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>> greg: greg gumbel in new york with a tournament update for you, on tru-tv, east regional action in pittsburgh, primm for u.n.c. asheville leading number one seed syracuse by one, 11:15 to play in the second half. verne, raf. >> verne: the winner of this game of which you just saw the highlights goes on to take on kansas state. over the history of the tournament, go back to 1989, georgetown a top seed, tefeeted princeton but only by one. in 1989, oklahoma defeated east tennessee state only by one. in 1990, the spartans defeated murray state by four in overtime and in 1996 purdue defeated western carolina 73-71. it will happen someday.

>> bill: someday. the excitement continues. pete carril in angerish on that one up in providence. >> verne: big bluegrass tour. the wildcats of kentucky about an hour and a half over here from lexington and they will play this evening, first game of ourinate session against -- of our night session against western kentucky. >> bill: wa-wa jones, one of the great players in the history of kentucky. >> verne: a misfire. 3:25 to go. cadougan. jae crowder calling for it. reach-around by brandon davies. >> bill: i was just thinking, of all the quick shots recently from marquette.

crowder hasn't had touches. ed the captioning on this program is provided as an independent service of captionmax, which is solely responsible for the accurate and complete transcription of program content. cbs, its parent and affiliated companies, and their respective agents and divisions, are not responsible for the accuracy, or completeness of any transcription, or for any errors in transcription. >> bill: he won't have to worry about being a color analyst for

a while. >> verne: he gets it from vander blue. >> bill: why? what are you doing? don't stop the clock, put them on the line, get a chance to get organized. that's a yankable offense. don't you? >> verne: i do, and let's watch buzz williams and see how quiet he is. >> bill: hilike that style. >> verne: i do too. i do too. our producer admonishes us, mark wolf. >> verne: but always quietly. zylstra heads in. cusick has had a really nice ballgame. 12 points and a good defensive effort.

the margin is 10. >> bill: they've really done a nice job with this zone. it slowed the progress down. nice penetration here. that was big. that was big. you've got to give something when you break the d down in the lane. >> verne: davies is on the bench. closely contested. >> bill: you've got to force him to put it on the deck. jae backed it off. >> verne: 2:15 remaining. a cheapy. >> bill: small change. >> verne: davies is going to

come back on the floor now for b.y.u. and vander blue will re-enter for marquette. nate austin heads to the bench. it would appear that marquette has secured this. >> bill: they bend a little and proved their resiliency. autoall about their toughness, i think. that's what buzz has brought to this program, don't you feel? >> verne: yes. that's two at the line for darius johnson-odom. he's got 20 points. he and crowder, who are the two leaders on this ballclub, both with outstanding efforts today. >> bill: look at this. they've really done a nice job on carlino. the trap. put the lights out, honey, i'm home. >> verne: todd mayo with the

emphasis. noah hartsock playing his last game for brigham young. misfires on that one. >> bill: how about that tip to himself again. >> verne: yes. numbers here. >> bill: you don't need it. >> verne: bring it back outside and milk the clock a little bit. >> bill: that's really good control by this team. >> verne: a foul this time on carlino. >> bill: there are opportunities in the open floor that some of us can't complete, but these marquette guys can elevate and take advantage. the defense leads to the send it in, in louisville. >> verne: vander blue a sophomore from madison, wisconsin at the line. as we wind up here, another reminder that you can see the last minutes of the u.n.c. asheville and syracuse on tru-tv. that game is tied with eight

minutes remaining. a one against a 16. nate austin back on the floor. again, these games available -- second year of the collaboration between cbs and turner sports on any of four networks. tru-tv, tbs, tnt and cbs. >> bill: austin can make some threes too. see if he steps out, posting up. >> verne: carlino. jabril wilson. foul called in the backcourt. i think that's on josh sharp -- it's either sharp or austin. >> bill: marquette is great at coming up with traffic rebounds. anything up for grabs, they are good at pursuing. >> verne: dave rose kind of a weary sigh. knows this one is over. >> bill: isn't that nice?

