Dejected!

Sun, Mar 26th 2017, 11:25 PM

There are no more Bahamians remaining in the men's and women's National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I basketball tournaments.
Dwight Coleby and the Kansas Jayhawks' hopes of a Final Four appearance were dashed on Saturday, as the Oregon Ducks upset them 74-60 at the Sprint Center in Kansas City, Missouri. Coleby, who played a major role for the Jayhawks in their Sweet Sixteen win over Purdue on Thursday, played just four minutes in Saturday's loss. He was 0-for-1 from the floor, and didn't score but had a rebound.
Higgs and the Texas Longhorns fell to the Stanford Cardinals 77-66 in their Sweet Sixteen match-up on Friday. Higgs came off the bench to score five points and had one assist in that loss.
In the men's game, sophomore guard Tyler Dorsey dropped in six three pointers and poured in 27 points in the win for Oregon over Kansas. Dillon Brooks added 17 points and Jordan Bell finished with 11 points, 13 rebounds and eight blocks for the Ducks, who captured the lead with 16 minutes left in the first half, and never relinquished it again.
The Ducks three-point shooting was the biggest factor in the win. They wound up shooting 51 percent from the field and hit 11-of-25 from behind the three-point line.
At the start of the second half, the Ducks' lead ballooned to 55-37 on a three from Brooks. Every time the Jayhawks gained momentum, the Ducks quickly responded with baskets of their own.
After Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk hit a three from the corner to cut the lead to six, 66-60, Dorsey answered on the other end of the floor with a three-pointer of his own.
The Jayhawks went over two minutes down the stretch without scoring, which allowed the Ducks to pull away in the waning seconds of the game.
National Player of the Year candidate Frank Mason III led the Jayhawks with 21 points.
This was the second consecutive year that the Jayhawks lost in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament.
Despite the fact that the Jayhawks will lose Mason and big man Landen Lucas to graduation, and freshman sensation Josh Jackson is likely to turn pro, they will still be stacked for the 2017-18 season.
Udoka Azubike, Carlton Bragg, Mykhailiuk, Lagerald Vick and Devonte Graham are returning, and Coleby could be the first or second man off their bench. The 6-foot-9, 240-pound forward missed all of last season with a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and wasn't 100 percent for most of this season. His huge performances against Michigan State, in second round, and Purdue, in the Sweet Sixteen, showed what he could do once fully healthy.
As for Higgs, she will be returning for her junior year with the Longhorns.

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