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NCAA stories: 212 news summaries

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BUZZ BISSINGER

 NBA Age Limits Are a Scam 

Cynical 2005 move by pro basketball was all about the bottom line

Oct 27, 09 9:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The NBA’s minimum draft age of 19, with one year of college—and a new proposal to make it 20—is nothing but a cynical ploy by pro basketball and the NCAA that “hasn’t helped players in any way,” Buzz Bissinger writes. Players can easily sail... More »

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NBA • NCAA • high school basketball • draft pick • Pro basketball • college basketball • H.G. "Buzz" Bissinger • professional athletes

OBITUARY

 NCAA President 
 Myles Brand, 67, 
 Dies of Cancer 

Philosophy professor led sports powerhouse after firing Bob Knight at Indiana U.

Sep 16, 09 6:22 PM CDT
(Newser) - Myles Brand, the first academic in 50 years to head the National Collegiate Athletic Association and perhaps best known as the man who, as president of Indiana University, fired legendary basketball coach Bob Knight, died today of pancreatic cancer; he was 67, the New York Times reports. The former philosophy... More »

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NCAA • NCAA football • pancreatic cancer • Bowl Championship Series • Bob Knight • Indiana University • Myles Brand

NCAA: Alabama Must Vacate 10 Football Wins From '05-07

Team can keep scholarships, bowl win

Jun 11, 09 12:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - The NCAA will require the University of Alabama to vacate at least 10 football victories from 2005-07 over rules violations that saw players arrange free textbooks for friends, the Birmingham News reports. The school will also be placed on 3 years’ probation, but the football program won’t lose any... More »

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NCAA • Alabama • University of Alabama • violations • college football • textbook • Nick Saban

Another Memphis Player Accused of SAT Cheating

Dozier's initial results were invalidated

Jun 6, 09 8:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Another former University of Memphis player has a dodgy-looking SAT score in his past, ESPN reports. Robert Dozier was originally set to go to Georgia, until the school noticed that he’d scored a 1260 on his SAT, a score drastically better than his practice exams. The NCAA Initial-Eligibility Clearinghouse... More »

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NCAA • SAT • test score • University of Georgia • Memphis Tigers • University of Memphis • Georgia Bulldogs • Derrick Rose • standardized testing • Robert Dozier

(Newser) - The Congressional Budget Office, eager for new sources of income, is considering taxation options for the nation’s collegiate athletic franchises, the Economist reports. Among the proposals are curtailing deductions for charitable donations to college sports programs; limiting tax-exempt bonds; and, most drastically, stripping the programs of their traditional... More »

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NCAA • recession • athletics • college sports • college basketball • Obama administration • taxation • college football

Under Fire, USC Drops Ball
in Sports Perks Probe

NCAA expands Bush, Mayo investigation; school takes little action

May 31, 09 6:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Years after footballer Reggie Bush was accused of accepting gifts from marketers while at USC, the university is still doing almost nothing to investigate the matter, despite the spread of allegations to a top basketball player and coach, the Los Angeles Times reports. Though the NCAA has expanded its own... More »

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investigation • NCAA • University of Southern California • USC • Reggie Bush • OJ Mayo • college basketball • college football

(Newser) - The Ivy League has a reputation for excellence in all things, but the consignment of its sports programs—particularly the more visible ones like football and basketball—to college athletics’ second tier has alumni clamoring for change, the Wall Street Journal reports. Academic standards limit the pool of top student-athletes... More »

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NCAA • NCAA basketball • Columbia University • Ivy League • NCAA football • Dartmouth • Cornell University • Harvard • Princeton • Brown University • Penn • Yale • NCAA hockey • Lane MacDonald • Marcellus Wiley

Academic Scandals Hit NBA Rookie of the Year Rose

Sources say Bulls players is at center of probe into grade-changing, fake SAT score

May 29, 09 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two allegations of academic fraud have surfaced against the Chicago Bulls' Derrick Rose, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Rose, the top draft pick of 2008, had a high school grade changed from a D to a C on transcripts sent to colleges, sources say, and the NCAA is believed to be... More »

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ncaa tournament

 Tar Heels Trample 
 Spartans to Take Title 


Apr 6, 09 11:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Now Tyler Hansbrough, Ty Lawson, Wayne Ellington, and Danny Green can head to the NBA feeling good about their decision to return to school. The upperclassmen led North Carolina to its fifth national championship with an 89-72 blowout of Michigan State tonight in Detroit, reports the AP. "We've been... More »

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NCAA • NCAA basketball • Detroit • University of North Carolina • Michigan State Spartans • Tyler Hansbrough • Roy Williams (UNC) • North Carolina Tar Heels • Ty Lawson • Wayne Ellington • Tom Izzo • Danny Green • 2009 NCAA Tournament • NCAA men's basketball tournament

OPINION

 NCAA Tourney 
 as Boring 
 as Ever 

Popularity has sucked all the charm out of the tournament

Apr 4, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - In the '60s and '70s, the NCAA tournament was boring because UCLA seemingly always won. These days, "instead of UCLA winning it every year, there are now between five and nine UCLAs that can win it every year," Charles Pierce writes for Slate. "It's just as... More »

