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Power conferences in college football gain even more strength
College football commissioners were going to end their three-day unity conference in Pasadena with a round of "Kumbaya" at the hotel's valet carport. That was before the consulting firm that dreamed up "College Football Playoff" suggested something more...
Tags: Oklahoma Sooners, National Football League, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Football, Mountain West Conference
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Otto Porter Jr., Nerlens Noel declare for NBA draft
All-American Otto Porter Jr. announced Monday he is leaving Georgetown after his sophomore season and declaring himself eligible for the NBA draft. Porter, a 6-foot-8 forward, was the Big East player of the year and finished second in the voting...
Tags: Mark Cuban, Stanley Cup Playoffs, National Basketball Association, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Football
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NCAA women's basketball final: Can Louisville beat UConn?
Louisville is a No. 5 seed that beat a No. 1 seed (defending champion Baylor) and a pair of twos (Tennessee and California) on its way to a date with another No. 1 seed, women's basketball powerhouse Connecticut, in the NCAA championship game Tuesday...
Tags: Baylor Bears, Connecticut Huskies, Louisville Slugger, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Tribune Company
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Connecticut has history in its sights in NCAA women's final
NEW ORLEANS — Every team has ups and downs during a season. That's why journeys such as this are referred to as climbing the ladder of success. Not even the mighty Connecticut women's basketball program is immune to slipping once in a while. "I...
Tags: Connecticut Huskies, NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament, National Collegiate Athletic Association, College Basketball, Basketball
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Michigan-Louisville NCAA title game: Gratitude adjustment required
ATLANTA — Michigan will have three or four thank-you notes to hand out should it win Monday night's national championship game against Louisville at the Georgia Dome. It can start with Penn State, which beat the Wolverines by 14 points in State...
Tags: UCLA Bruins, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Trey Burke, Basketball, College Basketball
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A different kind of bluegrass statement on Selection Sunday
Kentucky is the top-seeded team entering this year's NCAA tournament that tips off Tuesday in Dayton, Ohio, and ends on a Monday in Atlanta. Check that: A team from Kentucky, coached by a former Kentucky coach, is top-seeded entering the NCAA...
Tags: Colorado Buffaloes, North Carolina Tar Heels, Arizona Wildcats, Minnesota Golden Gophers, Gonzaga Bulldogs
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NCAA Tournament: Syracuse topples top-seeded Indiana, 61-50
WASHINGTON -- It took winning a national title for Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim to get over a late-shot loss to Indiana the last time the schools faced off in the NCAA tournament. This meeting, 26 years later, was never close enough to come down to the...
Tags: Marquette Golden Eagles, Basketball, College Basketball, Cody Zeller, Miami Hurricanes
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NCAA Tournament: Florida Gulf Coast takes down No. 2 Georgetown
 PHILADELPHIA -- Florida Gulf Coast sure made an entrance at the NCAA tournament. A school that hasn't even celebrated its first 20-year reunion yet, and is in just its second season of being eligible for Division I postseason, busted a load of...
Tags: Steaks, National Football League, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Lifestyle and Leisure, College Basketball
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Luke Hancock keeps composure to lift Cardinals past Shockers, 72-68
ATLANTA -- When Kevin Ware's leg snapped unnaturally and horrifically in front of Louisville's bench less than a week ago, players collapsed on the court, turned away in horror and some cried. Except Luke Hancock. The junior forward knelt by Ware's...
Tags: Peyton Siva, Kevin Ware, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Gorgui Dieng, College Basketball
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Rutgers basketball scandal: Tim Pernetti is the wrong fall guy
It appears in the aftermath of Mike Rice getting fired as Rutgers basketball coach for his abusive behavior toward players and Tim Pernetti being subsequently forced to resign as athletic director over the fiasco, that university President Robert Barchi...
Tags: College Sports, Big Ten Conference, College Football, Basketball, College Basketball
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NCAA Final Four: Syracuse vs. Michigan
SYRACUSE Starters P; Ht.; Wt.; Statistics F; C.J. Fair; 6-6; 215; 14.3 ppg F; James Southerland; 6-8; 215; 13.5 ppg C; Rakeem Christmas; 6-9; 242; 4.6 rpg G; Brandon Triche; 6-4; 210; 13.7 ppg G; Michael Carter-Williams; 6-6; 185; 12.1 ppg...
Tags: College Sports, Michigan Wolverines, Marquette Golden Eagles, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Michael Carter-Williams
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Rutgers makes it official: Tim Pernetti out as athletic director
Tim Pernetti, a Rutgers graduate and former Scarlet Knights football player, has resigned as athletic director, university President Robert Barchi announced during a news conference Friday. After two days of public outcry over the abusive behavior of...
Tags: College Sports, Big Ten Conference, Football, College Football, Basketball
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