shook hands with crowder back there. he knows what a tough kid he happens to be. >> verne: he's going to let nick martineau on the floor. >> bill: this is class, fellows -- this is a guy who respects the opponent. >> verne: yeah. >> bill: and knows what he was up against. >> verne: we're going tout the young men who scrimmage every day onto the floor for the final 1:12. winder is out there -- guys who will not make the box score. wilson at the free-throw line. nate austin with the rebound. this is martineau. harrison. no. >> bill: thought he had it, too.

>> verne: i did. wilson. no. >> verne: third-seeded marquette defeats 14th seeded brigham young university. austin with the rebound. a couple of seconds difference in the shot clock and the game clock. so on saturday here, we will have murray state, a six seed, conquered colorado state earlier against marquette, the three seed as marquette is in the tournament for the second consecutive year. >> bill: interesting match-up. perimeter skills. they were solid. they were tough. tough minded. buzz williams practices hard.

kids give everything they have every moment, today took the hits and bounced back. >> verne: the final score 88-68, marquette wins it by 20. they asker the last 10. our games continue on tnt, tbs and tru-tv. for me, it's really about building this extraordinary community. american express is passionate about the same thing. they're one of those partners that i would really rely on whether it's finding new customers, or, a new location for my next restaurant. when we all come together, my restaurants, my partners, and the community amazing things happen. to me, that's the membership effect.

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do you believe in the way this game has come around? >> kenny: i really believe that when you play that zone you allow inferior teams to stay in the realm and that's what syracuse did. they've got confidence. you don't turn the ball over. >> kenny: you knock them down and the confidence level shoot through the roof. >> charles: i agree with you, kenny, as long as you are in the zone you're going to get good shots and you make the shots. >> greg a.: the i think the real issue is that kris joseph and scoop jardine are not having much impact on this basketball game. >> ernie: it is on tru-tv. a 58-54 game and we'll keep you up to speed. meantime, long beach state and new mexico. the 5-12 match-up in portland, oregon in the west regional, and it's the lobos by a deuce over the beach with just a few ticks

left in the first half. are the other game harvard and vanderbilt. 16-12 vanderbilt lead. >> kenny: i thought that was 1200-1600 s.a.t. >> we've gone back and forth. syracuse has led by as many as four. >> syracuse in the second half has become very assertive in getting the ball in the paint either off rebounds or off penetration and off the bounce. that's where their advantage lies. do they have enough bullets left to stay in this ballgame with the struggling matt dickey, one of nine, only five points and one of seven from downtown?

primm is in fantastic lane off the bench. this is what the zone was made for down the stretch. >> kevin: number one seed syracuse orange 31-game winner this season in the big east has trailed a good portion of this game, now on top, they've just captured their biggest lead of five and approaching five to play in regulation. asheville has led by as many as seven as we welcome our new audience. they go inside. bobbled. turnovers a first half problem. primm. a couple nifty moves. dickey for three. he just cannot find the stroke this afternoon. one of 10. jardine averages six. this afternoon, 12.

grazing the iron. >> len: where did that shot come from? no one else touched the ball. >> kevin: kris joseph. christmas has left. as we take a look at who will face kansas state who took care of southern mississippi in our first game. shot clock now at four. dickey. mid range here. still can't go. >> len: everything he's putting up is short. he's short-arming

>> 16.5 points a game. >> len: if you're short-arming it, you're getting the elevation, that means it's in your head. >> kevin: good point. waiters. jardine. shot clock now in single digits. good screen by -- the move. inside by joseph. >> >> reggie: they're getting enough shots. they just can't score at the other end. what this bulldog team needs? they need another scorer on the floor, shooter to stretch the floor. >> kevin: sdwe ita against st. francis, on top for primm. st. francis. able to sneak in another turnover. >> len: bad pass. that time he was going to put it on the floor. little guy was up on him.

