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Darius Morris, now a Laker, has a legacy at Michigan
Born in Hawthorne and raised in Carson, Darius Morris spent his childhood cheering for the Lakers – largely because of his his admiration for Kobe Bryant. Morris is less than four years removed from his playing days at Windward School, and now his...
Tags: Big Ten Conference, Michigan State Spartans, Tim Hardaway, Jr., Teaching and Learning, Trey Burke
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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: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Kentucky Wildcats, Big Ten Conference, Gonzaga Bulldogs, North Carolina Tar Heels
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UCLA hires Steve Alford as basketball coach; he has big job ahead
Steve Alford, who spent the last six seasons at New Mexico, will take over the basketball program at UCLA less than two weeks after saying how happy he was to be signing a contract extension to remain coach of the Lobos. The hiring came at the end of a...
Tags: Bowl Championship Series, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Shabazz Muhammad, Tony Snell, Big Ten Conference
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For Louisville, injury leads to inspiration in NCAA win over Duke
Tears are part of the NCAA tournament. They flow when teams win and flow when they lose. The tears shed for Louisville guard Kevin Ware on Sunday, though, were different. They almost spontaneously gushed in response to Ware's gruesome leg break during...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Big Ten Conference, Billy Donovan, Trey Burke, Mario Chalmers
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Tubby Smith fired by Minnesota; Shaka Smart on its radar?
Well, beating UCLA in the NCAA tournament doesn't mean as much as it once did. Minnesota fired coach Tubby Smith on Monday, one day after the Golden Gophers lost to Florida in the tournament after beating UCLA in the first round. Smith went 124-81...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, University of California, Los Angeles, Big Ten Conference, UCLA Bruins, College Sports
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UCLA falls to Minnesota in NCAA tournament opener
UCLA's basketball season is over. Is Ben Howland's tenure as Bruins coach? Minnesota knocked off UCLA, 83-63, Friday night in a second-round South Regional game at Austin, Texas. The Bruins (25-10) went out with a whimper, shooting poorly and...
Tags: Tony Parker, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Big Ten Conference, Broken Foot, Students
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NCAA Tournament: Florida turns back Minnesota, 78-64
AUSTIN, Texas -- Mike Rosario scored 25 points and Florida used an overpowering first half to roll past Minnesota and into the NCAA tournament round of 16 for third consecutive year with a 78-64 win Sunday in the South Regional. The No. 3-seeded...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Big Ten Conference, Florida Gators, Ohio State Buckeyes, Sports
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Louisville earns top seeding in NCAA tournament field
The red-colored and red-hot Louisville Cardinals earned the No. 1 overall seeding for this year’s NCAA tournament. Rick Pitino’s Big East Conference tournament championship team got the top spot in the Midwest Region and will open play...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Big Ten Conference, Mountain West Conference, Kansas State Wildcats, Boise State Broncos
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The agony and ecstasy of NCAA tournament Selection Sunday
The hours before Selection Sunday are what Lakers announcer Chick Hearn used to call "nervous time." Defending national champion Kentucky might want to chew on some of Jerry Tarkanian's old towels after probably blowing its bubble bid with an early...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Big Ten Conference, North Carolina Tar Heels, Michigan State Spartans, Basketball
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Long Beach State grinds out win over Cal State Fullerton
Top-seeded Long Beach State versus injury-ravaged Cal State Fullerton went just as you might expect a game with that billing would go. Fullerton's Titans were tenacious enough in Thursday night's opening round of the Big West Conference tournament. They...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Will Davis, University of California, Santa Barbara, Big Ten Conference, Big West Conference
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Which teams are legitimate contenders for NCAA basketball title?
Writers from around the Tribune Co. discuss the number of teams that have a chance at winning the NCAA basketball tournament this year. Feel free to join the discussion with a comment of your own. Chris Dufresne, Los Angeles Times Let's first work...
Tags: National Collegiate Athletic Association, Cody Zeller, Big Ten Conference, Ohio State Buckeyes, Sports
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Chris Dufresne's look at the season's college football bowl games
ESPN's "Octomom" family of networks hopes you enjoy this year's cavalcade of commercials and center snaps as it furiously tries to secure the two games it doesn't broadcast. Conspicuously missing from the lineup is Ohio State (12-0) vs. Louisiana Tech...
Tags: Football, Big Ten Conference, Idaho Vandals, Ole Miss Rebels, Florida Gators
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