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March 2008
- Rutgers Earns Date with UConn
  
  Associated Press | Mar 30, 08 8:37 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Rutgers advanced to the round of eight in the NCAA women's tournament with a 53-42 victory over George Washington, reports AP. Essence Carson scored 25 points to lead the Scarlet Knights and set up a rubber match with Big East rival Connecticut, with whom Rutgers split two games earlier this season. The winner gets a trip to the Final Four. More »
  
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  Big East Conference • Connecticut Huskies • Rutgers Scarlet Knights • women's college basketball • Atlantic 10 Conference • George Washington Colonials • Jessica Adair
- UCLA Rumbles Into Final Four
  
  Los Angeles Times | Mar 29, 08 8:57 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - UCLA is back in the Final Four for the third straight year. In Thursday's win over Western Kentucky, Bruins fans chanted "Keeeeeff" as James Keefe led the charge. Today, they were back to "Loooooc" as Luc Richard Mbah a Moute shook off a bad ankle to help spark the Bruins past Xavier 76-57, reports the Los Angeles Times . More »
  
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  basketball • NCAA basketball • NCAA • 2008 NCAA Tournament • Pac-10 Conference • March Madness • UCLA Bruins • Atlantic 10 Conference • Kevin Love • Luc Richard Mbah a Moute • James Keefe
- No Collapse This Year: Xavier Advances
  
  Cincinnati Enquirer | Mar 22, 08 9:19 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Purdue made its run today, but third-seeded Xavier refused to wilt in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, like it did last season. The Musketeers blew a 10-point second-half lead, but answered with seven straight points for an 85-78 win over the Boilermakers, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer . Last season, the Musketeers blew a double-digit lead to Ohio State in a second-round loss. More »
  
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  NCAA basketball • NCAA • 2008 NCAA Tournament • Big Ten • Xavier Musketeers • Atlantic 10 Conference • Purdue Boilermakers • Derrick Brown
- Michigan State Powers Past Temple
  
  Detroit News | Mar 20, 08 4:44 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Michigan State reminded Dionte Christmas he wasn't playing in the Atlantic 10 anymore. The Spartans held Temple's 20.2 a game scorer to three points and beat the Owls 72-61 today in the NCAA Tournament, the Detroit News reports. MSU star Drew Neitzel was shut down the other way, but Raymar Morgan scored 15 points to lead the fifth-seeded Spartans into the second round, where they are 11-2 under coach Tom Izzo. More »
  
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  NCAA basketball • NCAA • 2008 NCAA Tournament • March Madness • Michigan State Spartans • Big Ten • Atlantic 10 Conference • Raymar Morgan • Temple Owls • Tom Izzo
- Xavier Battles Back to Beat Georgia
  
  Cincinnati Enquirer | Mar 20, 08 3:39 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Third-seeded Xavier avoided the first major upset of the NCAA Tournament today when it came from behind to beat 14th-seeded Georgia 73-61, reports the Cincinnati Enquirer . The Musketeers (28-6) trailed by 11 points in the second half, but freshman Dante Jackson hit a 3-pointer with 7:23 left to put Xavier up for good. More »
  
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  basketball • NCAA • 2008 NCAA Tournament • SEC • March Madness • Xavier Musketeers • Atlantic 10 Conference • Georgia Bulldogs • Terrance Woodbury
- Temple Gets First NCAA Bid Since '01
  
  Associated Press | Mar 15, 08 9:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Temple earned its first NCAA Tournament bid since reaching the Elite Eight in 2001, with a 69-64 triumph over Saint Joseph's in the Atlantic 10 championship game today, reports the Associated Press. Dionte Christmas scored 22 points for the Owls (21-12), who won a league-best seventh title by shooting 61% in the second half in a game played on the tourney's neutral court site in Atlantic City. More »
  
