May 20, 2013

March Madness – Men’s Results: La Salle and Florida Gulf Coast continues exhilarating ride through March / Sweet 16

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(Coach Andy Enfield (right) and Florida Gulf Coast became the first 15 seed to reach the Sweet 16. Courtesy of Al Tielemans/SI) SOUTH REGIONAL FLORIDA GULF COAST 81, SAN DIEGO STATE 71 PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Florida Gulf Coast went from shocking the college basketball world to downright impressing it. And the Eagles were smiling the [...]

College Basketball: Duke dumps North Carolina in ACC showdown / Baylor beat Kansas State

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Seth Curry hit his first seven shots during No. 3 Duke’s torrid start, helping the Blue Devils jump to a big lead and beat rival North Carolina 69-53 on Saturday night. Curry finished with 20 points, while Mason Plumlee turned in his best performance in a month with 23 points [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Wednesday’s Men’s and Women’s Results

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(Shooting 36.5 percent from the field, including just 17.4 from beyond the arc, No. 6 Syracuse suffered its fourth defeat in a 66-58 loss at UConn. All four losses have come away from the Carrier Dome.) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Cody Zeller scored 16 points and Christian Watford finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Tuesday’s Men’s and Women’s Results

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(Cody Zeller had 20 points and eight rebounds, as No. 1 Indiana downed No. 14 North Carolina 83-59 on Tuesday in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge. The Hoosiers were 44 percent from the field.) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Cody Zeller and his teammates sent a message to the rest of college basketball Tuesday night. America’s No. [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Men’s and Women’s Results

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(Butler held off a comeback in the second half to defeat No. 9 North Carolina in the Maui Invitational on Tuesday. Rotnei Clarke and Kellen Dunham led the Bulldogs with 17 points.) GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Mike Rosario scored 13 points, Patric Young added a double-double and No. 7 Florida overwhelmed Savannah State 58-40 Tuesday [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Men’s and Women’s Results

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(Colorado earned a spot in the AP poll for the first time since 1997 on the heels of winning the Charleston Classic. The Buffs highest ranking was in 1963, when they came in at No. 6.) NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Oladipo had 15 points and eight rebounds to lead No. 1 Indiana to a [...]

College Basketball: Top 25 Men’s and Women’s Results

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(Colorado’s run in the NCAA tournament came to an end thanks to Baylor a year ago. The Buffs got revenge on Friday with a 60-58 win against the No. 16 Bears at the Charleston Classic.) LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kyle Wiltjer hit seven 3-pointers and scored 23 points, Alex Poythress added a career-high 22 and [...]

College Football: North Carolina reviewing possible post of Peppers’ transcript

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(PhatzRadio / AP) — North Carolina is investigating how what appears to be a transcript for former football star Julius Peppers surfaced on the university’s website. In a statement Monday, the school said it has removed the link and that it couldn’t discuss confidential student information covered by federal privacy laws. The school didn’t confirm [...]

March Madness 2012: Men’s Final Four and Women’s Elite Eight

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(Tyshawn Taylor scored 22 points to lead Kansas back to the Final Four with an 80-67 victory against top-seeded North Carolina. It’s the Jayhawks’ first appearance in the Final Four since 2008. Picture courtesy of NCAA) ST. LOUIS (AP) — Tyshawn Taylor broke out of his slump in a big way, scoring 22 points and [...]

March Madness 2012: North Carolina escapes upset ; Kansas barely hangs on

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ST. LOUIS (AP) — Harrison Barnes scored five of his 12 points in overtime and top-seeded North Carolina escaped a huge upset with a 73-65 victory over 13th-seeded Ohio on Friday night in the Midwest Regional semifinals. Ohio, trying to become the first team seeded 13th or worse to make the regional finals since the [...]