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Kansas' Ben McLemore leads group of underclassmen headed for NBA
Ben McLemore is one and done at Kansas. Ricky Ledo is none and done with Providence. McLemore, Kansas' talented freshman guard, was among several underclassmen who wasted little time in declaring for the NBA draft on Tuesday, the day after the college...
Tags: Arizona Wildcats, Big 12 Conference, Tony Snell, Graham Spanier, NBA Draft
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NCAA Tournament: Creighton edges Cincinnati, 67-63
PHILADELPHIA -- Doug McDermott can put his decision on hold about whether to stay at Creighton or leave. McDermott had 27 points and 11 rebounds, and Gregory Echenique scored 13 points to help Creighton hold on to beat Cincinnati, 67-63, on Friday in...
Tags: Big East Conference, Villanova Wildcats, DePaul Blue Demons , National Collegiate Athletic Association, Doug McDermott
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Big East football keeps $100 million in split
Big East football schools will get almost all of a $110 million pot in a deal that will allow seven departing basketball schools to keep the name Big East and start playing in their own conference next season, a person familiar with the negotiations says....
Tags: Big East Conference, Villanova Wildcats, DePaul Blue Demons , National Collegiate Athletic Association, Madison Square Garden
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Seven Big East schools considering leaving conference
The exact timing of the Big East's imminent implosion is not particularly important. One outlet reported the news would hit Thursday. Another outlet reported it would not. The "big" news did not break, as it turned out, but it is breaking. College...
Tags: Big 12 Conference, Big East Conference, Tulane Green Wave, Football, DePaul Blue Demons
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Reports: Big East basketball schools ready to split from conference
Several outlets are reporting Thursday the seven Big East basketball-only schools are preparing to break away from the conference, which could set off the next wave of realignment in college sports. It has been speculated for months the basketball...
Tags: Big East Conference, Tulane Green Wave, Football, DePaul Blue Demons , College Football
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Leuzinger High's Amir Garrett to debut for St. John's tonight
Varsity Times InsiderLawndale Leuzinger High product Amir Garrett is scheduled to debut for St. John's University tonight against Texas Pan-American. The game culminates a lengthy journey for Garrett, a 6-foot-7 forward who left Leuzinger to play at prestigious Findlay Prep... -
PASSINGS: Dave Gavitt, Wilma Lee Cooper, James Speed, James N. Rosenau, Yuli Ofer, Kurt Ziebart
Dave Gavitt
Coach led organization
of Big East Conference
Dave Gavitt, 73, one of basketball's most influential leaders in the last three decades, died Friday in a hospital near his hometown of Rumford, R.I., after a long illness, his family said....Tags: U.S. Army, National Basketball Association, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Automotive Equipment, George Washington
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UConn Women's Coach Geno Auriemma, Rick Pitino: Mutual Admiration
The Hartford CourantGeno Auriemma and Rick Pitino posed with their latest trophies, the crystal Winged Foot Award given annually to the coaches of Division I national championship basketball teams. And then they each marveled at how the other achieved his. Pitino, a...Tags: Big East Conference, National Collegiate Athletic Association, 2016 Olympic Games, Conference USA, Marquette Golden Eagles
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American closes in on key decisions that will mark first year of new conference
PONTE VEDRA BEACH — The American Athletic Conference wrapped up its spring meetings Wednesday, inching closer to key decisions about the new league's future. Commissioner Mike Aresco said the conference is close, a week or two away, from...
Tags: Big East Conference, Marlins Park, DePaul Blue Demons , Madison Square Garden, Russell Athletic Bowl
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Sexton questions Valley tournaments standards
The Wichita EagleWichita State athletic director Eric Sexton thinks bid standards that lump Hammons Field and Eck Stadium in the same category with smaller Missouri Valley Conference baseball fields aren't really standards. The criteria for hosting the MVC Tournament...Tags: Florida State University, TD Ameritrade Holdings Corp., Physical Fitness and Exercise, Northern Iowa Panthers, NBA Draft
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Fate leads former Hampton All-American Ronald Curry to 49ers coaching job
The rejections stung, sure. They always do. But Ronald Curry had overcome far more, and a few job interviews that didn't pan out weren't about to discourage him. "Everything happens for a reason," he said Friday afternoon. "That's how I've always...
Tags: Mike Smith (football coach), San Diego Chargers, Football, Colin Kaepernick, Virginia Tech
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ONE-GAME SEASON Penguins must win 4 straight from P-Bruins to stay alive
The Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.WILKES-BARRE TWP. -- Seconds after the Providence Bruins took his turnover and turned it into the game-winning goal in overtime Wednesday night, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins defenseman Alex Grant smashed his stick into the goal post in anger and...Tags: Pittsburgh Penguins, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Scranton Penguins, Eastern Conference (NHL), Sports
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