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Yammine: A 1972 351 Cobra Jet Convertible With a Backstory

Looking back almost five decades, we didn’t realize just how significant the 1972 model year was for the Mustang. First, under the unrelenting pressure from the insurance industry and more intrusive emission standards from the EPA, 1972 marked the first year since 1967 that there was no big-block option available for the Mustang (or its platform-mate, the Mercury Cougar). And more importantly, as the Mustang grew in every dimension and put on the pounds, development of the Mustang II was well down its development path, returning to a size closer to the 1965 original. In fact, during Mustang’s 1972 model year, Ford was already testing Mustang II development prototypes.

Darell Farnbach’s enthusiasm for cars goes back to early childhood. He says, “I think I was born a car guy. It went from playing cars in the dirt when I was six years old, and then the first time my dad let me stand on the seat and steer his 1935 Chevy coupe while he and my uncle laid on the fenders shooting rabbits in the desert. By fifth grade I always read the Sunday newspaper and scanned the classified ads for antique and classic cars. Of course building model cars was my favorite hobby. As a teenager I would try to convince my dad to go see a car we could drag home for free or maybe $5. He would listen to my plan but would never bite, so I would just go on dreaming about what would be my first real car.”

When Darell got his driver’s license he could finally drive the family car, a 1955 Pontiac Star Chief. At 16½-years-old his dad bought him a 1950 Pontiac as his first car that had belonged to his grandfather. He eventually sold it and went through a bunch of other eclectic iron: a ’57 Karmann Ghia (his first new car), a few LaSalles, and other post-war cars (both foreign and domestic).

So we know what you’re about to ask. What about Mustangs? Darell says, “When my daughter Darya turned sixteen in 1984, I bought her a 1970 Mustang convertible. I really liked driving that car. I liked the way the top came up and down so quickly you could put the top down at a stoplight and be on your way. In 1987 when I saw a 1972 Mustang convertible sitting on a dirt lot in Temecula, California, with a ‘For Sale’ sign, the lady said it was a good car and she wanted $2,500 for it.”

Here’s where the story of this 1972 Mustang gets really interesting. But it’s best if Darell explains: “The next day the car was gone from the lot. I called and the owner said it had been stolen and she doubted she would ever see it again. Later that week she called to say the police had found it in a nearby town and she asked if I was still interested in it. The car had been sprayed with graffiti and the engine would not start. I told her I would split the tow bill to take it to my mechanic to assess what it would need to get it running. It ended up that it needed a water pump, but the engine sounded good. I drove the car around the block to determine the transmission was good. I offered the seller $850 and she agreed.”

Like so many of us, Darell embarked on a project car and had the wherewithal, and more importantly, the skills to see it through to completion. Darell continues, “I removed the door guard that ran the length of the car. It was bolted on, not glued. I had the holes leaded in. I spent a lot of time at the local Pick-a-Part. At first I needed steering column wiring to repair damage from the theft and later I looked for accessories for the car. By early 1988 I was dating my present wife, Rebecca, in the Mustang convertible, and we married that fall. Her son Andy drove it to high school from 1989 until he purchased a Firebird in 1991. His sister Abby drove it until she left for college in 1994. At that time I was building a 1929 Model A roadster pickup, which I finished in 2000.”

While the car looks (from 20 feet away) mostly stock, Darell has made some subtle yet significant changes. “When I started looking at the 1972 Mustang, I thought it deserved and needed some attention,” says Darell. “I was never fond of the color. I refer to it as Baby Poop Yellow, so I chose a Resale Red. I also liked the look of the ram-air hood. I found one at a local junkyard for $500. On eBay I found the air cleaner for the Ram Air. Next, I found a pair of brand-new Mustang leather seats at the Pomona Swap Meet and replaced the original, less comfortable Comfortweave seats. The door panels were cracked beyond repair, and another eBay purchase supplied a pair of like-new panels. I installed new upholstery for the back seat from a kit and installed new carpet. By 2003 it was time for a new transmission,” says Darell. “The 351 Cleveland engine still runs great. It uses a little oil, but not much. I have no clue to the true mileage, but I am sure it is somewhere north of 140,000.”

Darell drives and displays the car extensively and almost never turns down a request to carry dignitaries for the local 4th of July Parade. He has shown his Mustang in the Temecula Rod Run three or four times and has also shown it in the Fallbrook Car Show, and he drives it on Saturdays to the Drifters Car Club breakfast in Murrieta (in rotation with the other vintage cars he owns). He generally prefers his cars in stock condition, but admittedly, the 1972 is not. This is not surprising given its condition at the time he acquired it, decades ago. It’s certainly a long-term keeper. However, it reflects what Darell thinks is the best of the 1971 to 1973 Mustangs.

At 76, Darell has one more car to restore, the 1970 Mustang convertible he bought for his daughter Darya back in 1984 that has been sitting in his barn waiting for installation of the original 302 engine he rebuilt 35 years ago. It will be painted yellow with the original ginger upholstery and a very stock engine compartment. It sounds like a great color combination. We can’t wait to see how it turns out. But get to it Darell, you’re not getting any younger.

Under the hood of this Mustang is that year’s top engine option, a Ram Air 351 Cobra Jet V-8, producing 275 net horsepower.

If you’ve ever been in a 1971-1973 Mustang, you know that you sit very low in the cockpit and need to look over the high cowl.

With late-model leather bucket seats scored at a swap meet, this Mustang offers comfort that one could only dream of back in 1972.

In 1972, power windows was a very rare option for the Mustang, giving this car an unexpected luxury.

For 1972. the Mustang was offered in hardtop (57,350), hardtop Grandé (18,045), convertible (6,121), SportsRoof (16,622), and SportsRoof Mach 1 (27,675) models for a total production of 125,813 units.

For 1972 Mustang still offered five engines: one inline-six and four V-8s. The top option was the 275hp, 351ci Cobra Jet V-8. And like all previous Mustangs, the option list offered a limitless number of ways to personalize your Mustang.

For 1972, even with low-lead gas and tightening emission regulations, the 351 Cobra Jet–equipped Mustang was one of the fastest cars that could be driven off the showroom floor.

With body-color bumpers, the ram-air hood, and optional Styled Steel wheels, this is one Mustang that has aged very gracefully over the last 47 years.

When we were photographing the car’s interior we almost missed something. As most know, the 1971 to 1973 Mustangs, like all Ford products, featured a traditional two-shaft radio. Back in 1988 when Darell started restoring the car, he was commuting in it and the original factory-installed AM radio was a non-starter. At the time, he could have gone to a car audio shop and bought an aftermarket two-shaft radio for a factory look, but Darell went a different route. Modifying the trim bezel slightly and seamlessly, he installed a flat-face, single-DIN–style, Ford-look Audiovox SPS AM/FM/cassette receiver. That had to have made the commute more bearable at the time.

While it was a sales success—being the right car at the right time, introduced at almost the same time as the first OPEC Oil Embargo—the Mustang II is nowhere near as popular as the Mustangs that came before or followed it.

