Sun Belt Tourney: Ark State Takes Down Little Rock in 4 O.T's

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No, the SunBelt conference isn't exactly a glamor conference when it comes to College Basketball, but Friday night, in the conference tournament quarterfinals, there was a game for the ages.

Arkansas State took down Arkansas Little-Rock 116-114 in 4 Overtimes behind Melvin Johnson III's 19 points. Johnson hit what would end up being the game winning 3 pointer with 6 seconds to go.

Yes, 4 O.T's.

The game featured two buzzer beaters, missed free throws down the stretch and Little Rock not being able to get off a shot to close the 4th overtime.

And as a reward for that effort, the play conference top seed Georgia State Saturday afternoon in the conference semis--

Your highlights from the Sun Belt Conference their ownselves:

UK-Baylor Goes For 263 Points... In Women's Hoops...

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The Kentucky-Baylor doubleheader at Jerry World took a little longer than it would have normally...

Because the women's game went 4 overtimes and was good for 263 points total in the 133-130 win by 5th-ranked Kentucky...

Here's the highlights...


Odyssey Sims was good for 47 and Jennifer O'Neill poured in 43 to lead both squads...

The previous high for a Division I women's game was 252 points in SMU's 127-125 win over TCU, also in four overtimes, on January 25, 1997. The two schools combined for 84-of-198 from the floor and 82-of-112 from the foul line on 80 fouls...

ICYMI: Penn St Beats Michigan in 4 OT's

Four overtimes. It's the type of game that exhausts players, coaches and fans.

And after Saturday, both Sports writers and Penn State fans are calling it one of the greatest upsets ever.

We are just calling it a pretty good game.

Penn State (4-2) beat Michigan (5-1) Saturday 43-40 in 4....yes, 4 overtimes. The game ended after Michigan kicked a field goal in the top of the 4th OT, Penn State got a 2-yard TD run by Bill Belton to win it.

And the chaos ensued. The biggest win for the Nittany Lions in Bill O'Brien's 2-years at the helm. Yes, it was a very good win for an improving Penn State team over what was, but shouldn't be a ranked Michigan team. But what leaves us scratching our heads is the description of it being a huge upset.

It wasn't.

Penn State isn't as bad as the team that lost to a very good UCF squad. Michigan, hasn't been impressive, yet they were somehow undefeated. But they are Michigan, so if the record is over .500, they get ranked.

The other qualifier is this: They both play in the god awful Big 10. Yes, the Big 10. We aren't comparing the 10 to say, the MAC or Conference USA or even the AAC (the aaack). But of the power conferences, no they aren't very good.

Anyway, enough of that, your highlights from ESPN: