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Amherst beats Mary Hardin-Baylor for D-3 title
At the beginning of the season, Amherst coach David Hixon passed out a form that his players were supposed to fill out, with questions meant to make ...
Louisville will play Michigan for NCAA title
Start studying, Louisville. Michigan spoiled what would have been one heck of a going-away party for the Big East on Saturday night, beating Syracuse ...
Michigan downs Syracuse 61-56 in NCAA semifinal
Michigan is more than just five fabulous players. No, this is quite a team — all the way down the roster. Fearlessly attacking Syracuse's suffocating ...
FINALS WATCH: Michigan wins, Louisville up next
Around the Final Four and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the games
Louisville beats Wichita State 72-68 in Final Four
Russ Smith looked at the scoreboard, then at the clock, then over at the bench. Louisville needed a run, but he had no idea where it was going to come ...
Ware has spot on Louisville's Final Four bench
Kevin Ware was with his teammates Saturday on Louisville's Final Four bench. There was a loud cheer when Ware, on crutches and surrounded by a crowd ...
Griner, McGraw are AP player and coach of the year
Brittney Griner has had no equal in her stellar career at Baylor. Now she's part of a very select group. The 6-foot-8 senior star earned The ...
Notre Dame's Muffet McGraw is AP Coach of the Year
Notre Dame's Muffet McGraw is The Associated Press' women's college basketball Coach of the Year. McGraw has guided her team to 30 straight victories ...
Baylor's Griner is AP Player of the Year
Brittney Griner of Baylor is The Associated Press' women's college basketball Player of the Year for the second straight season. Griner is only the ...
Contrasting styles on display in Syracuse-Michigan
Michigan brushes off any comparisons to the Fab Five. Besides, the Wolverines have a chance to do something that group never did. Win a national ...
Final Four: It's Louisville and The Other Guys
Tip-off time is nearing. Time to see if Louisville can live up to the hype or one of those other guys can turn the Final Four into their party.
Rutgers scandal grows, even as AD Pernetti resigns
The burgeoning basketball scandal has cost Rutgers more than a popular, young athletic director, an interim general counsel, two coaches and a lot of ...
East beats West 87-81 in college all-star game
Rodney McGruder stepped to the line in the cavernous Georgia Dome, took a couple of quick breaths, and knocked down four straight foul shots to finish ...
Pitino promises fun, fast game at Minnesota
Richard Pitino might not have been the first choice by Minnesota to replace Tubby Smith, and questions about favoritism could follow him the rest of ...
Ware makes big, bad Louisville the people's choice
Louisville already had the bigger names, the better team and some unfinished business after coming up short in last year's Final Four. All Wichita ...
FINALS WATCH: Humble Laettner, '76 Hoosiers
Around the Final Four and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of everything surrounding the games
Laettner, '76 Hoosiers honored at Final Four
Christian Laettner will occasionally see a replay of his famous buzzer beater against Kentucky — and he tries not to look too excited about it.
As Rutgers sets to repair image, AD's job in limbo
It seemed a perfect fit when Tim Pernetti was hired as athletic director at Rutgers in April 2009. A New Jersey native who played tight end for the ...
More Rutgers faculty seek firings in coach case
The call from faculty members and politicians to oust top Rutgers University administrators grew louder, a day after men's basketball coach Mike Rice ...
Emmert defends record during contentious briefing
He sparred with reporters. He defended his record. He brushed off criticism as part of the job. NCAA President Mark Emmert was downright defiant with ...
Ex-Pac-12 ref: I was trying to 'lighten the mood'
Former Pac-12 Conference coordinator of officials Ed Rush says he was just trying to "lighten the mood" in a tense locker room when he "jokingly" made ...
Baylor wins its first NIT title, over Iowa
Pierre Jackson made the National Invitation Tournament his own. The Baylor senior finished his college career in style with his fourth straight ...
Ware chats with Letterman, does Top 10 List
Kevin Ware might have a future as a comedian. The Louisville guard was at ease as he presented the Top 10 List on the "Late Show with David Letterman" ...
Two Rutgers players defend fired coach Rice
Two Rutgers basketball players on Mike Rice's team say the fired coach wasn't the abusive tyrant he appears to be on a widely viewed video that ...