College Sports
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Take this advice and run with itMar 17, 2008 11:00 pm - Did this shocking thing happen to anybody else Monday? While leafing through my e-mails, I received one with an attachment from my buddy. I opened it up to discover a co...
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Study: Top schools in NCAA tournament aren't tops in classroom
Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - North Carolina was the only school among the four No. 1 seeds in the NCAA men's tournament to graduate at least 50 percent of its players. A report released Monday found...
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North Carolina locks up No. 1 seed in NCAA tourney
Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - One by one, North Carolina's players climbed onto the platform to snip a piece of the net to celebrate their Atlantic Coast Conference tournament championship in Charlot...
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ISU women earn NCAA berthMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - ISU women earn NCAA berth: Kristi Cirone scored 20 points to lead Illinois State to a 70-62 victory over Drake in the championship game of the Missouri Valley Conference...
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By-the-book brackets produce few surprises, controversies
Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - The coach of the most aggrieved team to miss the NCAA tournament refused to play the victim card. The chairman of the selection committee said nobody called him to compl...
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Power teams Az., Ken., Villanova slip in
Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - TUCSON, Ariz. -- Arizona's NCAA tournament streak lives -- barely. The Wildcats overcame coach Lute Olson's leave of absence and key injuries to draw their 24th straight...
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Illinois State coach won't shed any tears about NCAA tourney snubMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - To be sure, some coaches across the country railed at their team's exclusion from the NCAA Tournament field. Illinois State's Tim Jankovich, though no less disappointed ...
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Weber's focus turns to getting program on track in '08-09Mar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS -- For better and worse, Bruce Weber is rewriting the record books in his five years as Illinois coach. In 2005, Weber's Illini won 37 games to set a school...
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State goes oh-fer as NCAA dance cards setMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - It's official. The Land of Lincoln has been reclassified as a college basketball wasteland. For just the second time in 33 years (1999 was the other), none of the Divisi...
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NCAA bid vanishes as Illini flaws resurfaceMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS -- A 13-18 regular season left Illinois needing to be perfect at the Big Ten tournament to extend its NCAA streak to nine years. Three wins in three days ga...