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NCAA Latest: Upset watch _ Buffalo leads Arizona in 2nd half

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/March 15, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) —

The Latest on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):

11:20 p.m.

Buffalo is giving Arizona fits with its quickness.

The Bulls are repeatedly getting to the rim for baskets and have collapsed on defense to force the Wildcats to shoot from the perimeter.

The 13th-seeded Bulls lead No. 4 seed Arizona 65-55 midway through the second half in Boise.

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11:15 p.m.

Montana is giving third-seeded Michigan everything it can handle in the first round of their West Regional matchup, scoring the game’s first 10 points and trailing just 31-28 at halftime.

Perhaps the Wolverines were a bit rusty by the long layoff between the Big Ten Tournament and the start of the NCAA Tournament. They haven’t played in well over a week.

Michigan would be in worse shape if not for Charles Matthews, who has 12 points and seven rebounds. He’s 6 for 8 from the field, providing the Big Ten champs their only consistent offense.

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10:20 p.m.

Justin Bibbs hit all three 3-pointers to help ninth-seeded Virginia Tech grab a 43-41 lead over Alabama at halftime.

Bibbs had 11 points in the half and the Hokies were an impressive 7 of 9 from 3-point range.

The ninth-seeded Crimson Tide shot a solid 60 percent from the floor to keep this opening-round game close.

Virginia Teach coach Buzz Williams must have been a screamer on the sideline. He was hoarse during his halftime interview.

The winner gets top-seeded Villanova on Saturday.

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10:10 p.m.

Rob Gray drove for a wind-milling layup that just trickled over the rim with 1.1 seconds left, and Trey Kell’s off-balance 3-pointer at the buzzer was no good, giving No. 6 seed Houston a 67-65 victory over San Diego State in the first round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday night.

Devin Watson had just tied the game for the Aztecs with a turnaround 3-pointer, his second in a matter of seconds, when Gray dribbled up floor with 29 seconds left. He allowed the clock to tick down to six seconds before crossing over, scooting under two defenders and scooping up his shot.

The layup gave him 39 points and the Cougars (27-7) their first tournament win since 1984.

Devin Davis and Corey Davis Jr. added nine points apiece for Houston, which lost two players to fouls down the stretch, and struggled to contain the Aztecs’ big front line.

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9:25 p.m.

Kentucky’s record streak of consecutive games with a 3-pointer has ended.

The Wildcats had it a 3 in every game since 1988, but went 0 for 6 in a 78-73 win over Davidson in the South Region.

Kentucky last went without a 3-pointer on Nov. 26, 1988, against Seton Hall in the Great Alaska Shootout, a span of 1,047 games.

The streak nearly came to an end against Missouri in February. The Wildcats were 0 of 13 from 3-point range until Wenyen Gabriel knocked one down with 2:51 left.

UNLV now has the longest streak at 1,040 straight games.

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9:20 p.m.

Stephen F. Austin is looking to be the life of March Madness again but No. 3 seed Texas Tech made a run to tighten the Lumberjacks’ lead midway through the second half. Stephen F. Austin leads 53-52 with just about eight minutes left on Thursday night.

Meanwhile, Kentucky pulled away late in the second half to stifle Davidson’s chances of sparking a Cinderella run 10 years after Steph Curry made his mark on March Madness.

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9:05 p.m.

Looks like Alabama forward Donta Hall will play for the Crimson Tide in their first-round game against Virginia Tech.

Hall took the court with the rest of his teammates for warm-ups six days after suffering a concussion in the second half of a victory over Auburn in the SEC Tournament. Hall has been the most consistent big man this season for the Crimson Tide, averaging 10.9 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.

Head coach Avery Johnson said there was a 60 percent chance Hall would be able to face the Hokies.

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8:55 p.m.

Top-seeded Villanova’s scorching shooting lifted the Wildcats to an easy 87-61 win over Radford in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Jalen Brunson led six Wildcats in double figures with 16 points as Villanova cruised. Mikal Bridges added 13 points for the Wildcats.

Villanova (31-4) knocked down 14 3-pointers and shot 60 percent (31 of 52) from the field for the Big East champions, who will play either Virginia Tech or Alabama in the second round on Saturday.

Donald Hicks scored 13 for Radford (23-13) but Villanova needed just 11 minutes to build a 20-point lead and the Highlanders never threatened.

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8:45 p.m.

No. 14 seed Stephen F. Austin has a 30-27 halftime lead over Big 12 runner-up Texas Tech.

Kevon Harris hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to put the Lumberjacks back in the lead. SFA led for 15 minutes in the first half.

This is a matchup of former junior college colleges who used to have meals together at McDonald’s on recruiting trips. Chris Beard is in his second season at Texas Tech, like Kyle Keller at Stephen F. Austin.

All-Big 12 guard Keenan Evans had only four points — on four free throws while going 0-for-4 from the field. But he had the highlight assist, starting the alley-oop play that ended with a 360-degree dunk by Zhaire Smith.

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8:40 p.m.

Rob Gray has shot sixth-seeded Houston to a 39-29 lead over San Diego State at halftime of their opening-round game in the West Region.

The Cougars’ star guard hit a 3-pointer from about 30 feet as the shot clock wound down, and just before the halftime buzzer, to finish with 16 points. He also has five rebounds.

Houston struggled early against the Aztecs’ length, especially 6-foot-11 forwards Malik Pope and Jalen McDaniels. But the Cougars finally had success getting to the rim late in the half, allowing them to draw away to their biggest lead of the game.

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7:45 p.m.

Tournament betting favorite Villanova is rolling against Radford in the first round.

The top-seeded Wildcats thrashed No. 16 Radford in the first half of their NCAA Tournament game.

The Wildcats lead 44-23.

It could have been much worse. At one point, Big East player of the year Jalen Brunson had 12 points on 5 of 6 shooting. Radford? Just 10 points on 4 of 20 from the floor.

Villanova started the game shooting 81 percent. For those who struggle with math, that’s a crisp 81 percent.

Radford won a First Four game to advance to Pittsburgh. The Wildcats just won the Big East Tournament in New York. With more shooting performances like this one, they’ll win much, much more in March.

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6:40 p.m.

Ohio State coach Chris Holtmann gave a special shoutout after his fifth-seeded Buckeyes beat No. 12 seed South Dakota State 81-73, saying his players were motivated by bracketeers saying they would lose.

Holtmann said in a postgame TV interview Thursday that he gets the hoopla over upsets and his team may have fed into it with some mixed results.

But fans weren’t fading the Buckeyes nearly as much as he thinks — more than three-fourths picked Ohio State to win in the first round, better backing than fellow No. 5 seed Clemson.

The upset many fans called was Loyola of Chicago, which beat Miami on a last-second 3-pointer to reward 36 percent of the brackets filled out on ESPN and Yahoo.

5:30 p.m.

