NCAA Notebook | West Virginia's Joe Mazzulla nearly hits triple-double

West Virginia's Joe Mazzulla was two assists from joining some elite company.

The reserve point guard had 13 points, 11 rebounds and eight assists in West Virginia's 73-67 victory over Duke. Two more assists and it would have been the 10th triple-double in NCAA tournament history.

What makes his stat line even more impressive is to compare it to his regular-season numbers. The 6-foot-2 sophomore played 31 minutes against the second-seeded Blue Devils, 14 more than his average. He came in averaging 5.5 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.0 assists.

The last triple-double in the tournament was by Marquette's Dwyane Wade in 2003. Oscar Robertson and Magic Johnson each had two triple-doubles in the tournament.

Technically, still a win

Stanford's Trent Johnson was different in one big way from other coaches ejected from an NCAA tournament game over the past 17 years: His team won.

Johnson received his second technical foul and was ejected with 3:36 left in the first half of the second-round game against Marquette. The Cardinal, run by assistant Doug Oliver, went on to beat the Golden Eagles 82-81 in overtime.

Others who were tossed since 1991 included Bob Huggins of Cincinnati against Gonzaga in the first round in 2003; Larry Eustachy of Iowa State against Michigan State in the regional finals in 2000; Mike Deane of Marquette against Providence in the first round in 1997; and Dean Smith of North Carolina in the national semifinals against Kansas in 1991. All of their teams lost.

The 30-30 club

Only seven of 32 teams that reached the second round of this year's NCAA basketball tournament did it with 30 or more victories. Two — Tennessee and Butler — will meet today.

There won't be another game matching 30-win teams until this week's regional finals, at least.

The Volunteers (30-4) had the top Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) and strength of schedule rankings in the field, but after falling in the SEC tournament semifinals they not only dropped to a No. 2 seed but wound up in the same regional as overall No. 1 seed North Carolina.

Notes

• Connecticut leading scorer A.J. Price has a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee, and will have surgery next week. The junior guard was injured midway through the first half of Connecticut's 70-69 overtime loss Friday to San Diego. UConn officials said Saturday that Price is expected to need six months of rehabilitation, but likely will not miss any of next season.

• Duke's 73-67 loss to West Virginia meant that for the 12th straight year all four No. 2 seeds failed to advance to the third round. The other three 2s — Tennessee, Georgetown and Texas — all play today. The last time all the second-seeded teams moved on to the regional semifinals was 1996. The last time the four No. 1s failed to advance to the third round was 2004 when Saint Joseph's and Duke moved on; Kentucky and Stanford didn't.

• Today's two 12-13 matchups will bring the total to seven since the field expanded to 64 teams in 1985. No. 12 Villanova faces Siena and No. 12 Western Kentucky goes against San Diego in this year's double double-digit seed games.

The 12 seeds are 4-1 in those games with Valparaiso the only 13 to pull the second-round upset against Florida State in 1998.

• Washington of Missouri defeated defending champion Amherst 90-68 Saturday to win their first NCAA Division III men's basketball championship.