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NCAA basketball stories: 392 news summaries

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'One Shining Moment' Genius Dead on Eve of Big Dance

Creative Director Towey had hand in nearly every major sporting event

Mar 12, 09 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The eagerly awaited coda of the NCAA men's basketball tournament—a montage of highlights set to the song "One Shining Moment"—will be even more poignant this year. Doug Towey, the reporter-turned-CBS Sports creative director who introduced David Barrett's tune to the network's coverage in 1987, has died... More »

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OPINION

 Don't Buy Big East Hoop Hype 

Conference hasn't lived up to its reputation in recent years

Mar 10, 09 7:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - With March Madness upon us, the hype machine is cranking up again about the Big East, with powers like Louisville, Connecticut, and Pittsburgh. Mike Celizic covered the conference’s period of dominance in the 1980s, but he’s no longer convinced, he writes for NBC Sports. The league has won... More »

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Bush Gets Misty-Eyed During Anthem

Ex-president pops up
at women's college
hoops game in Waco

Jan 30, 09 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - In his first public appearance since Barack Obama’s inauguration, George W. Bush took in a women’s basketball game Wednesday at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, about 25 miles from their Crawford ranch. Bush received applause when he and Laura walked onto the court, and seemed to almost tear... More »

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Texas • basketball • NCAA basketball • Laura Bush • Baylor University • George W. Bush • former presidents • national anthem

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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CBS Bounces Packer From NCAA Team

After 34 years of Final Fours, controversial broadcaster is out

Jul 14, 08 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - For the first time in 34 years, Billy Packer won’t be calling the Final Four, the Miami Herald reports. CBS won’t renew the 68-year-old’s year-to-year contract, an exec confirmed, but will replace Packer with veteran announcer Clark Kellogg. Packer has been a controversy magnet, most famously for... More »

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 Ariz. Coach Swears Off
 1-Year Wonders 

Olson calls NBA rule "farce," plans to push for changes benefiting college basketball

Jul 11, 08 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lute Olson is sick of an NBA rule that results in top basketball prospects spending just one year in college, the Los Angeles Times reports, and says he'll no longer recruit such players for his University of Arizona program. Olson, who's seen the rule cost Arizona two top players this... More »

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NBA • basketball • NCAA basketball • University of Arizona • basketball recruiting • Jerryd Bayless • Lute Olson • college basketball • Brandon Jennings • Jim Boeheim

OJ Mayo, Agent
Calvin Andrews Cut Ties

Relationship ends amid allegations of NCAA policy abuse

May 23, 08 1:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Former USC guard OJ Mayo has cut ties with agent Calvin Andrews. The decision comes less than two weeks after allegations he violated NCAA rules by accepting cash donations while in high school and college. "Due to the overwhelming intensity of recent allegations regarding the recruitment of OJ Mayo,... More »

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NCAA Penalizes Teams for Classroom Performance

Programs with poor graduation rates face sanctions

May 6, 08 5:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - The NCAA has handed out sanctions to more than 200 college teams for poor academic performance, USA Today reports. More than a third of the 329 Division I schools had teams with subpar Academic Progress Rates, which means their players' graduation rate was lower than 60%. Twenty-six teams deemed chronic... More »

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Stanford Hires Duke's Dawkins as Coach

Longtime Blue Devils assistant takes over after Johnson leaves

Apr 26, 08 5:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Johnny Dawkins, a longtime assistant coach at Duke, has been hired as Stanford's new men's basketball coach. Dawkins replaces Pac-10 Coach of the Year Trent Johnson, who left for LSU earlier this month, two people close to the situation said today. Both people requested anonymity because Stanford had not made... More »

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Stanford • NCAA • Duke Blue Devils • NCAA basketball • Pac-10 Conference • Brook Lopez • Robin Lopez • college basketball • Johnny Dawkins • Trent Johnson

march madness

100,000 at Parade for KU

Fans implore NBA prospects to return during largest fete in Lawrence history

Apr 13, 08 9:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - In possibly the biggest celebration in the city's history, a crowd estimated at more than 100,000 lined Lawrence's streets Sunday to honor the national basketball champion Kansas Jayhawks. Fans from as far away as Colorado and Minnesota, some in trees and on rooftops, came to get a glimpse of... More »

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NCAA • NCAA basketball • Mario Chalmers • Bill Self • 2008 NCAA Tournament • Kansas Jayhawks • college basketball

  Hansbrough Wins
  Wooden Award

North Carolina junior sweeps MVP awards; Parker takes women's honor

Apr 12, 08 8:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - He already earned an armful, but Tyler Hansbrough took one last bit of brass Friday night. The North Carolina junior won the John R. Wooden Award as college basketball's top player, giving him essentially a sweep of the season's individual honors, including The Associated Press college basketball player of the... More »

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Candace Parker • NCAA • basketball • NCAA basketball • Texas Longhorns • UCLA Bruins • Davidson Wildcats • Tyler Hansbrough • Tennessee Volunteers • Kevin Love • Kansas State Wildcats • North Carolina Tar Heels • DJ Augustin • Michael Beasley • Stephen Curry • John R. Wooden Award

 Why Won't Self Nix OSU Offer?