Loyola Chicago’s Donte Ingram drained a 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds left to help the 11th-seeded Ramblers defeat No. 6 seed Miami 64-62 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Miami had one last chance, but the Hurricanes had to go the length of the court and couldn’t get a shot off.

The Ramblers won the Missouri Valley Tournament to reach the NCAAs for the first time since losing to Patrick Ewing and Georgetown in the Sweet 16 in 1985. It was Loyola’s 11th straight win.

Loyola advanced to play No. 3 seed Tennessee on Saturday.

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5:20 p.m.

Seton Hall and North Carolina State have decided defense is optional in their first-round game.

Desi Rodriguez poured in 14 points, Khadeem Carrington added 13 and the Pirates shot 61 percent from the field in taking a 51-41 lead over the Wolfpack into halftime.

Seton Hall scored on its first eight possessions, building an early led it kept most of the half.

Al Freeman led three Pirates in double-figures scoring with 14 first-half points.

The winner gets top-seeded Kansas in the Midwest Region’s second round Saturday.

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5:15 p.m.

The first No. 12 seed over a No. 5 upset in this NCAA Tournament could be in the making in Boise.

South Dakota State, behind big man Mike Daum, was tied at 43 with Ohio State at halftime on Thursday in the West Region.

Daum has 17 points for the Jackrabbits. Keita Bates-Diop leads the Buckeyes with 17.

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5 p.m.

Kansas expects to have injured big man Udoka Azubuike for more regular minutes when the top-seeded Jayhawks play the Seton Hall-North Carolina State winner in the second round on Saturday.

The 7-footer played only three minutes, pulling down one rebound without taking a shot, in their 76-60 victory over Penn in the Midwest Region’s opening round. He played wearing a hefty brace on his left knee, where he strained a ligament in practice last week.

Jayhawks coach Bill Self said he could have played “max five or six minutes,” but that he held him out in the second half as Kansas pulled away. The hope is to have him 80 percent for practice Friday.

“At first I was kind of getting used to my legs but after that I was fine,” Azubuike said. “I’m going to practice tomorrow and hopefully play much more on Saturday.”

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5 p.m.

Marvin Bagley III scored 22 points and second-seeded Duke dominated from start-to-finish in a 89-67 win over No. 15 Iona in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday

The Blue Devils (27-7) will play Rhode Island in the Midwest Regional on Saturday.

The seventh-seeded Rams (26-7) beat Oklahoma 83-78 in overtime to advance.

Duke never left any doubt and is it starts it quest to win its first national championship since 2015. They led by 17 points late in the first half and got every Blue Devil played a role.

Trevon Duval scored 19 points, and Grayson Allen and Gary Trent Jr. each scored 16 points. Duval, Trent and Allen each hit four 3-pointers.

The Gaels (20-14) clapped toward their fans as they walked off the court. Roland Griffin led them 21 points.

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4:15 p.m.

Loyola-Chicago is all even with Miami at halftime of its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 33 years.

Miami’s Dejan Vasiljevic hit a jump-hook in the lane with one second remaining to tie the score at 28.

The 11th-seeded Ramblers won the Missouri Valley Tournament to reach the NCAAs for the first time since losing to Patrick Ewing and Georgetown in the Sweet 16 in 1985. They have a boisterous group of fans wearing maroon-and-gold scarves in a section across the American Airlines Center court from their team’s bench.

Burly center Cameron Krutwig leads Loyola-Chicago with eight points at halftime.

Sixth-seeded Miami is in its third straight NCAA Tournament under coach Jim Larranaga. He took No. 11 seed George Mason to the Final Four in 2006.

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4:05 p.m.

Devonte Graham ignited a sluggish Kansas offense midway through the first half, pouring in 29 points and lifting the top-seeded Jayhawks to a tough, grind-it-out 76-60 victory over No. 16 Pennsylvania in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday.

Lagerald Vick added 14 points for the Jayhawks (28-7), who trailed the Ivy League champs by 10 in the early stages before going on a 19-2 run late in the first half to take control.

Graham, perhaps atoning for a miserable performance in last year’s tournament loss to Oregon, also had six rebounds and six assists as the Jayhawks cruised into a second-round matchup with eighth-seeded Seton Hall or No. 9 seed North Carolina State in the loaded Midwest Region.

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By Associated Press – published on STL.News by St. Louis Media, LLC (A.S)

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MYSTERIOUS MURDER(S): CHARLES C. MORGAN

Researching and writing this reminded me of why I absolutely love investigative blogging. This mystery started in March of 1977 and by the time we get to the end three people will be dead, a family left shattered and confused, and a reporter that followed the story of a lifetime will have a hit on his own life! In Tucson, AZ Charles C. Morgan went by the name “Chuckie” to his friends, family, and business associates. He owned an escrow company and lived the average normal life with his wife and four daughters.

Except…on March 22, 1977 Chuckie vanished after carrying two of his daughters to school. He finally stumbled back into his home in the middle of the night three nights later.

He claimed he couldn’t speak but wrote his wife (Ruth) a crazy unbelievable message claiming that somebody “painted his throat with a hallucinogenic drug.“ He wrote to her a message of torture, threats, and fear.

According to his wife, he was missing a shoe, had a plastic handcuff around one ankle, and had his hands tied together with a plastic zip tie. He asked her to move his car because he didn’t want “them” to know he had returned home. However, he would never tell her who “they” were. He also told his wife to not call the police and to not call for an ambulance.

Over the next two weeks Ruth nursed him back to health. She fed him with a dropper til he was able to talk again. He never spoke about the kidnapping except to drop hints that he was a “spy for the Treasury Department” and his life was in danger because of his statements against criminals.

After the kidnapping he became extremely paranoid. He only allowed himself to drive his daughters to and from school, and spoke with the school demanding nobody ever be allowed to pick them up.

Two months after the first disappearance Charles went missing yet again. During the days he was missing, before his body was found, his wife Ruth received an anonymous phone call. The woman on the line referred to herself as “Green Eyes”. “Green eyes” said nothing to Ruth except “Ecclesiastes 12:1-8,” the same citation her husband would later be found with - hiding in his underpants. Nobody has ever figured out the meaning of this depressing bible verse. It has never brought meaning to his murder, has never identified his killer, and only leaves more questions.

https://biblia.com/bible/niv/Eccles%2012.1-8

Remember your Creator

in the days of your youth,

before the days of trouble come

and the years approach when you will say,

“I find no pleasure in them”—

2 before the sun and the light

and the moon and the stars grow dark,

and the clouds return after the rain;

3 when the keepers of the house tremble,

and the strong men stoop,

when the grinders cease because they are few,

and those looking through the windows grow dim;

4 when the doors to the street are closed

and the sound of grinding fades;

when people rise up at the sound of birds,

but all their songs grow faint;

5 when people are afraid of heights

and of dangers in the streets;

when the almond tree blossoms

and the grasshopper drags itself along

and desire no longer is stirred.

Then people go to their eternal home

and mourners go about the streets.

