College Sports
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College Achievers: Soderwall a brick wall in goal for Curry CollegeApr 06, 2025 4:05 pm - College Achievers: Huntley High School product named the top goalie in Division III men’s hockey.
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Houston rallies to beat Duke 70-67 in the Final Four and advance to face Florida for the NCAA titleApr 05, 2025 11:07 pm - Houston's suffocating defense wiped away a 14-point deficit over the final eight minutes and erased Cooper Flagg and Duke's title hopes Saturday in a 70-67 stunner over the Blue Devils at the Final Four. Duke made a grand total of one field goal over the last 10:30 of this game. The second-to-last attempt was a step-back jumper in the lane by Flagg that J'Wan Roberts disrupted.
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Clayton leads Florida to NCAA title game, scoring 34 points in 79-73 victory over SEC rival AuburnApr 05, 2025 8:52 pm - Walter Clayton Jr. scored 34 points and Florida beat Southeastern Conference rival Auburn 79-73 in the Final Four on Saturday night, sending the Gators to the national championship game for the first time since their titles in 2006 and 2007.
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Standout freshmen UConn's Sarah Strong, South Carolina's Joyce Edwards meet for national titleApr 05, 2025 7:03 pm - Sarah Strong and Joyce Edwards have played against each other since about the eighth grade. They were two of the top girls basketball prospects in the country when they were AAU opponents.
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O’Donnell: Grant Hill keeping it nice with extension at TNTApr 05, 2025 10:15 am - A FEW WINTERS AGO, BILL RAFTERY SAT in a downtown Milwaukee pub, skirting midnight with one old chum and two relatively new ones. The main event that evening had been a B...
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Strong, Fudd help UConn blow out UCLA in Final Four; South Carolina clobbers TexasApr 04, 2025 10:52 pm - Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd didn't even need much help from superstar Paige Bueckers to propel UConn into the national title game, leading the Huskies to a remarkably easy 85-51 victory over UCLA in the Final Four of the women's NCAA Tournament.
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Jon Scheyer followed a legend in Duke’s Coach K. It took him just 3 seasons to reach the Final FourApr 04, 2025 2:55 pm - Duke's Jon Scheyer is in the Final Four for the first time as a head coach. The 37-year-old is in his third season as the Blue Devils' coach and the successor to Hall of Famer Mike Krzyzewski. Scheyer has won two Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament titles in his three seasons.
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UCLA coach Cori Close uses lessons learned from time with UConn’s Geno Auriemma over a decade agoApr 03, 2025 6:18 pm - UConn is in a familiar place, playing in the women's Final Four for the 16th time in the past 17 seasons while UCLA is making its first appearance in the NCAA national semifinals. Bruins coach Cori Close flew across the country to visit UConn's Geno Auriemma 14 years ago when she was just starting out at UCLA.
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Once pariahs, now winners, Final Four coaches Pearl, Sampson a reflection of a changing gameApr 03, 2025 5:53 pm - A decade ago, Bruce Pearl of Auburn and Kelvin Sampson of Houston were looking to resurrect their careers after being handed show-cause penalties by the NCAA for recruiting violations. This week, they're coaching at the Final Four.
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DePaul promotes suburban native Jill Pizzotti to replace longtime women’s coach Doug BrunoApr 03, 2025 2:47 pm - DePaul promoted assistant Jill Pizzotti to take over for longtime coach Doug Bruno on Thursday after he stepped down last week. Pizzotti was hired by DePaul in 2011 and served as interim coach with Bruno missing this season because of health issues.