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Wake him when the Steve Alford era is over
I saw the guy working on TV, his team surprising folks in the NCAA tournament, but honestly I don't even know his first name now that he has become USC's basketball coach. But he has to be more interesting and exciting than the dolt introduced as UCLA...
Tags: New Mexico Lobos, UCLA Bruins, Sports, Assault, College Sports
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NCAA Tournament: Wichita State dispatches La Salle, 72-58
Wichita State went from sweet to elite, beating La Salle 72-58 on Thursday night to reach the final eight of the NCAA tournament for the first time in 32 years. Malcolm Armstead scored 18 points, Carl Hall added 16 points and freshman Ron Baker 13...
Tags: College Basketball, Wichita State Shockers, La Salle Explorers, Sports, College Sports
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Spokane police request charges against USC basketball players for fight
Police in Spokane, Wash., completed their investigation of a fight that occurred last month and have requested that two USC basketball players be charged with two counts each of second-degree assault, a police spokeswoman said. Neither police nor USC...
Tags: Leveraged Buyouts, Jason Hanson, USC Trojans, Pierre Jackson, Sports
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Ohio State, Wichita State vie to be best in the . . . West?
Some West Regional final this turned out to be. The closest school left, Wichita State, is located 1,380 miles from epicenter court at Staples Center. Ohio State in the NCAA West makes as much sense as Dallas in the NFC East. That is not to say...
Tags: Aaron Craft, Big Ten Conference, Ohio State Buckeyes, Basketball, Oregon Ducks
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Amaker, Hopkins the names that don't go away for USC basketball job
There has been some unending traction to the name "Tommy Amaker" and the USC basketball head coaching job that is still open and being taken care of by interim head coach Bob Cantu (who must be tired of that word. "Interim."). Also, according to a...
Tags: Big East Conference, Harvard Crimson, Pittsburgh Panthers, Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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La Salle in the Sweet 16: Philadelphia story is no underdog's tale
The message was clear and it came with accent, attitude and a side of sauce: Don't even start with the insulting line of questioning that would somehow suggest La Salle — La Salle! — is an underdog being overshadowed in the NCAA tournament...
Tags: Wilt Chamberlain, Villanova Wildcats, College Basketball, La Salle Explorers, Sports
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Big West Conference lacks a big finish in postseason play
I love the Big West Conference, going back to its days as the Pacific Coast Athletic Assn. when Lew Cryer was commissioner and Nevada Las Vegas was a national power. I still drink coffee out of a PCAA mug that was a media gift from the 1985 tournament...
Tags: Long Beach State 49ers, Cal State Fullerton Titans, Pacific Tigers, College Sports, Cal Poly Mustangs
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NCAA Tournament: Louisville pressure too much for N.C. A&T
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Pay attention, No. 1s. This is how it's done. Russ Smith scored 23 points and set a Louisville record in the NCAA tournament with a career-high eight steals, and Peyton Siva had eight assists as the Cardinals demolished North...
Tags: College Basketball, Big East Conference, North Carolina A&T Aggies, Sports, Colorado State Rams
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NIT presents disappointment, opportunity to teams snubbed by NCAA
Coming off of two consecutive NCAA Final Four appearances -- including a national championship last year -- Kentucky finds itself in a different position this postseason. Actually, it finds itself in a different tournament -- the NIT. But if it's any...
Tags: Tennessee Volunteers, Conference USA, Memphis Tigers, Tony Bennett, National Collegiate Athletic Association
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Pacific defeats UC Irvine, 64-55, in Big West men's tournament
UC Irvine men's basketball team will not be making its first NCAA tournament appearance. This is not the year to finally fear the Anteater. Top-seeded Pacific jumped to an early lead Saturday night and never lost it on its way to a 64-55 win in the...
Tags: College Basketball, UC Irvine Anteaters, Sports, Pacific Tigers, College Sports
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UC Irvine advances to Big West men's final
The school with the funny nickname is 40 minutes from becoming no joke. UC Irvine had a great coach once in Bill Mulligan. The school has produced a roster of star players that includes Kevin Magee, Ben McDonald and Scott Brooks. The mighty Anteaters,...
Tags: Long Beach State 49ers, UC Irvine Anteaters, College Basketball, Sports, Pacific Tigers
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Rick Majerus dies at 64; college basketball coach
Rick Majerus, the college basketball coach who led Utah to the 1998 NCAA final and had only one losing season in 25 years with four schools, died Saturday. He was 64. Utah industrialist Jon Huntsman Sr., the coach's longtime friend, confirmed in a...
Tags: Saint Louis Billikens, Heart Problems, Basketball, National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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