6 Remember him—before the silver cord is severed,

and the golden bowl is broken;

before the pitcher is shattered at the spring,

and the wheel broken at the well,

7 and the dust returns to the ground it came from,

and the spirit returns to God who gave it.

8 “Meaningless! Meaningless!” says the Teacher.

“Everything is meaningless!”

This time he was found 11 days after his disappearance, outside of his new Mercury Cougar, in the middle of the Arizona desert, 40 miles west of Tuscon. It was ruled a suicide even though the kill shot entered the back of his head. He had been shot with his own .357 magnum revolver. There were no fingerprints on the gun. Inside the car there was a cache of weapons and ammunition. His NEW mercury cougar had also been altered so that the doors could be locked and unlocked from the fender (remember…this was 1977! Also…if a reader knows WHY a person would do this kind of alteration please comment and let me know. I don’t understand what the point of locking and unlocking from your fender would be!?)

He was wearing a bulletproof vest at the time of death, was found with a pair of sunglasses that did not belong to him, had one of his own teeth in his pocket wrapped in a handkerchief, and had a $2 bill stuffed in his underwear, which was annotated with seven Spanish names and a Bible citation – Ecclesiastes 12:1-8. On the opposite side of the $2 Bill there was a drawing of a map. It was a map of Robles Junction and Sasabe, both are well known areas for smuggling and criminal activity.

https://biblia.com/bible/niv/Eccles%2012.1-8

After his first kidnapping Charles had told his father that if anything ever happened to him he had hidden a letter that would explain everything, and would name names. This letter was never found.

After his death, authorities discovered he had been hiding out in a west-area motel for the previous several days. An “acquaintance” told police he was trying to come up with enough cash to pay off a hit on his life. Another “acquaintance” who later admitted to being the mysterious caller “Green eyes” stated that the last time she had seen Charles alive he had had a briefcase filled with $60,000 in cash. “Green eyes” said that Charles had hoped to buy off the hit on his life. The informant gave enough personal details that the police were pretty confident she was telling the truth, at least as far as having known Morgan socially. Unfortunately, that was the last that anyone ever heard of Green Eyes, and the case went completely cold. Some people theorize that Morgan’s escrow company was a front for money laundering, and the whole thing went south. Or, maybe he really was a secret agent for the government. Or, there’s some third, even weirder explanation we haven’t guessed. I believe that would be reasonable since this case was so strange from the start, and had so many twists and turns that nobody could’ve seen coming.

Three weeks after his death two FBI agents showed up at his home demanding to search it. They tore the house apart. Its unknown what they were looking for or what things they had taken. A reporter, Don Devereux, that advocated for the family from the beginning contacted the FBI about the search and they deny ever sending agents to search the home.

Ruth Morgan passed away in 2006. Ruth always maintained that her husband was murdered and that it was covered up by corrupt government officials and a corrupt police department. His four daughters also took on the fight for justice. They state that their father was murdered and would like to see justice brought to the person/persons responsible.

HUGE TWIST TO THE STORY: (This part gets a little confusing. While researching I had to re-read articles a few times to make sure I had the information correct and make sure I kept the case straight and accurate.) Here it goes… Don Devereux was a journalist that from the very beginning got sucked into the Charles C. Morgan case. He found it odd that Charles’ death was ruled a suicide when too kill himself, Charles would have had to have had stretch Armstrong arms! It was just crazy and implausible to think a man drove out into the desert, wore a bullet-proof vest, just to get out of his car stretch his arm behind his head/back, and shoot himself in the center of the back of his head, also leave NO fingerprints, and somehow hide the gloves he must’ve been wearing (since he left no prints) before he immediately dropped dead! Devereux investigated the case that police wanted no part of, he talked to people the cops wouldn’t make time for, and he spoke out and advocated for the Morgan family when no one else would. He kept the story in the media for decades.

During Devereux’s investigation he found evidence of Charles Morgan’s money laundering through his escrow company. Charles was also involved in gold and platinum transactions out of South Asia. Devereux also found that Charles kept duplicate records of all illegal transactions. Devereux theorized that whomever Charles was involved with found out about his shady record keeping, and wanted Charles taken out. (I haven’t found proof in my research but I’ve seen several reports that Charles did a lot of illegal business with some high ranking politicians and some extremely wealthy “business men,” and when I say “business men” I mean, wealthy mob bosses.)

On May 14, 1990 Doug Johnston left for his night shift job at a computer graphics company in Phoenix, AZ. An hour later he was found murdered in his company parking lot. Again…cops tried to rule it as a suicide. Doug had one shot to his head behind his left ear. Though the placement was better for a suicide ruling than Charles Morgan’s shot to the head, evidence was still on Doug’s side. There was no gun at the scene, no gun powder residue on his hands, and he was right-handed which made the shot to the left side of his head strange and awkward. In the end it was ruled a homicide. (At the time of Doug Johnston’s murder it was believed to be just a random, wrong place/wrong time murder, but within the next year events would play out to prove otherwise.)

In 1991 Don Devereux was contacted by Danny Casolaro, a writer from Washington D.C. regarding the evidence Devereux had about Charles’ money laundering. Devereux agreed to share all of the evidence he had uncovered. Before Devereux could mail it out, Dan Casolaro was found in a hotel bathroom. His wrists had been slashed. Yet again….a death was ruled suicide. Devereux knows it was murder, and Casolaro’s brother believes it was murder. Dan Casolaro’s brother stated that Danny was extremely squeamish around blood. He said IF his brother was going to commit suicide slashing his wrists would NOT have been the method used.

Six months after Casolaro’s death Devereux learned that there had been a hit placed on him. He learned that Doug Johnston’s murder in 1990 was a case of mistaken identity, and was meant for him.

Though names have not been released, a CIA officer, and an informant for Israeli Intelligence have confirmed the hit for Don Devereux’s life.

Charles Morgan, Doug Johnston, and Dan Casolaro’s murders have never been solved.

SOURCES:

http://tucson.com/news/local/crime/cold-case-strange-evidence-found-in-on-near-man-s/article_e84a1034-c078-5a43-81a1-e602f52eda02.html

https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/4m3sq3/the_unbelievably_bizarre_case_of_charles_chuck/

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Charles_Morgan

http://thesop.org/story/20140407/an-unsolved-mysteries-episode-charles-morgan-throws-you-down-a-spooky-rabbit-hole-with-zero-bottom.html

https://unsolved.com/gallery/chuck-morgan/

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Doug_Johnston

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NCAA Latest: Virginia Tech leads Alabama at halftime

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NCAA Latest: Virginia Tech leads Alabama at halftime

/March 15, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) —

The Latest on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):

10:20 p.m.

Justin Bibbs hit all three 3-pointers to help ninth-seeded Virginia Tech grab a 43-41 lead over Alabama at halftime.

Bibbs had 11 points in the half and the Hokies were an impressive 7 of 9 from 3-point range.

