Villanova enters the Final Four after a 50-44 victory over No. Kansas enters the Final Four with NCAA Tournament wins over No. With the Sweet 16 win over Providence, Kansas became the winningest program in NCAA Division I men’s basketball history, and the Jayhawks are currently holding 2,355 all-time wins. Martin has provided a boost during the tournament, scoring in double-figures in three-of-four tournament games, including a season-high 23 points in Kansas’ Sweet Sixteen win against Providence. Kansas is led by Naismith Player of the Year finalist Ochai Agbaji, who averages 18.9 points per game, while shooting 35.6 percent beyond the arc, both of which are Big 12 bests. Miami’s 15 points were the fewest allowed in the second of an NCAA Tournament game in Kansas program history.įollowing the win over Miami, super-senior Remy Martin was named the Most Outstanding Player of the Midwest Region, while Christian Braun and David McCormack earned All-Region Team honors. In the win over Miami, the Jayhawks were led by a dominant defensive performance, in which Kansas outscored Miami 47-15 in the second half. With the win, the Jayhawks advance to the 16th Final Four in program history and fourth under head coach Bill Self. 10-seed Miami on Sunday, March 27, in Chicago. Kansas claimed its 13th NCAA Midwest Region Tournament title with a 76-50 win over No. The game will air on TBS with Jim Nantz (Play-by-Play), Bill Raftery (Analyst), Grant Hill (Analyst) and Tracy Wolfson (Reporter) on the call. CST at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. 2-seed Villanova (30-7) on Saturday, April 2, at 5:09 p.m. That means more presidential announcements in the weeks to come.NEW ORLEANS – Set to play in its 16th Final Four, No. Democrats believe this works for the party. “In addition, we do not expect this to be the end of the bank bashing. For the mega banks, this is a horrible political position and it.
“Democrats appear intent on forcing Republicans to rush to the defense of the mega banks or to accept onerous limits on their activities. “The political climate for the mega banks is getting worse by the day,” said Jaret Seiberg, a financial services policy analyst at investment advisory firm Concept Capital. That political tide will make Republicans’ loyalty to Wall Street increasingly untenable as November’s mid-term elections approach, driving them toward accepting some reforms to avoid being painted as obstructionists by the Democrats.Īs tempting as it will be for Democrats to follow that political logic to its end, the need for the administration to go into November with an achievement also points to compromise and, likely by this summer, financial regulation reform. The three-part Obama plan would limit the size of banks, restrict their proprietary trading, and sever their ties to hedge funds and private equity - all strategies rooted in a government push to reduce risk and close regulatory gaps. The White House’s proposals can only hurry that along. Combined with a tightening regulatory regime, the sector is set for structural change. Longer term, large financial firms face profit pressures from higher capital standards as soon as 2012. and believe that a sell off following a new government plan to punish the banks creates a buying opportunity.” “Thus, we continue to favor many large cap banks. which causes a day or two sell off, followed by a renewed rally as investors look beyond government plans,” said Frederick Cannon, an analyst at investment firm Keefe Bruyette & Woods. “The government seems to have a weekly plan. On Friday, they were down again with the broad KBW Banks index off about 2.5 percent, but still up strongly from the depths of March 2009. Bank stocks fell sharply on Thursday when Obama announced his latest plan.
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