 56.3
percent from the floor in a performance far more impressive then Wednesdays
lethargic 10-point home win over heavy underdog Columbia. Kentucky (11-0) also
asserted itself on the defensive end, forcing 18 Tar Heel turnovers that it
converted into 24 points, and was never seriously threatened for the majority of
this high-profile battle of basketball blue bloods. Brice Johnson led North
Carolina (6-3) with 15 points, though most of that total came the games early
stages. Marcus Paige finished with 14 points in the loss. Final Score: (3)
Arizona 80, Michigan 53 Tucson, AZ (SportsNetwork.com) - Last season, Arizona
traveled to Ann Arbor and won a two-point thriller. It was much easier this time
around for the hird-ranked Wildcats, who dominated Michigan in every facet of
the game in front of their home crowd and embarrassed the Wolverines, 80-53.
Freshman phenom Stanley Johnson led a balanced scoring attack with 17 points for
Arizona (10-0), which shot 58.2 percent from the floor while limiting the
Wolverines to just 35.2 percent. Arizona improved to 31-0 with Ashley in the
lineup since the start of last season. Zak Irvin had 14 points to lead the
Wolverines (6-4), who were coming off consecutive home losses to NJIT and
Eastern Michigan. Final Score: (5) Wisconsin 86, Nicholls 43 Madison, WI
(SportsNetwork.com) - Sam Dekker scored 17 points and grabbed five rebounds in
No. 5 Wisconsins 86-43 win over Nicholls. Dekker scored 13 of those points in
the first half for the Badgers (10-1), who led by as much as 45. Josh Gasser
added 14 points for Wisconsin, and Nigel Hayes chipped in 12 points and eight
boards. Amin Torres scored 14 points off the bench to lead the Colonels (1-5),
and Sam McBeath netted nine points on 4-of-6 shooting. Wisconsin owned a 41-26
edge on the boards and outscored Nicholls 36-26 in the paint. The Badgers also
scored 19 points off 21 Colonels turnovers. Final Score: (8) Texas 59, Texas
State 27 Austin, TX (SportsNetwork.com) - Cameron Ridley scored 14 points and
eighth- ranked Texas used a dominating defensive performance to rout Texas
State, 59-27, at the Erwin Center. Javan Felix added 10 points, and Connor
Lammert pulled down 10 rebounds for the Longhorns (8-1), who bounced back from a
12- point loss to top-ranked Kentucky on Dec. 5. Demarcus Holland scored nine
points for Texas, which has posted 26 straight wins against Texas State. Cameron
Naylor scored eight to pace the Bobcats (5-2), who had just nine points in the
opening half and faced a 15-point deficit after 20 minutes. Final Score: (9)
Gonzaga 87, UCLA 74 Los Angeles, CA (SportsNetwork.com) - Kyle Wiltjer had 24
points, Byron Wesley scored 20 with nine rebounds and No. 9 Gonzaga shot the
lights out and never trailed in an 87-74 win over UCLA on Saturday night.
Przemek Karnowski and Domantas Sabonis added 10 points apiece for the Bulldogs
(9-1), who played their third consecutive game against a Pac-12 team. They beat
Washington State by 15 points on Wednesday after falling to Arizona in overtime
last Saturday for their first loss of the season. Bryce Alford had 23 points to
lead UCLA (8-3), which had a four-game winning streak snapped. Isaac Hamilton
added 18 points, Kevon Looney scored 14 and Norman Powell had 12 in the loss.
Final Score: (10) Kansas 63, (13) Utah 60 Kansas City, MO (SportsNetwork.com) -
Perry Ellis scored 14 points, the last two on a tie-breaking basket with 2:01
remaining, and 10th-ranked Kansas survived a stern challenge from No. 13 Utah to
earn a 63-60 victory. The Jayhawks squandered a 21-point lead early in the
second half, but came up clutch down the stretch to record their seventh
straight win since a blowout loss to top-ranked Kentucky in Indianapolis in
mid-November. Ellis big basket snapped a 55-55 tie, while Brannen Greene hit
four critical free throws in the final seconds to enable Kansas (8-1) to hold
on. Delon Wright led the Utes near-comeback by netting 12 of his 23 points in
the second half, but Utah (7-2) failed to sscore on five straight possessions
after claiming a 55-53 edge on Jakob Poeltls layup with 4:36 left to play.
