Midwest and South Regional semifinal capsules

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Match-up capsules for Friday's NCAA Sweet 16 South and Midwest regional semifinals in Houston and Detroit. All times Eastern. Seeds are indicated and statistics include all games.SOUTH REGIONAL:No. 2 TEXAS (30-6) vs. No. 3 STANFORD (28-7), 7:27 p.m., CBS.COACHES: Rick Barnes (246-92 in 10th year at Texas) and Trent Johnson (80-43 in fourth year at Stanford).HOW THEY GOT HERE: Texas beat No. 15 Austin Peay, 74-54, in the first round and No. 7 Miami, 75-72, in the second round. Stanford beat No. 14 Cornell, 77-53, in the first round and No. 6 Marquette, 82-81 in overtime, in the second round.SERIES HISTORY: Tied, 1-1.LAST MEETING: Texas won, 83-75 in overtime, in 2001.STATS THAT MATTER: In Longhorns' school-record tying 30 wins, they have given up 61 points per game. In UT's six losses, it has surrendered 81.5 ppg. Cardinal is 22-1 when leading at halftime and 5-5 when trailing at intermission.TEXAS STARTERS: G D.J. Augustin (19.2 ppg, 5.8 apg), G A.J. Abrams (16.6 ppg, 2.8 rpg, 12-of-20 on 3-pointers last two NCAA wins), G-F Damion James (13.2 ppg, 10.7 rpg), F Connor Atchley (9.6 ppg, 5.3 rpg), G Justin Mason (7.1 ppg).STANFORD STARTERS: F Brook Lopez (19.0 ppg, 8.1 rpg), C Robin Lopez (10.3 ppg, 5.7 rpg), G Anthony Goods (10.3 ppg, 2.1 r[g), G Mitch Johnson (6.7 ppg, 4.3 rpg), F Fred Washington (4.5 ppg).OUTLOOK: Longhorns will get sizable boost from home-state crowd. Superb Augustin-Abrams backcourt will be hard for Cardinal to contain while 'Horns should have similar trouble handling Lopez twins inside. With 5-1 mark in games decided by 3 points or less, Stanford would love for this to come down to wire.No. 1 MEMPHIS (35-1) vs. No. 5 MICHIGAN STATE (27-8), 10:10 (approximate), CBS.COACHES: John Calipari (216-64 in eighth year at Memphis) and Tom Izzo (305-129 in 13th year at Michigan State).HOW THEY GOT HERE: Memphis beat No. 16 Texas-Arlington, 87-63, in the first round and No. 8 Mississippi State, 77-74, in the second round. Michigan State beat No. 12 Temple, 72-61, in the first round and No. 4 Pitt, 65-54, in the second round.SERIES HISTORY: Memphis leads, 1-0.LAST MEETING: Memphis won, 73-57, in 1967.STATS THAT MATTER: Tigers are 326th in nation in free throw shooting (59.2 pct.) including 37-of-67 mark in first two NCAA wins. Since 1999, Spartans have won all five of their regional semifinal games.MEMPHIS STARTERS: G Chris Douglas-Roberts (17.2 ppg, 4.1 rpg), G Derrick Rose (13.9 ppg, 4.5 apg), F Robert Dozier (9.4 ppg, 6.8 rpg), G Antonio Anderson (8.3 ppg, 3.4 apg), C Joey Dorsey (6.9 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 2.0 blocks).MICHIGAN STATE STARTERS: G Drew Neitzel (14.2 ppg, 4.0 apg, 40.1 pct. on 3-pointers), G Raymont Morgan (14.5 ppg, 6.3 rpg), G Kalin Lucas (10.0 ppg, 3.8 appg), C Goran Suton (8.6 ppg, 8.1 rpg), F Drew Naymick (4.0 ppg).OUTLOOK: Calipari insists Tigers' FT woes are overblown. With only four games decided by four points or less, he could be right. Key to game probably comes down to how Neitzel, Lucas handle stifling UM