now it's all about just and decision making. >> kevin: stevenson with six turnovers to himself this afternoon. >> len: he's been the guy trying to handle the zone and the zone is constructed to turn you over. he's done some really good things. i think they've ultimately outweighed the six turnovers. >> verne: southerland for three. good. he's been sensational with 15 points, 8-0 run by the orange. time out. >> len: james southerland outstanding from beyond the arc. hey, heard any updates on the game? i think it's final seconds, ohh, down by two, shoots a three, game over. so two seconds ago... hey mr. and mrs. harris, where's kevin? say hi kevin. hi. mom, put me down. put...the phone...down. hey guys. did you hear...

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and just about all of us will be going proletes. in something other than sports. >> ernie: we welcome you back to our new york studio, finally syracuse putting a little breathing room between themselves and u.n.c. asheville, the game being played on tru-tv, bonus coverage here on cbs. is it comfortable now? charles? >> charles: they're comfortable but they are shooting three free

throws at this tick time but i still think they got the game under control but they got to play with much more energy and get past the melo thing and play with more energy because it won't work against kansas state. >> kenny: i don't even think it was the melo factor not having him, i think this was the perfect picking for u.n.c. asheville playing against a zone with good guards, guards who have been in the tournament consecutive years, they know how to get it done, if they come back and win this game this will be a miracle game that you will be watching for years and years to come but i thought that the talent level would eventually override and it has with syracuse. >> greg a.: that was the issue. in reality, if you're syracuse, your inability to score the basketball. 30 points in the first half, scoop jardine and kris joseph combined -- >> ernie: a golden moment.

>> kenny: it's silver now, ernie -- now it's gold again. >> ernie: how about u.n.c. asheville, the -- >> greg a.: syracuse doesn't have a point guard. they play in the backcourt with triche and jardine. they're in essence two guards so at times they don't always make the kind of decisions you want to have your lead guard make and i think that also disrupts them defensively. >> kenny: all that said, they have been the best basketball team throughout the country with melo and without him in my estimation but i still feel -- i keep going back and harping on this, is that the zone allows inferior teams to be around. not that it's going to allow them to beat you, they have the ball down six, two possessions with enough time to make it even more interesting.

>> charles: john calipari on the phone said he has the best team in the country, actually, in his estimation. >> kenny: in his estimation, they both have the same record. >> ernie: the a 62-56 game. syracuse with the lead or u.n.c. asheville. 16 has never beaten a one. let's rejoin the announcers -- kevin harlan, len elmore, reggie miller and marty snider on tru-tv. >> kevin: syracuse has three time outs remaining. they have one foul to give. second half story the terrific shooting of james southerland for the syracuse orange. 13 second half points. he's hit three triples, five of six from the floor, his career high is 19 and this afternoon he's registered 15 for syracuse. >> len: on that scrum for the ball, you had to call it, you

needed that possession now after the missed lay-up by dickey. they've got to be able to cut through this two-possession ballgame. that possession extremely important. >> kevin: biedenbach with the word for the official -- >> ernie: we'll see you back at seven 7:00 eastern time for more march madness. captioning by captionmax www.captionmax.com ,,,,,,,,

hi. i'm kai jackson. >> and i'm mary bubala. here's what people are talking about. >> the scandal shaking the top of anne arundel county government. shakes files of county executive john leopold. wjz is live. mike hellgren has more on the outrage over what some are calling illegal spying. mike? >> and kai, it's not only his political rivals, but his family members. we're talking about very

personal information. that some came from statewide criminal databases. >> reporter: anne arundel county executive john leopold is accused of using his police security detail as his own private investigators on political opponents, collecting thick files on the county dime. >> what bothered me was when he went after my son and members of my familiful. >> reporter: carl snowden says it further erodes trust in leopold, following the county indictment that he misusing power. >> i think citizens of anne arundel county are going to be demanding to know, how extensive was this particular surveillance camera campaign? >> it's beyond appalling. and it's a complete perversion of the political process, compiling information about your political opponent, is not official law enforcement business. >> the information included criminal records, medical records, real estate records, and news reports. >> reporter: and it also has the police chief under fire,

