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Michigan represents Big Ten in Final Four Mar 31, 2013 12:00 AM
Wichita State shocks Buckeyes, advances to Final Four Mar 30, 2013 12:00 AM
Curry sends Duke past Michigan St. 71-61 Mar 30, 2013 12:00 AM
Seth Curry shot Duke right into the regional finals — and put Mike Krzyzewski on the verge of another major milestone. Curry scored 29 points to lead the second-seeded Blue Devils past third-seeded Michigan State 71-61 on Friday night and into the Midwest Regional final.
Burke leads improbable UM rally over Kansas, 87-85 Mar 29, 2013 12:00 AM
Trey Burke scored all 23 of his points after halftime, including a long, tying 3-pointer in the final seconds of regulation, and Michigan rallied to beat Kansas 87-85 in the South Regional semifinals Friday night.
LaQuinton Ross’ late 3 sends Ohio St past Arizona Mar 28, 2013 12:00 AM
LaQuinton Ross hit the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 2 seconds to play, and Ohio State advanced to the brink of its second straight Final Four appearance with a 73-70 victory over Arizona on Thursday night in the West Regional semifinals.
Orange crushed: Syracuse takes down No. 1 Indiana Mar 28, 2013 12:00 AM
With its 2-3 zone defense disruptive from start to finish, and Michael Carter-Williams pouring in 24 points, fourth-seeded Syracuse upset No. 1 seed Indiana 61-50 Thursday night to reach the NCAA tournament's East Regional final.
Big Ten has four standing with a shot at Final FourMar 26, 2013 12:00 AM
The Big Ten has a nation-high four teams still in the NCAA tournament, bolstering its season-long boast that its conference is the best in college basketball. “The fact that there are four teams advancing shows that this conference prepares you for any type of team or game,” Hoosiers coach Tom Crean wrote in a text message Monday morning while preparing to play fourth-seeded Syracuse.
Minnesota fires coach Tubby Smith Mar 25, 2013 12:00 AM
innesota has fired Tubby Smith one day after the Golden Gophers lost to Florida in the NCAA tournament. Athletics director Norwood Teague announced the decision Monday and said it was time for a "fresh set of eyes" on the program.
Now the real work begins for Groce, Illini Mar 24, 2013 12:00 AM
During my first year studying at the University of Illinois in Champaign — or at least being enrolled in classes — the Fighting Illini football team won the Rose Bowl. Then the Illini succumbed to scandal, and the football program hasn’t ever been the same except for an occasional spasm of success. Over time the realization became that Illinois is a basketball school rather than a football school and a basketball state rather than a football state.
Illini lose thriller to Miami in third roundMar 24, 2013 12:00 AM
There was no question about Shane Larkin's go-ahead 3-pointer for Miami. The ball that appeared to ricochet off the hands of Miami's Kenny Kadji seconds later but went to the Hurricanes — well, look at the replay. The Hurricanes got Larkin's big shot and the close call, holding on for a 63-59 victory over Illinois on Sunday night in the East Regional. "You saw the same video I did," first-year Illinois coach John Groce said.
Florida’s big first half sinks Minnesota Mar 24, 2013 12:00 AM
Indiana holds off Temple to reach Sweet 16 Mar 24, 2013 12:00 AM
Ohio State hits late 3-pointer to beat Iowa State Mar 24, 2013 12:00 AM
Aaron Craft hit a 3-pointer with a half-second left, and Ohio State escaped Dayton — a place of heartaches — as the lone high seed left in the NCAA tournament’s wild West Regional, beating Iowa State 78-75 on Sunday. No. 2 Ohio State (28-7) needed Craft’s only 3-pointer of the game — an arching shot over 6-foot-7 defender Georges Niang from the top of the key — to avoid yet another upset in the West.
Michigan State advances past Memphis 70-48 Mar 23, 2013 12:00 AM
Gary Harris scored 16 of his career-high 23 points in the first half to help third-seeded Michigan State cruise past sixth-seeded Memphis 70-48 on Saturday, putting the Spartans in the round of 16 for the fifth time in six years.
Minnesota outmuscles UCLA in 83-63 rout Mar 23, 2013 12:00 AM
Andre Hollins scored 28 points and Minnesota rolled past punchless UCLA 83-63 on Friday night in the second round of the NCAA tournament, a game that could be Bruins freshman Shabazz Muhammad's last in college and coach Ben Howland's final one leading the program.
Thompson leads Ohio State over Iona 95-70 Mar 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Sam Thompson had career highs with 20 points and 10 rebounds on Friday night, part of a dominating performance by Ohio State's front line, and the Buckeyes ran away to a 95-70 victory over Iona in the second round of the West Regional.
Late 3-pointers lift Illinois past Colorado 57-49 Mar 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Brandon Paul and D.J. Richardson made consecutive 3-pointers to give Illinois the lead with 6 minutes left and the seventh-seeded Illini pulled out a tough 57-49 win over Colorado in a game of wild momentum swings Friday in the second round of the NCAA tournament.
Mississippi upsets Wisconsin 57-46 in NCAA tourney Mar 22, 2013 12:00 AM
Marshall Henderson shook out of a shooting slump and scored 17 points in the second half, leading 12th-seeded Mississippi past No. 5 Wisconsin 57-46 on Friday, giving the Rebels their first NCAA tournament win since 2002. For the cold-shooting Badgers (23-12), the upset loss snaps a string of six straight first-game victories.
You want pizza, TV and basketball with that vasectomy? Mar 21, 2013 12:00 AM
Need a heart-bypass, a new kidney or a 3-inch framing nail removed from your forehead, and you don't have the luxury of scheduling a surgery to meet your TV-watching desires. But an Elgin urology clinic offers men a surgery combo that includes a vasectomy, a pizza and time to watch the NCAA tourney. “We're starting to see an uptick,” says Dr. Timothy J. Roth, one of the vasectomy-performing urologists at the clinic.
Robinson, Michigan beat South Dakota State Mar 21, 2013 12:00 AM