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ncaa tournament

 In Online Traffic, 
 It's Truly Madness 


Mar 20, 09 4:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite a lack of surprises on the court, the first day of March Madness saw a huge jump in visits to the CBS website as well as a bump in TV ratings, the Business Insider reports. The 2.7 million viewers of streaming video online represented a 56% increase over... More »

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NCAA • CBS • basketball • NCAA basketball • online • TV ratings • March Madness • streaming video • 2009 NCAA Tournament • NCAA men's basketball tournament

 Horns Beat 
 Gophers 76-62 
 With Abrams 
 Onslaught 

Texas wins fourth straight opener with barrage of 3-pointers

Mar 20, 09 2:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Texas Longhorns set up a second-round match against Duke with a 76-62 win over Minnesota in their NCAA opener, reports AP. AJ Abrams—whose 3-pointers were credited with getting the Longhorns to within a game of the Final Four last year—was as deadly as ever at long range,... More »

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NCAA • Texas Longhorns • Minnesota Golden Gophers • A.J. Abrams • college basketball • 2009 NCAA Tournament

ncaa tournament

March Madness Sets Standard for Online Sports


Mar 19, 09 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - If you're reading this with an NCAA tournament game streaming live in another browser tab, you're in good company: In 2008, nearly 5 million people watched March Madness online, reports the Chicago Tribune. The tipping point between novelty and mainstay came 4 years ago, when CBS made access free,... More »

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sports • Internet • NCAA • NBC • CBS • NCAA basketball • March Madness • sports journalism • 2009 NCAA Tournament • NCAA men's basketball tournament

OPINION

The Nadal and Federer of Women's Hoops

UConn, Tennessee share NCAA spotlight; don't miss this one

Mar 18, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's too bad the women's NCAA tournament is scheduled against the men's, writes Frank Deford for NPR: The conflict means too many viewers will miss the unstoppable force that is this year's Connecticut women's team. Sure, knowing the undefeated Huskies will win their sixth title since 1995 (to five for... More »

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NCAA • NCAA basketball • Tennessee Lady Volunteers • UConn Huskies • Geno Auriemma • Pat Summitt • 2009 Women's NCAA Tournament

After 51 Straight Defeats, Finally
a Victory

NJ Highlanders and fans take their NCAA woes in stride

Jan 23, 09 2:03 PM CST
(Newser) - After an NCAA record 51-game losing streak, the New Jersey Institute of Technology basketball team finally eked out a win this week. One of the scores of schools who joined the NCAA's top division a few years back thinking "why not us?," NJIT soon answered that question unequivocally:... More »

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NCAA • NCAA basketball • college basketball • losing streak • New Jersey Institute of Technology

 In Football, the South 
 Rises Again 

Nothing tops college football in the South

Dec 5, 08 7:03 PM CST
(Newser) - With Alabama and Florida getting set to play for what is likely to be a national championship berth tomorrow, the Wall Street Journal looks into what has been giving the juggernaut Southeastern Conference its recent momentum. It's not just great coaching—although that helps—but a combination of culture, politics,... More »

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APPRECIATION

Hoops Coach Newell 'Simply the Best There Ever Was'

Wooden, Knight just two to praise man who scored Olympic gold, NCAA, NIT titles

Nov 18, 08 3:05 PM CST
(Newser) - Pete Newell will be remembered as perhaps the “greatest basketball coach of all time,” Bruce Jenkins writes for the San Francisco Chronicle. The legendary UC-Berkeley coach died yesterday, at 93; he was the first man to win NIT and NCAA titles and Olympic gold.  “He built... More »

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California • NCAA • San Francisco • basketball • obituary • UC Berkeley • NIT • Pete Newell • Bobby Knight • John Wooden • University of San Francisco

As Football Scores in Mexico, Its Players Hope NFL Notices

League claims 20M fans south of border, but path to pro ranks is a tough one

Nov 7, 08 1:42 PM CST
(Newser) - Mexico isn’t known for loving football—the pigskin kind—but the sport is gaining popularity there, the Los Angeles Times reports. The NFL estimates it has 20 million Mexican fans, and with the game catching on at the high school and college level, players are pushing for more attention... More »

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NCAA • NFL • Mexico • NCAA football • football • America • Monterrey Tech

Glory Road Coach
Haskins Dead at 78

Beloved icon broke race barriers in college ball

Sep 8, 08 2:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Don Haskins, the beloved coach famous for smashing racial barriers in college basketball during the 1960s, died yesterday at age 78, reports the El Paso Times. Haskins, one of the winningest coaches in the history of collegiate basketball, is best known for his groundbreaking decision to start five black players... More »

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NCAA • coaching • racial equality • University of Kentucky • college basketball • Don Haskins • Texas Western University • 1966

ANALYSIS

Realistic NCAA Football Rosters Are Video-Game Gold

Makers can't use players' names, but gamers willing to pay to get data

Aug 27, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - College-sports video games offer players and teams carefully designed to mirror real-world counterparts, but NCAA regulations bar use of college athletes’ names in-game. But, Ars Technica finds, fans are willing to pay those who put in the time-consuming work of compiling rosters, with one company grossing $150,000 last year... More »

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NCAA • NCAA football • football • video game console • EA Sports • Electronic Arts • video games • Gamerosters.com

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