over concerns he order the officers to search state criminal databases on mr. leopold's behalf. >> we need to know what the chief of police knew and when he knew it. >> the chief of police himself was aware of what was going on and did nothing to stop it. and it say that that -- to say that that is shocking is an understatement. >> reporter: leopold has denied any wrongdoing. >> reporter: and in the past, he's told wjz, the truth will come out in court. he did not respond to our request for comment today. reporting live, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> mike, thank you. the aclu is requesting even more files than it believes the county executive ordered on other politicians and their families, both democrat and republican. a plane is forced to make an emergency landing at bwi marshall airport. the single-engine aircraft collapsed this afternoon. the two people on board escaped without injury. just a short time later, police responded to bwi for an unruly

passenger on a different plane. they escorted a man off a southwest airline flight and took him into custody. we're working to get more details for you right now. >> an unusual accident causes a fire and big delays on the beltway this morning. this morning, a load of hay in the back of a tractor-trailer went up in flames. the mess blocked the entire outer loop on i-65, near green spring avenue. sky eye chopper 13 is over the scene as baltimore fire crews spray the hay with water and use shovels to clean it up. no injuries are reported. president obama comes to maryland to try to cap the political fallout. the president spoke out about his energy policies in prince george's county today. ♪ [ music ] >> reporter: as president obama told the maryland crowd at prince george's community college that drilling is not the solution to driving down high gas prices, the price of gas crept up at a baltimore gas station to just off 5 cents off

the $4 mark. gop candidates are blaming the president for the sharp rise in gas prices. wjz pump watch shows the national average for a gallon of regular is at $3.82. that's up a penny from yesterday. president obama said any politician who offers a quick solution to cheap gas isn't telling the truth. >> there is no such thing as a quick fix when it comes to high gas prices. there's no silver bullet. anybody who tells you otherwise isn't really looking for a solution, they're trying to ride the political wave of the moment. >> reporter: the president told the maryland crowd that the u.s. actually is producing more oil than at any time in the past eight years. >> reporter: but that still isn't bringing down prices at the pump. so will president obama pay come election day? >> maybe he could be doing more. >> you know, he is the president at this time, i would imagine that he may have some kind of influence on what happens with the oil. >> no way is it obama's fault.

>> so that won't influence your vote come november? >> no, it will not. >> i know you're keeping an eye on the pump here. what are watching for? >> that's enough. that's enough. >> you're not filling up then? >> no, i can't afford to fill up. >> reporter: the highest gas prices were actually recorded before president obama took office in july 2008. a gallon of gas was at $4.11. the men's basketball team from loyola university steps onto the national stage tonight. sports director mark viviano joins us with a look at the underdog greyhounds and their hopes to upset ohio state. it is a rare opportunity for loyola. they'll tip off in just about four hours in pittsburgh. the first ncaa tournament for the hounds in nearly two decades. and they want to make it last beyond tonight. >> even offensive rebound. >> reporter: easier said than done for little loyola, when they face powerful ohio state

tonight, big and powerful. from the big 10 conference. a national championship contender. yes, they're that good. >> if you would talk about ohio state and the concerns you have. >> i have major concerns about ohio state. i just ran into sulkinger in the hallway. the guy is a monster, you know. >> everybody knows about jerry sullinger. the guard of -- job of guarding him goes to a loyola guy. [ indiscernible ] we came out of the same class. real big body. real physical. just have to be as physical as him. >> reporter: and what does the buckeye big guy think of loyola? >> they're a very athletic basketball team. they like to get up and down the floor. love transition. and a lot of guys can score the basketball for them. >> reporter: how do they figure to pull off an upset? >> if we can get a game going fast, we have a chance. if they put us in the meat