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  NCAA basketball • NCAA • 2008 NCAA Tournament • Xavier Musketeers • Atlantic 10 Conference • St. Joseph Hawks • Temple Owls
- St. Joseph in A-10 Final After Upsetting Xavier
  
  Associated Press | Mar 15, 08 1:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - St. Joseph's moved within one game of its first NCAA tournament appearance in four seasons with a 61-53 upset win over No. 10 Xavier. The Hawks will face fellow Big Five school Temple for the Atlantic 10 championship and a berth in the Big Dance, reports AP. Pat Calathes scored 24 points to lead St. Joe's. In other college hoops action: More »
  
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  NCAA basketball • Big 12 Conference • Big East Conference • Kansas University Jayhawks • Georgetown Hoyas • Xavier Musketeers • Atlantic 10 Conference • West Virginia Mountaineers • Nebraska Cornhuskers • Roy Hibbert • St. Joseph Hawks
- UCLA Destroys Cal to Advance in Pac-10
  
  Los Angeles Times | Mar 14, 08 12:42 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Foul trouble kept Kevin Love quiet in the first half, but early in the second fans heard him loud and clear. UCLA’s center hit three consecutive shots from beyond the arc to help the Bruins rout the California Golden Bears, 88-66, less than a week after a controversial finish in the teams' previous regular season game. Love ended the game with 11 points in all, as Darren Collision led the team with 18. More college hoops: More »
  
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  NCAA basketball • SEC • Pac-10 Conference • UCLA Bruins • Xavier Musketeers • Atlantic 10 Conference • Kevin Love • Vanderbilt Commodores • California Golden Bears • Auburn Tigers • Darren Collison • Dayton Flyers • Josh Duncan
- Butler Cruises Into Horizon League Final
  
  Associated Press | Mar 8, 08 10:31 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Mike Green scored 19 points to lead No. 14 Butler into the final of the Horizon League tournament with a 66-50 win over Illinois-Chicago today, reports the Associated Press. Butler will play Cleveland State Tuesday for an automatic NCAA berth. The Flames led most of the first half, but Green sparked a 12-3 run to give the Bulldogs a halftime lead. In other Top 25 action: More »
  
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  NCAA basketball • Butler Bulldogs • Xavier Musketeers • Atlantic 10 Conference • Horizon League • Davidson Wildcats • Wofford Terriers • Illinois-Chicago Flames • Richmond Spiders
- Friars Beat Huskies For Season Sweep
  
  Hartford Courant (Conn.) | Mar 7, 08 12:32 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The Providence Friars haven’t done much against Big East opponents this season, but they have managed to dominate UConn, beating the Huskies again tonight for a season sweep, 85-76. The win was big for Providence, as they’re on the brink of missing the Big East tournament. UConn has already clinched a first-round bye. Elsewhere in college hoops: More »
  
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  NCAA basketball • NCAA • Big East Conference • Big Ten Conference • Michigan State Spartans • Xavier Musketeers • Atlantic 10 Conference • Illinois Fighting Illini • UConn Huskies • Providence Friars • Raymar Morgan
- Kansas State Can't Topple the Jayhawks Again
  
  ESPN | Mar 2, 08 6:00 AM CST
  
  (Newser) - The No. 6 Kansas Jayhawks took revenge on the team that spoiled their perfect season earlier this year, putting Kansas State away 88-74. Brandon Rush, who led the Jayhawks' scoring with 21 points, isn't worried about his team's marred record, and expects to take the court as one of the Final Four, ESPN reports. In other college hoops: More »
  
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  NCAA basketball • Big 12 Conference • Kansas University Jayhawks • Xavier Musketeers • Kansas State Wildcats • Atlantic 10 Conference • Gonzaga Bulldogs • WCC • St. Mary's Gaels • George Washington Colonials
February 2008
- Xavier Tops Dayton, Assures A-10 Title Tie
  
  Cincinnati Enquirer | Feb 24, 08 7:19 PM CST
  
  (Newser) - Xavier extended its winning strea

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