UCLA survives upset bid from VCU

Darren Collison had no doubt Eric Maynor would take the last shot. All he had to do was make sure it didn't go in.
UCLA survives
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Collison refused to yield in the final seconds, pressuring Maynor into missing a 17-footer at the buzzer to give UCLA a 65-64 victory over VCU on Thursday night in the opening round of the East Regional.
The Bruins (26-8) kept alive their hopes of a fourth straight trip to the Final Four, advancing to play Villanova (27-7) on Saturday.
"Everybody knew he was going to take that last shot," Collison said. "I mean, it's his team. There's a lot of pressure on him to get the job done. There's a lot of pressure on myself to get a stop. When he tried to get me up in the air, I just had a good contest."
Josh Shipp scored 16, Jrue Holiday had 13 and three others scored in double figures for the sixth-seeded Bruins.