grinder and sul linger goes to work, you can call me at 410 -- i'll be in baltimore friday by noon. >> jimmy patsos is honest and direct. they'll tip it off tonight around 10:00 p.m. >> you gotta appreciate him. complete coverage of the excitement continues live at loyola college. gigi barnett has more on the pumped up fans. >> you know, if most people like the underdogs, the students here at maryland -- loyola, rather, love the underdogs. that's because their team is headed to the big dance. the last time they had this chance, 18 years ago. >> we're cinderella. we're dancing, dancing. we got our cinderella shoes on. >> reporter: this is pure excitement. students from loyola university maryland are headed to pittsburgh. en route to root for their basketball team. tonight, it has a chance at the

dance. >> when is loyola ever going to make it again? who knows? it's been since 1994 that they made it last. >> reporter: it's a small road to the tournament. loyola is facing a huge powerhouse, number 2 seed, buckeyes. but even though there is a david and goliath matchup, there is faith. >> i'm going to be rooting. i've said my prayers. now i'm going to be doing my cheering. >> reporter: father brian lanain is the university's president. he says the buzz on campus is so strong, the university used a lottery to select the lucky students who will get tickets tonight. >> is one of our roommates. he couldn't make it. so we thought we would bring him in spirit. >> just as i think it brings the city together, it's exciting to have someone local at the dance. >> reporter: it's official. the greyhounds are unleashed. >> they're unleashed. so this is going to be a late game tonight. and the buses are leaving, coming back to maryland, right after the game. some of the students who

talked with us say they have 8:00 and 9:00 a.m. classes. and so i said, you're going to be beat. and they said, what are you talking about? we're in college. [ laughter ] mary, back to you. >> i remember those young days, long ago, gigi. thank you. reporting live from loyola university, only 150 tickets were available for students. we wish them luck. >> we do. all right. we'll be right back. ,,,,,,,,,,,

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we have special dental van that goes from school to school. he even helps make sure we learn how to brush our teeth. he's my friend, ben. i hope he's your friend, too. i'm ben cardin, and i approved this message. we want to check in on our roads for the first time tonight. here's kristy breslin. hi, kristy, live at wjz traffic control. >> hi, mary. hi, everyone. well, for this hour, we still have plenty of traffic to deal with out there. southbound 795, heavy congestion from owings mills boulevard to franklin boulevard. delays stretch from charles street to providence road. and west side inner loop, at least 15 minutes to get through. that's from baltimore park to security boulevard. 70 westbound, bumper to bumper there, from 29 to marriottsville road. the harrisburg expressway, still slowing in that

northbound direction, from shawan to belfast. and a couple of accidents we're dealing with. and two on harford road. the first harford road at madison. the second harford road at gibbons avenue. let's take a live look. you can see things are pretty jam packed. this traffic report is brought to you by bill's carpet, hardwood and laminate, too. you can call them at 1-877-75- bills. back to you. all right, kristy, thank you. another beautiful day. believe it or not, it was like 8 or 9 degrees cooler than yesterday. look at this. temperatures have dropped. because the east winds came in. take a look at current readings right now. sun and clouds. 69. yesterday this time was 79. east winds at 13 off the bay. cooled us down. but with the record to the north of us, 31.94. [ female announcer ] with xfinity,

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give you some perspective. although it is still winter, the countdown is on, five days until cald spring, we are -- calendar spring, we are still way above the normal high temperatures. normal high is 53. we have been in the 70s. we're here with cherry trees and magnolias back behind it. and another gorgeous day shaping up. but for another rook -- look at this forecast, we send it in to bob. >> these trees and shrubs are blooming 3 to four weeks ahead of when they normally would. take a look at temperatures. we got a little cooler today because the winds came off the bay in the ocean. we're at 69, just southwest of us, d.c., 78. 78, hagerstown. 52. look at that. much cooler down on the ocean. 70, pax river. actually, to a record set, dulles got to 84 degrees today. west of d.c. washington got to a record 82 degrees this afternoon. locally, west of town, it's warmer. 75, 78. 69, 68, 68, 68.

