May 25, 2013

College Basketball: Conference Championship Weekend / Men’s and Women’s Results

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(Conference tournaments heat up Saturday as eight teams contend for a spot in their league title games and a total of 14 champions are crowned. Follow all of the action on the eve of Selection Sunday here.) NEW YORK (AP) — Brandon Triche scored the go-ahead basket early in overtime and No. 19 Syracuse advanced [...]

College Basketball: Tuesday’s Women’s and Men’s Results / Notre Dame women win Big East title

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Notre Dame head coach Muffet McGraw, center smiles as Notre Dame’s Skylar Diggins, left, and teammate Jewell Loyd hold the championship trophy after their 61-59 win over Connecticut Tuesday. (Jessica Hill/Associated Press) (PhatzRadio / AP) — Hartford, Conn. — Skylar Diggins cut the final strand off the net and twirled it around. Finally, Notre Dame [...]

March Madness 2012: How to beat Kentucky – Kansas has uphill task in NCAA final

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(PhatzRadio / USA Today) — NEW ORLEANS – From freakishly talented and tall Anthony Davis to often-overlooked sixth man Darius Miller, Kentucky has an all-star lineup on the verge of becoming one of the youngest to win the NCAA men’s basketball championship. As heavy favorites, the Wildcats should feel the weight of Big Blue Nation. [...]

College Basketball Roundup: Kentucky survives LSU 60-51; Cincy beats Syracuse 71-68

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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Michael Kidd-Gilchrist scored 19 points and No. 1 Kentucky survived a feisty effort by LSU to take a 60-51 victory Friday in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament. Terrence Jones added 15 points and 11 rebounds, including a 9-0 run by himself that gave the Wildcats (31-1) the lead [...]