The ninth-seeded Crimson Tide shot a solid 60 percent from the floor to keep this opening-round game close.

Virginia Teach coach Buzz Williams must have been a screamer on the sideline. He was hoarse during his halftime interview.

The winner gets top-seeded Villanova on Saturday.

___

10:10 p.m.

The layup gave him 39 points and the Cougars (27-7) their first tournament win since 1984.

Devin Davis and Corey Davis Jr. added nine points apiece for Houston, which lost two players to fouls down the stretch, and struggled to contain the Aztecs’ big front line.

___

9:25 p.m.

Kentucky’s record streak of consecutive games with a 3-pointer has ended.

The Wildcats had it a 3 in every game since 1988, but went 0 for 6 in a 78-73 win over Davidson in the South Region.

Kentucky last went without a 3-pointer on Nov. 26, 1988, against Seton Hall in the Great Alaska Shootout, a span of 1,047 games.

The streak nearly came to an end against Missouri in February. The Wildcats were 0 of 13 from 3-point range until Wenyen Gabriel knocked one down with 2:51 left.

UNLV now has the longest streak at 1,040 straight games.

___

9:20 p.m.

Meanwhile, Kentucky pulled away late in the second half to stifle Davidson’s chances of sparking a Cinderella run 10 years after Steph Curry made his mark on March Madness.

___

9:05 p.m.

Looks like Alabama forward Donta Hall will play for the Crimson Tide in their first-round game against Virginia Tech.

Head coach Avery Johnson said there was a 60 percent chance Hall would be able to face the Hokies.

___

8:55 p.m.

Top-seeded Villanova’s scorching shooting lifted the Wildcats to an easy 87-61 win over Radford in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Jalen Brunson led six Wildcats in double figures with 16 points as Villanova cruised. Mikal Bridges added 13 points for the Wildcats.

Villanova (31-4) knocked down 14 3-pointers and shot 60 percent (31 of 52) from the field for the Big East champions, who will play either Virginia Tech or Alabama in the second round on Saturday.

Donald Hicks scored 13 for Radford (23-13) but Villanova needed just 11 minutes to build a 20-point lead and the Highlanders never threatened.

___

8:45 p.m.

No. 14 seed Stephen F. Austin has a 30-27 halftime lead over Big 12 runner-up Texas Tech.

Kevon Harris hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to put the Lumberjacks back in the lead. SFA led for 15 minutes in the first half.

___

8:40 p.m.

Rob Gray has shot sixth-seeded Houston to a 39-29 lead over San Diego State at halftime of their opening-round game in the West Region.

The Cougars’ star guard hit a 3-pointer from about 30 feet as the shot clock wound down, and just before the halftime buzzer, to finish with 16 points. He also has five rebounds.

___

7:45 p.m.

Tournament betting favorite Villanova is rolling against Radford in the first round.

The top-seeded Wildcats thrashed No. 16 Radford in the first half of their NCAA Tournament game.

The Wildcats lead 44-23.

It could have been much worse. At one point, Big East player of the year Jalen Brunson had 12 points on 5 of 6 shooting. Radford? Just 10 points on 4 of 20 from the floor.

Villanova started the game shooting 81 percent. For those who struggle with math, that’s a crisp 81 percent.

___

6:40 p.m.

Holtmann said in a postgame TV interview Thursday that he gets the hoopla over upsets and his team may have fed into it with some mixed results.

But fans weren’t fading the Buckeyes nearly as much as he thinks — more than three-fourths picked Ohio State to win in the first round, better backing than fellow No. 5 seed Clemson.

The upset many fans called was Loyola of Chicago, which beat Miami on a last-second 3-pointer to reward 36 percent of the brackets filled out on ESPN and Yahoo.

5:30 p.m.

Loyola Chicago’s Donte Ingram drained a 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds left to help the 11th-seeded Ramblers defeat No. 6 seed Miami 64-62 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Miami had one last chance, but the Hurricanes had to go the length of the court and couldn’t get a shot off.

The Ramblers won the Missouri Valley Tournament to reach the NCAAs for the first time since losing to Patrick Ewing and Georgetown in the Sweet 16 in 1985. It was Loyola’s 11th straight win.

Loyola advanced to play No. 3 seed Tennessee on Saturday.

___

5:20 p.m.

Seton Hall and North Carolina State have decided defense is optional in their first-round game.

Desi Rodriguez poured in 14 points, Khadeem Carrington added 13 and the Pirates shot 61 percent from the field in taking a 51-41 lead over the Wolfpack into halftime.

Seton Hall scored on its first eight possessions, building an early led it kept most of the half.

Al Freeman led three Pirates in double-figures scoring with 14 first-half points.

The winner gets top-seeded Kansas in the Midwest Region’s second round Saturday.

___

5:15 p.m.

The first No. 12 seed over a No. 5 upset in this NCAA Tournament could be in the making in Boise.

South Dakota State, behind big man Mike Daum, was tied at 43 with Ohio State at halftime on Thursday in the West Region.

Daum has 17 points for the Jackrabbits. Keita Bates-Diop leads the Buckeyes with 17.

___

5 p.m.

Kansas expects to have injured big man Udoka Azubuike for more regular minutes when the top-seeded Jayhawks play the Seton Hall-North Carolina State winner in the second round on Saturday.

“At first I was kind of getting used to my legs but after that I was fine,” Azubuike said. “I’m going to practice tomorrow and hopefully play much more on Saturday.”

___

5 p.m.

Marvin Bagley III scored 22 points and second-seeded Duke dominated from start-to-finish in a 89-67 win over No. 15 Iona in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday

The Blue Devils (27-7) will play Rhode Island in the Midwest Regional on Saturday.

The seventh-seeded Rams (26-7) beat Oklahoma 83-78 in overtime to advance.

Duke never left any doubt and is it starts it quest to win its first national championship since 2015. They led by 17 points late in the first half and got every Blue Devil played a role.

Trevon Duval scored 19 points, and Grayson Allen and Gary Trent Jr. each scored 16 points. Duval, Trent and Allen each hit four 3-pointers.

The Gaels (20-14) clapped toward their fans as they walked off the court. Roland Griffin led them 21 points.

___

4:15 p.m.

Loyola-Chicago is all even with Miami at halftime of its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 33 years.

Miami’s Dejan Vasiljevic hit a jump-hook in the lane with one second remaining to tie the score at 28.

Burly center Cameron Krutwig leads Loyola-Chicago with eight points at halftime.

Sixth-seeded Miami is in its third straight NCAA Tournament under coach Jim Larranaga. He took No. 11 seed George Mason to the Final Four in 2006.

___

4:05 p.m.

Lagerald Vick added 14 points for the Jayhawks (28-7), who trailed the Ivy League champs by 10 in the early stages before going on a 19-2 run late in the first half to take control.

____

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/March 15, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) —

The Latest on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):

10:20 p.m.

Justin Bibbs hit all three 3-pointers to help ninth-seeded Virginia Tech grab a 43-41 lead over Alabama at halftime.