64 right now. pretty chilly, considering how warm it's been to our north. east winds. and that east wind will keep us in -- that's called slightly cooler air over the last few days. but looks like another shift to the southwest coming in. tomorrow, back up in the 70s. and there will be a risk of scattered shower activities. a little disturbance over the ohio valley that is causing showers in ohio, west virginia and southern portions of virginia this afternoon. a lot of it is drying up. but you can see, it is kind of drying up. most of the activity will pass to the south. just a little line of sprinkles to the west of us. and later tonight and tomorrow, however, there will be a better chance. and we do need the rain, of scattered shower activity. looks like the winds go back to the south and southwest. should get us back up about 5 or 6 degrees warmer than we were right now, this afternoon. we got into the low 70s. airport officially got to 73. yesterday, remember, we were up to 80 degrees. so here is the warm air. but that little shot of cool air, coming right behind that

front. looks like it gets in for saturday. temperatures again in the upper 60s. the really warm stuff heading to the west. again, lots of places out there, will be near or above 80- degree mark. winds on the bay, turning a little bit to southwest. 5 to 10 knots. sunrise and sunset. 7:16, 7:15. that's an indication we're heading right towards spring. bay temp, around 50 degrees. tonight, look for widely scattered showers. maybe a thundershower late tonight. sun and clouds. and a shower or a thunderstorm. 76. northeast of us, probably in the 60s. southwest of us, lower 80s again. the next five days, upper 60s. but looks like it dries out for saturday and sunday. beautiful, comfortable weekend. a little warmer again monday and tuesday, in the low to mid- 70s once again. kai? >> all right. thank you very much. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. >> stay wit,,,,,,,,,,,,

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charges, including aiding the enemy. his defense attorney asked exactly who that was. and without hesitation, the military judge answered, al qaeda. >> reporter: a security detail escorted pfc bradley manning as he takes one step closer to a trial. >> reporter: the 24-year-old army private is accused of spilling hundreds of thousands of pages of secret documents onto wikileaks and faces nearly two dozen charges. including aiding al qaeda. >> manning went out on his own conscience and said, this is what is up, i think people need to know the truth. i did this so people know the truth. and he's being persecuted by the government. >> a support group for manning held a vigil. inside, manning faced a lawyer. inside, they will are talking about potential for depositions. then he asked the case be

dismissed altogether. but the government release this video of an american in iraq. and candid remarks about world leaders that were meant to be private. if found guilty, he will spend the roast of his life in prison. protestors promise to keep fighting. >> i and a lot of other people consider him to be a hero. >> reporter: the hearing is set to wrap up tomorrow. then the judge will set an official trial date. reporting live, weijia jiang, wjz eyewitness news. >> and after a trial date is set, manning will decide whether or not a judge or a jury will hear his case. a maryland man imprisoned in cuba made a request to come home to his mother. alan gross is asking to visit his mother, who is 89 years old and suffering from inoperable lung cancer. gross maintains he was only bringing communications

equipment to cuba's jewish community. former illinois governor rod blagojevich is now a few hours into his 14-year prison sentence. he reported to the colorado prison this afternoon. blagojevich was found guilty of 17 counts, related to corruption; including charges he tried to sell president obama's open senate seat. he expects his conviction to be overturned. a new jersey man is found guilty of cheating his coworkers out of a lottery jackpot. america lopez is ordered to share the $37 million payout with five former colleagues. the group of construction workers pitched in for the winning mega millions ticket in 2009. but lopez claimed all of the winnings for himself. his former friends say they feel vindicated by the jury's decision. still to come on eyewitness news. secret files. i'm mike helgren, with -- helgren, with the information,

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