SAN FRANCISCO — For 40 frenzied minutes, JD Notae, Jaylin Williams and Arkansas played a maddening, muscular style on both ends that took Gonzaga out of its game — and right out of the NCAA Tournament far earlier than these Zags expected. Notae finished with six rebounds, six assists, three steals and even swatted a pair of shots for the …
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Arkansas’ Eric Musselman leaned heavily on his NBA coaching days of having to defend Kobe Bryant in devising a plan for how to keep New Mexico State’s Teddy “Buckets” Allen in check. And it was only fitting to Musselman that swingman Au’Diese Toney — the player he counted on most to contain Allen — capped the decisive …