defense. At 73.9 pct. from the line (second in Big Ten), Spartans would love to have lead in final minutes.MIDWEST REGIONAL:No. 10 DAVIDSON (28-6) vs. No. 3 WISCONSIN (31-4), 7:10, CBS.COACHES: Bob McKillop (339-224 in 19th year at Davidson) and Bo Ryan (173-59 in 7th year at Wisconsin). HOW THEY GOT HERE: Davidson beat No. 7 Gonzaga, 82-76, in first round and No. 2 Georgetown, 74-70, in second round. Wisconsin beat No. 14 Cal State-Fullerton, 71-56, in first round and No. 11 Kansas State, 72-55, in second round.SERIES HISTORY: Davidson leads, 1-0.LAST MEETING: Davidson won, 67-63, in 1980.STATS THAT MATTER: Before beating Gonzaga and Georgetown in first two rounds, Wildcats had not beaten a ranked team since 1974. Badgers lead nation in scoring defense (53.9 ppg) and have given up only 101 points in two NCAA wins.DAVIDSON STARTERS: G Stephen Curry (25.7 ppg, 4.6 rpg, 13-of-25 on 3-pointers in first two NCAA wins), G Jason Richards (12.9 ppg, leads nation with 8.0 apg), F Thomas Sander (7.6 ppg, 4.9 rpg), F Andrew Lovedale (6.7 ppg, 5.4 rpg), G Max Paulhus Gosselin (3.6 ppg).WISCONSIN STARTERS: C Brian Butch (12.5 ppg, 6.7 rpg), G Trevon Hughes (11.3 ppg, 3.5 rpg), G Michael Flowers (9.4 ppg, 2.7 apg), F Marcus Landry (11.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg), G-F Joe Krabbenhoft (7.5 ppg, 6.5 rpg).OUTLOOK: Something has to give. Only twice in last 12 games have defensive-minded Badgers given up more than 60 points in a game. That's 10 less than the mercurial Curry has scored by himself in Wildcats' two NCAA wins. Key figures how shaky Davidson front line holds up vs. more talented UW big men.No. 1 KANSAS (33-3) vs. No. 12 VILLANOVA (22-12), 10:10 (approximate), CBS.COACHES: Bill Self (138-32 in fifth year at Kansas) and Jay Wright (142-82 in 7th year at Villanova).HOW THEY GOT HERE: Kansas beat No. 16 Portland State, 85-61, and No. 9 UNLV, 75-56, in second round. Villanova beat No. 5 Clemson, 75-69, in the first round and No. 13 Siena, 84-72, in the second round.SERIES HISTORY: Kansas leads, 2-1.LAST MEETING: Villanova won, 83-62, in 2005.STATS THAT MATTER: Jayhawks are 81-10 in last 91 games, but have not reached Final Four over that span. Since NCAA began seeding field in 1979, Wildcats lead nation with 13 wins over higher seed including Clemson in first round.KANSAS STARTERS: F Darrell Arthur (13.1 ppg, 6.2 rpg), G Mario Chalmers (12.4 ppg, 4.6 apg), G Brandon Rush (12.9 ppg, 5.0 rpg), F Darnell Jackson (11.6 ppg, 6.7 rpg), G Russell Robinson (7.3 ppg, 4.3 apg).VILLANOVA STARTERS: G Scottie Reynolds (16.0 ppg, 3.1 rpg, 11-of-20 on 3-pointers in first two NCAA wins), F Dante Cunningham (10.4 ppg, 6.4 rpg), F Antonio Pena (7.0 ppg, 4.3 rpg), F Dwayne Anderson (6.4 ppg, 4.8 rpg), G Corey Stokes (6.4 ppg).OUTLOOK: Jayhawks enjoy sizable edge in talent. But KU has struggled dealing with pressure of these types of situations in recent NCAAs. Wildcats are dependent on talented, quick Reynolds to generate much of their offense. So if Jayhawks clamp down on him, Elite Eight should await.(Distributed by Scripps Howard News Service, http://www.scrippsnews.com)