
NCAA Scores 2015: Tournament Results Tracker for Saturday's Elite 8 Bracket
Half of the Final Four field for the 2015 NCAA tournament will be set on Saturday. All eyes remain on Kentucky in its quest for perfection, but no one is going to sleep on Wisconsin vs. Arizona as arguably the best game all weekend.
In other words, the schedule panned out just as the selection committee had to be hoping when it set the field of 68 nearly two weeks ago. Kentucky is the best team in the country, Notre Dame is an exciting offensive team with some of the nation's best shooters, and Arizona vs. Wisconsin is a rematch from last year's Elite Eight.
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There may only be two games on the schedule for Saturday, but given everything that is at stake for the four teams, it's going to be an exciting and thrilling night.
You can find all the results and reaction from the matchups right here as games go final.
| Matchup | Final Score |
| No. 1 Wisconsin vs. No. 2 Arizona | Wisconsin, 85-78 |
| No. 1 Kentucky vs. No. 3 Notre Dame | Kentucky, 68-66 |
No. 1 Kentucky def. No. 3 Notre Dame, 68-66

If the Kentucky Wildcats were a boxer, well, they would have a lot of knockouts on their resume. On Saturday night against Notre Dame, they also proved they can take an opponent's best shot, go the distance and grind out a win on points.
Despite trailing for most of the second half, the Wildcats eked out a 68-66 win over Notre Dame and advanced to the Final Four to face Wisconsin.
Karl-Anthony Towns looked the part of a future top-five pick in the NBA draft, leading the Wildcats with 25 points and spoiling solid games from Notre Dame's Zach Auguste (20 points, nine rebounds), Steve Vasturia (16 points) and Jerian Grant (15 points, six assists).
Chad Ford of ESPN pretty much summed up the impact of Towns on the night:
Kentucky did two things to earn this win. For starters, they were unbelievable composed and clutch down the stretch. Just consider this tweet from ESPN Stats & Information:
But Kentucky's depth, length, athleticism and physicality also wore down Notre Dame late, likely a big part they were able to win in the end. Gregg Doyel of the Indianapolis Star also noticed that fact:
Wisconsin is going to be one heck of a test for Kentucky, however. The Badgers have size, they can shoot from the perimeter and they have players in Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker who can take over a game. Of course, Kentucky's best is better than any other team's best in the country, so if they are clicking on all cylinders, Wisconsin will be in trouble.
No. 1 Wisconsin def. No. 2 Arizona, 85-78

It may not have matched last year's instant classic, but the result was the same. Wisconsin knocked off Arizona in the Elite Eight for the second consecutive year thanks to a superb second half in which the offense dropped 55 points.
The Badgers got this win on the back of their two-headed monster. Frank Kaminsky had a solid shooting day, going 9-of-20 from the floor and leading the team with 29 points and six rebounds.
Per ESPN Stats & Info, he also became Wisconsin's best scorer in the NCAA tournament with this effort:
As impressive as Kaminsky was, the difference for Wisconsin was Sam Dekker. The budding superstar topped his scoring efforts against North Carolina with 27 points that included hitting five of six three-point attempts.
According to CBS Sports, Dekker didn't waste time in setting a new career high in scoring:
Per SportsCenter, most of Dekker's damage came in the decisive second half when Arizona had no answer for what Wisconsin was doing:
The three-point shot is going to haunt Arizona for a long time, as that really proved to be the difference. The Wildcats only made two on six attempts, while Wisconsin finished with 12 made on 18 attempts. Since both teams shot over 55 percent, it's clear where the game was won.
Given his previously lofty status as a top recruit, as well as the length of time it has taken Dekker to fulfill that hype, it was refreshing to hear him tell Jesse Temple of Fox Sports Wisconsin that outside pressure is no longer a driving factor for him:
"Maybe early in my career, I may have thought about that stuff more. But then the more I realized how ridiculous some things are, then I kind of just let it go on the back burner and not really worry about it...
If you overthink about that stuff or think about what people are saying, in the media or on Twitter, that type of thing, that's just going to drive you insane, especially with the spotlight we get.
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Whatever Dekker needed to find his groove, there's little doubt that Bo Ryan will tell him to keep doing it. Wisconsin is one win away from its first national title game since winning its only championship in 1941.
Whether the path to a title goes through Kentucky or Notre Dame, there's no doubt the Badgers' confidence will be off the charts. They dominated one of the most athletic teams in the country Saturday and have no reason to think anyone can stop their offense the way it's rolling right now.



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