Bibbs had 11 points in the half and the Hokies were an impressive 7 of 9 from 3-point range.

The ninth-seeded Crimson Tide shot a solid 60 percent from the floor to keep this opening-round game close.

Virginia Teach coach Buzz Williams must have been a screamer on the sideline. He was hoarse during his halftime interview.

The winner gets top-seeded Villanova on Saturday.

___

10:10 p.m.

The layup gave him 39 points and the Cougars (27-7) their first tournament win since 1984.

Devin Davis and Corey Davis Jr. added nine points apiece for Houston, which lost two players to fouls down the stretch, and struggled to contain the Aztecs’ big front line.

___

9:25 p.m.

Kentucky’s record streak of consecutive games with a 3-pointer has ended.

The Wildcats had it a 3 in every game since 1988, but went 0 for 6 in a 78-73 win over Davidson in the South Region.

Kentucky last went without a 3-pointer on Nov. 26, 1988, against Seton Hall in the Great Alaska Shootout, a span of 1,047 games.

The streak nearly came to an end against Missouri in February. The Wildcats were 0 of 13 from 3-point range until Wenyen Gabriel knocked one down with 2:51 left.

UNLV now has the longest streak at 1,040 straight games.

___

9:20 p.m.

Meanwhile, Kentucky pulled away late in the second half to stifle Davidson’s chances of sparking a Cinderella run 10 years after Steph Curry made his mark on March Madness.

___

9:05 p.m.

Looks like Alabama forward Donta Hall will play for the Crimson Tide in their first-round game against Virginia Tech.

Head coach Avery Johnson said there was a 60 percent chance Hall would be able to face the Hokies.

___

8:55 p.m.

Top-seeded Villanova’s scorching shooting lifted the Wildcats to an easy 87-61 win over Radford in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Jalen Brunson led six Wildcats in double figures with 16 points as Villanova cruised. Mikal Bridges added 13 points for the Wildcats.

Villanova (31-4) knocked down 14 3-pointers and shot 60 percent (31 of 52) from the field for the Big East champions, who will play either Virginia Tech or Alabama in the second round on Saturday.

Donald Hicks scored 13 for Radford (23-13) but Villanova needed just 11 minutes to build a 20-point lead and the Highlanders never threatened.

___

8:45 p.m.

No. 14 seed Stephen F. Austin has a 30-27 halftime lead over Big 12 runner-up Texas Tech.

Kevon Harris hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to put the Lumberjacks back in the lead. SFA led for 15 minutes in the first half.

___

8:40 p.m.

Rob Gray has shot sixth-seeded Houston to a 39-29 lead over San Diego State at halftime of their opening-round game in the West Region.

The Cougars’ star guard hit a 3-pointer from about 30 feet as the shot clock wound down, and just before the halftime buzzer, to finish with 16 points. He also has five rebounds.

___

7:45 p.m.

Tournament betting favorite Villanova is rolling against Radford in the first round.

The top-seeded Wildcats thrashed No. 16 Radford in the first half of their NCAA Tournament game.

The Wildcats lead 44-23.

It could have been much worse. At one point, Big East player of the year Jalen Brunson had 12 points on 5 of 6 shooting. Radford? Just 10 points on 4 of 20 from the floor.

Villanova started the game shooting 81 percent. For those who struggle with math, that’s a crisp 81 percent.

___

6:40 p.m.

Holtmann said in a postgame TV interview Thursday that he gets the hoopla over upsets and his team may have fed into it with some mixed results.

But fans weren’t fading the Buckeyes nearly as much as he thinks — more than three-fourths picked Ohio State to win in the first round, better backing than fellow No. 5 seed Clemson.

The upset many fans called was Loyola of Chicago, which beat Miami on a last-second 3-pointer to reward 36 percent of the brackets filled out on ESPN and Yahoo.

5:30 p.m.

Loyola Chicago’s Donte Ingram drained a 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds left to help the 11th-seeded Ramblers defeat No. 6 seed Miami 64-62 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Miami had one last chance, but the Hurricanes had to go the length of the court and couldn’t get a shot off.

The Ramblers won the Missouri Valley Tournament to reach the NCAAs for the first time since losing to Patrick Ewing and Georgetown in the Sweet 16 in 1985. It was Loyola’s 11th straight win.

Loyola advanced to play No. 3 seed Tennessee on Saturday.

___

5:20 p.m.

Seton Hall and North Carolina State have decided defense is optional in their first-round game.

Desi Rodriguez poured in 14 points, Khadeem Carrington added 13 and the Pirates shot 61 percent from the field in taking a 51-41 lead over the Wolfpack into halftime.

Seton Hall scored on its first eight possessions, building an early led it kept most of the half.

Al Freeman led three Pirates in double-figures scoring with 14 first-half points.

The winner gets top-seeded Kansas in the Midwest Region’s second round Saturday.

___

5:15 p.m.

The first No. 12 seed over a No. 5 upset in this NCAA Tournament could be in the making in Boise.

South Dakota State, behind big man Mike Daum, was tied at 43 with Ohio State at halftime on Thursday in the West Region.

Daum has 17 points for the Jackrabbits. Keita Bates-Diop leads the Buckeyes with 17.

___

5 p.m.

Kansas expects to have injured big man Udoka Azubuike for more regular minutes when the top-seeded Jayhawks play the Seton Hall-North Carolina State winner in the second round on Saturday.

“At first I was kind of getting used to my legs but after that I was fine,” Azubuike said. “I’m going to practice tomorrow and hopefully play much more on Saturday.”

___

5 p.m.

Marvin Bagley III scored 22 points and second-seeded Duke dominated from start-to-finish in a 89-67 win over No. 15 Iona in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday

The Blue Devils (27-7) will play Rhode Island in the Midwest Regional on Saturday.

The seventh-seeded Rams (26-7) beat Oklahoma 83-78 in overtime to advance.

Duke never left any doubt and is it starts it quest to win its first national championship since 2015. They led by 17 points late in the first half and got every Blue Devil played a role.

Trevon Duval scored 19 points, and Grayson Allen and Gary Trent Jr. each scored 16 points. Duval, Trent and Allen each hit four 3-pointers.

The Gaels (20-14) clapped toward their fans as they walked off the court. Roland Griffin led them 21 points.

___

4:15 p.m.

Loyola-Chicago is all even with Miami at halftime of its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 33 years.

Miami’s Dejan Vasiljevic hit a jump-hook in the lane with one second remaining to tie the score at 28.

Burly center Cameron Krutwig leads Loyola-Chicago with eight points at halftime.

Sixth-seeded Miami is in its third straight NCAA Tournament under coach Jim Larranaga. He took No. 11 seed George Mason to the Final Four in 2006.

___

4:05 p.m.

Lagerald Vick added 14 points for the Jayhawks (28-7), who trailed the Ivy League champs by 10 in the early stages before going on a 19-2 run late in the first half to take control.

