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Larranaga, senior-laden UM team a perfect match
Jim Larranaga stands outside the 3-point circle, holding a basketball, eyeing the basket. He's a numbers guy, he says. Stats. Tendencies. Charts. Nothing measurable goes unmeasured. At the start of this year, he asked his University of Miami players who...Tags: Mike Krzyzewski, Physiology, Virginia Cavaliers, Clemson Tigers, Atlantic Coast Conference
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Teel Time: History of 10-0 ACC starts bodes well for Miami in March
At 10-0 in the ACC and No. 3 in the Associated Press national poll, Miami absolutely has national-championship potential. No stranger to such teams, North Carolina coach Roy Williams is piloting the Hurricanes' bandwagon. “I think Miami is a...Tags: Trajan Langdon, Michael Jordan, Duke Blue Devils, Virginia Cavaliers, Clemson Tigers
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Lehigh vows it's not satisfied with just one NCAA tournament upset
C.J. McCollum was 5-foot-6 and overweight. Not exactly what Mike Krzyzewski, Roy Williams and Tom Izzo are looking for in a prospect.
But that's the beauty of sports in general and college basketball in particular. An athlete who doesn't fit the...Tags: Mike Krzyzewski, Technology, Duke Blue Devils, Basketball, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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Happy birthday Weave; and a look back at Saturday's special celebration
Groller's CornerFirst of all, happy birthday to everybody's buddy -- Andy "Weave" Weaver. No. 27. May he have 270 more because this world needs him around to keep us informed, and inspired. Looking back on Saturday, I must say I thoroughly enjoyed participating in the... -
“Duke ’91 & ’92: Back to Back” Sunday on truTV
Channel Guide MagazineCollege basketball fans may have a love/hate relationship with the Duke Blue Devils, but there’s no doubting that the program is one of the most successful and influential of the past 20 years. On Sunday, March 11, at 8pm ET on truTV, former Duke... -
UK Basketball: Vargas understands his role for Wildcats
larry@amnews.comLEXINGTON — Eloy Vargas is realistic about what his role for No. 3 Kentucky has to be. “I just try to go as hard as I can for as long as I can when I do get into a game,” said the senior backup center. “That is what I¿do. When...Tags: Enes Kanter, John Calipari, Kentucky Wildcats, Anthony Davis, Entertainment
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Sunday shows: Rubio, Ryan, Reid, Cornyn, Durbin
Top of the TicketAlso, Gen. James Jones, Jeff Sessions, Mike Rogers, Dick Durbin, Chuck Schumer, Lindsey Graham, Mark Warner, John Cornyn and Billy Packer.... -
Billy Packer returns to TV
Groller's CornerI mentioned this in a newspaper column last week, but Bethlehem native Billy Packer -- who again delivered a memorable eulogy for his friend Al Senavitis last fall during Al's beautiful memorial service at DeSales -- will be back on TV talking about... -
Parasiliti: Terps never got the hoops wake-up call
An alarm clock malfunctioned in College Park, Md. For so many years, that clock provided the wake-up call for the University of Maryland men’s basketball team to wipe the sleep from its eyes in time to play in late March. It was the Terps’...Tags: Chris Wilcox, Under Armour Inc., National Collegiate Athletic Association, Mardi Gras, Basketball
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Tourney talk: Morehead's upset, more Packer and the Tweetup
The first real day of the NCAA tournament hasn't disappointed. We've seen a few close games, a couple of buzzer-beaters and one Cinderella step forward with a big upset. And I got paid to watch it all while eating chicken wings at Hightopps, so today...Tags: Brad Jackson, St. Patrick's Day, Basketball, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, Colleges and Universities
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Charles Barkley rips Billy Packer about NCAA Tournament 2011 coverage| Video
Sentinel Sports Now - Orlando SentinelAfter Billy Packer gave a relatively benign interview with USA Today about the NCAA Tournament 2011 coverage, some of his comments sent TNT NBA analyst Charles Barkley into yet another infamous Barkley rant. Charles Barkley will be apart of this year's... -
Billy Packer says Terps 'should never be out of the top 25'
The Maryland men will be heavy underdogs tonight when they play Duke in the second round of the ACC tournament. The Terps are closer to the NIT bubble than the NCAA bubble, and unless they win four in a row this weekend, they will likely be making their...Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Duke Blue Devils, Atlantic Coast Conference, National Invitation Tournament, Maryland Terrapins
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