June 19, 2013

College Basketball: Top 25 Results / Gonzaga is No. 1 in AP Top 25 for 1st time

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(With a nation-leading DI record of 29-2, Gonzaga piggybacked off of Indiana’s loss to Minnesota and assumed the top spot of The Associated Press’ Top 25 on Monday for the first time in program history.) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Gonzaga, the small Northwest school that consistently delivers big NCAA tournament wins, is on top of [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Tuesday’s Men’s and Women’s Results / Indiana stays No. 1 in AP Top 25, Gonzaga No. 2

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(Two days removed from having a 38-game home streak snapped by Georgetown, No. 12 Syracuse coughed up an 11-point lead in a 74-71 loss at the hands of 22nd-ranked Marquette.) (PhatzRadio / AP) — SPOKANE, Wash. — Gonzaga has been in 14 NCAA tournaments, five of which ended with an appearance in the Round of [...]

College Bowl projections: Louisiana Tech lone hope for non-AQ BCS berth

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — Some other sports websites run bowl projections every week of the season. No disrespect, but those folks are basically making blind guesses. I prefer to wait until the last month of the season to ensure that my projections are only semi-blind guesses. Beyond the national championship race, there are three primary [...]

NCAA College Football Top 25: Week 7- National Championship shaping up

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(PhatzRadio / SI) — Hey College Fans!!! Super weekend coming up and the National Championship is shaping up or should I say, we are firming up the Top 5 football teams. With South Carolina vs. LSU, we will see if S. Carolina is for real or a pretender. Also, Notre Dame vs. Standford is a [...]

College Football AP Top 25: South Carolina, West Virginia and Florida moves up in the polls

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NEW YORK (AP) — South Carolina, Florida and West Virginia move into the top five of The Associated Press college football poll after a Saturday during which nine Top 25 teams lost. No. 1 Alabama and No. 2 Oregon hold their spots at the top of the rankings. Alabama is a unanimous No. 1 again. [...]

College Football: Louisiana Tech running back Tyrone Duplessis found dead

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RUSTON, La. (AP) – Louisiana Tech running back Tyrone Duplessis died Thursday morning after medics responded to an emergency call at his off-campus apartment. Hazel Woods, the chief investigator for the Lincoln Parish coroner’s office, said the cause of death was not yet known and an autopsy is pending. Ruston police Lt. Tim Parker said [...]

College Football: Pachall, TCU beat Bulldogs in Poinsettia Bowl

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Casey Pachall #4 of the TCU Horned Frogs looks for a receiver against the Boise State Broncos at Bronco Stadium on November 12, 2011 in Boise, Idaho. (November 11, 2011 – Photo by Otto Kitsinger III/Getty Images North America) SAN DIEGO (AP) — – Casey Pachall and the TCU Horned Frogs are headed to the [...]