____

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/March 15, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) —

The Latest on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):

10:20 p.m.

Justin Bibbs hit all three 3-pointers to help ninth-seeded Virginia Tech grab a 43-41 lead over Alabama at halftime.

Bibbs had 11 points in the half and the Hokies were an impressive 7 of 9 from 3-point range.

The ninth-seeded Crimson Tide shot a solid 60 percent from the floor to keep this opening-round game close.

Virginia Teach coach Buzz Williams must have been a screamer on the sideline. He was hoarse during his halftime interview.

The winner gets top-seeded Villanova on Saturday.

___

10:10 p.m.

The layup gave him 39 points and the Cougars (27-7) their first tournament win since 1984.

Devin Davis and Corey Davis Jr. added nine points apiece for Houston, which lost two players to fouls down the stretch, and struggled to contain the Aztecs’ big front line.

___

9:25 p.m.

Kentucky’s record streak of consecutive games with a 3-pointer has ended.

The Wildcats had it a 3 in every game since 1988, but went 0 for 6 in a 78-73 win over Davidson in the South Region.

Kentucky last went without a 3-pointer on Nov. 26, 1988, against Seton Hall in the Great Alaska Shootout, a span of 1,047 games.

The streak nearly came to an end against Missouri in February. The Wildcats were 0 of 13 from 3-point range until Wenyen Gabriel knocked one down with 2:51 left.

UNLV now has the longest streak at 1,040 straight games.

___

9:20 p.m.

Meanwhile, Kentucky pulled away late in the second half to stifle Davidson’s chances of sparking a Cinderella run 10 years after Steph Curry made his mark on March Madness.

___

9:05 p.m.

Looks like Alabama forward Donta Hall will play for the Crimson Tide in their first-round game against Virginia Tech.

Head coach Avery Johnson said there was a 60 percent chance Hall would be able to face the Hokies.

___

8:55 p.m.

Top-seeded Villanova’s scorching shooting lifted the Wildcats to an easy 87-61 win over Radford in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Jalen Brunson led six Wildcats in double figures with 16 points as Villanova cruised. Mikal Bridges added 13 points for the Wildcats.

Villanova (31-4) knocked down 14 3-pointers and shot 60 percent (31 of 52) from the field for the Big East champions, who will play either Virginia Tech or Alabama in the second round on Saturday.

Donald Hicks scored 13 for Radford (23-13) but Villanova needed just 11 minutes to build a 20-point lead and the Highlanders never threatened.

___

8:45 p.m.

No. 14 seed Stephen F. Austin has a 30-27 halftime lead over Big 12 runner-up Texas Tech.

Kevon Harris hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to put the Lumberjacks back in the lead. SFA led for 15 minutes in the first half.

___

8:40 p.m.

Rob Gray has shot sixth-seeded Houston to a 39-29 lead over San Diego State at halftime of their opening-round game in the West Region.

The Cougars’ star guard hit a 3-pointer from about 30 feet as the shot clock wound down, and just before the halftime buzzer, to finish with 16 points. He also has five rebounds.

___

7:45 p.m.

Tournament betting favorite Villanova is rolling against Radford in the first round.

The top-seeded Wildcats thrashed No. 16 Radford in the first half of their NCAA Tournament game.

The Wildcats lead 44-23.

It could have been much worse. At one point, Big East player of the year Jalen Brunson had 12 points on 5 of 6 shooting. Radford? Just 10 points on 4 of 20 from the floor.

Villanova started the game shooting 81 percent. For those who struggle with math, that’s a crisp 81 percent.

___

6:40 p.m.

Holtmann said in a postgame TV interview Thursday that he gets the hoopla over upsets and his team may have fed into it with some mixed results.

But fans weren’t fading the Buckeyes nearly as much as he thinks — more than three-fourths picked Ohio State to win in the first round, better backing than fellow No. 5 seed Clemson.

The upset many fans called was Loyola of Chicago, which beat Miami on a last-second 3-pointer to reward 36 percent of the brackets filled out on ESPN and Yahoo.

5:30 p.m.

Loyola Chicago’s Donte Ingram drained a 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds left to help the 11th-seeded Ramblers defeat No. 6 seed Miami 64-62 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Miami had one last chance, but the Hurricanes had to go the length of the court and couldn’t get a shot off.

The Ramblers won the Missouri Valley Tournament to reach the NCAAs for the first time since losing to Patrick Ewing and Georgetown in the Sweet 16 in 1985. It was Loyola’s 11th straight win.

Loyola advanced to play No. 3 seed Tennessee on Saturday.

___

5:20 p.m.

Seton Hall and North Carolina State have decided defense is optional in their first-round game.

Desi Rodriguez poured in 14 points, Khadeem Carrington added 13 and the Pirates shot 61 percent from the field in taking a 51-41 lead over the Wolfpack into halftime.

Seton Hall scored on its first eight possessions, building an early led it kept most of the half.

Al Freeman led three Pirates in double-figures scoring with 14 first-half points.

The winner gets top-seeded Kansas in the Midwest Region’s second round Saturday.

___

5:15 p.m.

The first No. 12 seed over a No. 5 upset in this NCAA Tournament could be in the making in Boise.

South Dakota State, behind big man Mike Daum, was tied at 43 with Ohio State at halftime on Thursday in the West Region.

Daum has 17 points for the Jackrabbits. Keita Bates-Diop leads the Buckeyes with 17.

___

5 p.m.

Kansas expects to have injured big man Udoka Azubuike for more regular minutes when the top-seeded Jayhawks play the Seton Hall-North Carolina State winner in the second round on Saturday.

“At first I was kind of getting used to my legs but after that I was fine,” Azubuike said. “I’m going to practice tomorrow and hopefully play much more on Saturday.”

___

5 p.m.

Marvin Bagley III scored 22 points and second-seeded Duke dominated from start-to-finish in a 89-67 win over No. 15 Iona in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday

The Blue Devils (27-7) will play Rhode Island in the Midwest Regional on Saturday.

The seventh-seeded Rams (26-7) beat Oklahoma 83-78 in overtime to advance.

Duke never left any doubt and is it starts it quest to win its first national championship since 2015. They led by 17 points late in the first half and got every Blue Devil played a role.

Trevon Duval scored 19 points, and Grayson Allen and Gary Trent Jr. each scored 16 points. Duval, Trent and Allen each hit four 3-pointers.

The Gaels (20-14) clapped toward their fans as they walked off the court. Roland Griffin led them 21 points.

___

4:15 p.m.

Loyola-Chicago is all even with Miami at halftime of its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 33 years.

Miami’s Dejan Vasiljevic hit a jump-hook in the lane with one second remaining to tie the score at 28.

Burly center Cameron Krutwig leads Loyola-Chicago with eight points at halftime.

Sixth-seeded Miami is in its third straight NCAA Tournament under coach Jim Larranaga. He took No. 11 seed George Mason to the Final Four in 2006.

___

4:05 p.m.