Jayhawks coach is happy where he is... right?

Apr 9, 08 1:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kansas Jayhawks coach Bill Self has a lot of leverage now that he's taken his team to the national championship, but he's being uncharacteristically vague in answering rumors of an obscenely generous job offer from his alma mater Oklahoma State. Joe Posnanski speculates in the Kansas City Star as to... More »

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March Madness

Lady Vols Win Back-to-Back Championships

Tennessee downs Stanford 64-48 to win school's eighth title

Apr 8, 08 11:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tennessee’s 64-48 victory over Stanford in the national championship game was won in an unusual way for the Lady Vols: they did it with defense. Coach Pat Summit employed a press to slow down the Cardinal’s potent offense and bring back-to-back titles to Tennessee, according to the Tennessean.... More »

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Candace Parker • basketball • NCAA basketball • Stanford Cardinal • 2008 NCAA Women's Tournament • Candice Wiggins • Tennessee Lady Vols • Pat Summitt

March Madness

 Feuding Coaches
 Won't Face Off in Finals

With Auriemma out, Summitt is focused on game

Apr 8, 08 12:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Pat Summitt's feud with Geno Auriemma won't be settled on the basketball court this year, now that his Huskies are out of the NCAA Women's Tournament. And unless both UConn and Summitt's Lady Vols make it to the Final Four next year, the quarrelling coaches won't be meeting any time... More »

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March Madness

 The Blues Ring Out in Memphis 

The Tigers had only just begun to believe they could make it

Apr 8, 08 12:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Memphis coach John Calipari had told his team's fans to "Expect good things to happen," and they did. Chris Douglas-Roberts and Derrick Rose knew their Tigers had the chance to snatch the NCAA crown away from Kansas, and for a while it looked like they would. Instead, the... More »

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Ewing, Olajuwon Head
Hoops Hall Class

 Riley, Vitale, Dantley among others honored

Apr 7, 08 9:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dick Vitale cried when he heard he was selected to basketball’s Hall of Fame. The former NBA coach turned college basketball analyst joins Hakeem Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing and Pat Riley, among others, in the Class of 2008. "I can't run, can't jump, can't shoot, but just have had... More »

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NBA • Pat Riley • basketball • NCAA basketball • Miami Heat • Houston Rockets • Hall of Fame • New York Knicks • Dick Vitale • Patrick Ewing • Hakeem Olajuwon

March Madness

Tennessee Ready to Defend Title

Lady Vols squeak by LSU Lady Tigers

Apr 7, 08 12:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Tennessee Lady Vols are on their way to yet another NCAA national championship game, this time as defending champions. Alexis Hornbuckle made just one basket the entire game, but it couldn’t have come at a better time as she hit the game-winner with 0.7 seconds left on... More »

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Candace Parker • NCAA basketball • 2008 NCAA Women's Tournament • Sylvia Fowles • Alexis Hornbuckle • LSU Lady Tigers • Tennessee Lady Vols

March Madness

 Memphis Sails
 Over UCLA 

Tigers take control in the second half to advance to title game

Apr 5, 08 9:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Thanks to Joey Dorsey’s domination of the boards and of UCLA’s Kevin Love, Memphis is headed to the NCAA championship game for the first time since 1973, reports the Commercial Appeal. Dorsey had 15 rebounds and held Love to 12 points and nine rebounds as the Tigers beat... More »

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 Buckeyes Capture
 NIT Championship 

Ohio State tops Massachusetts, 92-85, after missing out on NCAA title last year

Apr 3, 08 10:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - A year removed from a loss in the national title game, Ohio State has a championship trophy to carry home. Never mind that it's from the NIT. Jamar Butler and his buddies couldn't care less. Butler had 19 points and eight assists in his final college game, leading the Buckeyes... More »

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MARCH MADNESS

UConn Beats Rutgers, Advances to Final Four

Stanford up next for Husky women

Apr 2, 08 2:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Connecticut Huskies battled back from a 14-point deficit to beat Rutgers 66-56 and advance to the Final Four. It is their first trip to the national semifinals since 2004 and the first for the four seniors on the roster, which is odd for a program that has won five... More »

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