Justin Forsett Ravens Jersey. Final Score: (11) Wichita State 77, Detroit 68 Detroit, MI (SportsNetwork.com) - Darius
Carter had 18 points and 11 rebounds to guide No. 11 Wichita State to a 77-68
victory over Detroit on Saturday. Ron Baker had 19 points and seven rebounds
while Fred VanVleet gave 11 points, eight boards and seven assists for the
Shockers (7-1), who have won their past three. Juwan Howard Jr. scored a
game-high 27 points while Matthew Grant and Paris Bass each had 12 for the
Titans (6-4), who had won their previous two. Final Score: (12) Ohio State 87,
Morehead State 71 Columbus, OH (SportsNetwork.com) - Sam Thompson and DAngelo
Russell each had 15 points as No. 12 Ohio State posted an 87-71 win over
Morehead State at Value City Arena. Despite struggling on the defensive end for
much of the game, Ohio State (8-1) still managed to record a third straight
lopsided victory since falling to No. 4 Louisville on Dec. 2 behind a sharp
shooting display. Thompson and Amir Williams both finished 5-of-6 from the field
and the Buckeyes went 56.6 percent overall as a team. The Eagles (4-8) shot 55.3
percent, with Corban Collins draining 6-of-7 attempts from 3-point range in a
22-point effort, but committed 21 turnovers in their fourth straight loss.
Williams ended with 12 points and nine rebounds, with JaeSean Tate also tallying
12 points for Ohio State. Final Score: (16) Oklahoma 87, Tulsa 68 Tulsa, OK
(SportsNetwork.com) - TaShawn Thomas poured in a season-best 25 points as
16th-ranked Oklahoma cruised to an 87-68 victory over in-state foe Tulsa at the
Reynolds Center. Thomas went 9-of-12 from the floor and Isaiah Cousins knocked
down five 3-pointers in a 21-point effort for the Sooners. Cousins added eight
rebounds to help Oklahoma (6-2) easily handle a struggling Tulsa team coming off
a home loss to Division II Southeast Oklahoma State. Shaquille Harrison was one
of the Golden Hurricanes few bright spots, finishing with 21 points and five
assists. Rashad Ray tallied 11 points off the bench for Tulsa (5-5). Final
Score: (19) Maryland 67, USC Upstate 57 College Park, MD (SportsNetwork.com) -
Jake Layman scored 17 points and No. 19 Maryland rallied in the second half for
a 67-57 victory over USC Upstate on Saturday. Melo Trimble had 14 points and 12
rebounds while Evan Smotrycz added 10 points and six boards for the Terrapins
(10-1), who have won their past three games. Fred Miller gave 13 points, five
boards and five assists and Ty Greene added 11 for the Spartans (8-3), who had a
three-game winning streak broken. Final Score: VCU 93, (23) Northern Iowa 87
(2OT) Richmond, VA (SportsNetwork.com) - Treveon Graham scored 21 points,
including a clutch 3-pointer in the second overtime, and pulled down 11 rebounds
to help VCU knock off No. 23 Northern Iowa 93-87 on Saturday. Grahams late layup
in regulation helped the Rams (6-3) force overtime and after being held
scoreless in the first extra period, he hit the 3-pointer in the second overtime
that put VCU ahead for good. Briante Weber chipped in 14 points and six steals
for the Rams, and Melvin Johnson added 12. Wes Washpun and Matt Bohannon scored
27 and 18 points, respectively, for the Panthers (9-1), including 12 of the
teams 14 points in the overtime sessions. It was not enough, though, and Washpun
fouled out of the game in the second overtime. Final Score: (25) Notre Dame 83,
Florida State 63 South Bend, IN (SportsNetwork.com) - Zach Auguste scored 26
points and No. 25 Notre Dame pulled away in the second half for an 83-63 win
over short-handed Florida State on Saturday night in the Atlantic Coast
Conference opener for both teams. Conference scoring leader Jerian Grant added
18 points, including 14 in the second half, and Demetrius Jackson also scored 18
as Notre Dame (10-1, 1-0 ACC) picked up its sixth consecutive win since a
one-point loss to Providence on Nov. 23. Florida State played without leading
scorer Aaron Thomas, who was declared ineligible by the school on Friday. The
junior guard was averaging 14.8 points and 3.5 rebounds this season. Montay
Brandon had 14 points to lead the Seminoles (4-5, 0-1) and Devon Bookert scored
11.
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