Lagerald Vick added 14 points for the Jayhawks (28-7), who trailed the Ivy League champs by 10 in the early stages before going on a 19-2 run late in the first half to take control.

____

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/March 15, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) —

The Latest on the NCAA Tournament (all times Eastern):

10:10 p.m.

The layup gave him 39 points and the Cougars (27-7) their first tournament win since 1984.

Devin Davis and Corey Davis Jr. added nine points apiece for Houston, which lost two players to fouls down the stretch, and struggled to contain the Aztecs’ big front line.

___

9:25 p.m.

Kentucky’s record streak of consecutive games with a 3-pointer has ended.

The Wildcats had it a 3 in every game since 1988, but went 0 for 6 in a 78-73 win over Davidson in the South Region.

Kentucky last went without a 3-pointer on Nov. 26, 1988, against Seton Hall in the Great Alaska Shootout, a span of 1,047 games.

The streak nearly came to an end against Missouri in February. The Wildcats were 0 of 13 from 3-point range until Wenyen Gabriel knocked one down with 2:51 left.

UNLV now has the longest streak at 1,040 straight games.

___

9:20 p.m.

Meanwhile, Kentucky pulled away late in the second half to stifle Davidson’s chances of sparking a Cinderella run 10 years after Steph Curry made his mark on March Madness.

___

9:05 p.m.

Looks like Alabama forward Donta Hall will play for the Crimson Tide in their first-round game against Virginia Tech.

Head coach Avery Johnson said there was a 60 percent chance Hall would be able to face the Hokies.

___

8:55 p.m.

Top-seeded Villanova’s scorching shooting lifted the Wildcats to an easy 87-61 win over Radford in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Jalen Brunson led six Wildcats in double figures with 16 points as Villanova cruised. Mikal Bridges added 13 points for the Wildcats.

Villanova (31-4) knocked down 14 3-pointers and shot 60 percent (31 of 52) from the field for the Big East champions, who will play either Virginia Tech or Alabama in the second round on Saturday.

Donald Hicks scored 13 for Radford (23-13) but Villanova needed just 11 minutes to build a 20-point lead and the Highlanders never threatened.

___

8:45 p.m.

No. 14 seed Stephen F. Austin has a 30-27 halftime lead over Big 12 runner-up Texas Tech.

Kevon Harris hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer to put the Lumberjacks back in the lead. SFA led for 15 minutes in the first half.

___

8:40 p.m.

Rob Gray has shot sixth-seeded Houston to a 39-29 lead over San Diego State at halftime of their opening-round game in the West Region.

The Cougars’ star guard hit a 3-pointer from about 30 feet as the shot clock wound down, and just before the halftime buzzer, to finish with 16 points. He also has five rebounds.

___

7:45 p.m.

Tournament betting favorite Villanova is rolling against Radford in the first round.

The top-seeded Wildcats thrashed No. 16 Radford in the first half of their NCAA Tournament game.

The Wildcats lead 44-23.

It could have been much worse. At one point, Big East player of the year Jalen Brunson had 12 points on 5 of 6 shooting. Radford? Just 10 points on 4 of 20 from the floor.

Villanova started the game shooting 81 percent. For those who struggle with math, that’s a crisp 81 percent.

___

6:40 p.m.

Holtmann said in a postgame TV interview Thursday that he gets the hoopla over upsets and his team may have fed into it with some mixed results.

But fans weren’t fading the Buckeyes nearly as much as he thinks — more than three-fourths picked Ohio State to win in the first round, better backing than fellow No. 5 seed Clemson.

The upset many fans called was Loyola of Chicago, which beat Miami on a last-second 3-pointer to reward 36 percent of the brackets filled out on ESPN and Yahoo.

5:30 p.m.

Loyola Chicago’s Donte Ingram drained a 3-pointer with 0.3 seconds left to help the 11th-seeded Ramblers defeat No. 6 seed Miami 64-62 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.

Miami had one last chance, but the Hurricanes had to go the length of the court and couldn’t get a shot off.

The Ramblers won the Missouri Valley Tournament to reach the NCAAs for the first time since losing to Patrick Ewing and Georgetown in the Sweet 16 in 1985. It was Loyola’s 11th straight win.

Loyola advanced to play No. 3 seed Tennessee on Saturday.

___

5:20 p.m.

Seton Hall and North Carolina State have decided defense is optional in their first-round game.

Desi Rodriguez poured in 14 points, Khadeem Carrington added 13 and the Pirates shot 61 percent from the field in taking a 51-41 lead over the Wolfpack into halftime.

Seton Hall scored on its first eight possessions, building an early led it kept most of the half.

Al Freeman led three Pirates in double-figures scoring with 14 first-half points.

The winner gets top-seeded Kansas in the Midwest Region’s second round Saturday.

___

5:15 p.m.

The first No. 12 seed over a No. 5 upset in this NCAA Tournament could be in the making in Boise.

South Dakota State, behind big man Mike Daum, was tied at 43 with Ohio State at halftime on Thursday in the West Region.

Daum has 17 points for the Jackrabbits. Keita Bates-Diop leads the Buckeyes with 17.

___

5 p.m.

Kansas expects to have injured big man Udoka Azubuike for more regular minutes when the top-seeded Jayhawks play the Seton Hall-North Carolina State winner in the second round on Saturday.

“At first I was kind of getting used to my legs but after that I was fine,” Azubuike said. “I’m going to practice tomorrow and hopefully play much more on Saturday.”

___

5 p.m.

Marvin Bagley III scored 22 points and second-seeded Duke dominated from start-to-finish in a 89-67 win over No. 15 Iona in the opening round of the NCAA Tournament on Thursday

The Blue Devils (27-7) will play Rhode Island in the Midwest Regional on Saturday.

The seventh-seeded Rams (26-7) beat Oklahoma 83-78 in overtime to advance.

Duke never left any doubt and is it starts it quest to win its first national championship since 2015. They led by 17 points late in the first half and got every Blue Devil played a role.

Trevon Duval scored 19 points, and Grayson Allen and Gary Trent Jr. each scored 16 points. Duval, Trent and Allen each hit four 3-pointers.

The Gaels (20-14) clapped toward their fans as they walked off the court. Roland Griffin led them 21 points.

___

4:15 p.m.

Loyola-Chicago is all even with Miami at halftime of its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 33 years.

Miami’s Dejan Vasiljevic hit a jump-hook in the lane with one second remaining to tie the score at 28.

Burly center Cameron Krutwig leads Loyola-Chicago with eight points at halftime.

Sixth-seeded Miami is in its third straight NCAA Tournament under coach Jim Larranaga. He took No. 11 seed George Mason to the Final Four in 2006.

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4:05 p.m.

Lagerald Vick added 14 points for the Jayhawks (28-7), who trailed the Ivy League champs by 10 in the early stages before going on a 19-2 run late in the first half to take control.

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By Associated Press – published on STL.News by St. Louis Media, LLC (A.S)

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