Friday Roundup

 SPORTS

Team USA Placed In World Cup Group B With Three Lions, Iran, And Wales, Scotland, Or Ukraine

Here are the results of Friday's draw for the upcoming FIFA World Cup at Doha Qatar:

GROUP A:

Qatar (host nation)

Ecuador

Senegal

Netherlands

GROUP B:

England

Iran 

United States

Entry from Europe (the winner of the one-game playoff between Ukraine and the Scotland-Wales playoff winner--all such games set to be played in June)

GROUP C:

Argentina

Saudi Arabia

Mexico

Poland

GROUP D:

France

Winner of playoff between Peru and the AFC playoff between the United Arab Emirates and Australia

Denmark

Tunisia

GROUP E:

Spain

The winner of the one-game playoff between Costa Rica and New Zealand

Germany

Japan

GROUP F:

Belgium

Canada

Morocco

Croatia

GROUP G:

Brazil

Serbia

Switzerland

Cameroon

GROUP H:

Portugal

Ghana 

Uruguay

South Korea

The action gets started on November 21

MUSKETEERS UPEND AGGIES IN OT FOR NIT CROWN

At New York's venerable Madison Square Garden on Friday, Jack Nunge, who scored 15 points and grabbed 11 rebounds, converted the go-ahead shot with 3.1 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Xavier Musketeers (23-13) to a 73-72 victory over the Texas A&M Aggies (27-13) win their first National Invitation Tournament championship since 1958.

Colby Jones paced the Musketeers with 21 points.

Quenton Jackson topped the Aggies with 23 points.

It may have been the last NIT title game to be played at MSG for at least the next few years.

Bruins Devour Devils At Home; New Jersey Eliminated From Playoff Contention

At Boston on Thursday night, Brad Marchand scored twice as the Boston Bruins annihilated the visiting New Jersey Devils 8-1, officially eliminating the Devils from Stanley Cup Playoff contention.

New Jersey will miss the playoffs for the fourth straight year and the ninth time in ten seasons.

THOUGHTS

America the Oligarthic?