Articles filed under Basketball
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Top seed UConn steamrolls into Sweet 16 with 58 win over NorthwesternMar 24, 2024 9:41 pm - NEW YORK — Donovan Clingan, Tristen Newton and top overall seed UConn overwhelmed an undermanned Northwestern team 75-58 on Sunday night to sail into the Sweet 16 of the ...
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Free throw distractions are hilarious. But pity the person at the line.Mar 24, 2024 5:47 pm - The idea took hold in 2013 at Arizona State. Why wave your arms to distract opponents at the free throw line, students wondered, when one of them could leap from a cardbo...
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Of March and Madness and all the other pairsMar 24, 2024 6:15 am - Madness and March have been with us ever since the hare stuffed the dormouse into the teapot, so there is no disputing its existence. How it came to have anything to do w...
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Jim O’Donnell: Eagle hoops ahead with NCAA men’s baton from NantzMar 24, 2024 6:00 am - AS CORONATIONS GO, the NCAA men's basketball ascendancy of Ian Eagle had plenty of circumstance but little pomp Friday. Out of a midday promo for “Young Sheldon” on C...
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All Orange, no blues: Illini snap Sweet Sixteen drought without much of a sweatMar 23, 2024 10:55 pm - Illinois delivered a dominating performance Saturday, rolling past 11-seed Duquesne 89-63. The Illini move onto the regional semifinals for the first time since 2005 and will face No. 2 seed Iowa State on Thursday in Boston.
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Tatum, Hauser, Horford lead way as NBA-leading Celtics beat Bulls 124-113 for 9th straight winMar 23, 2024 10:36 pm - Jayson Tatum scored 26 points, Sam Hauser and Al Horford added 23 apiece, and the NBA-leading Boston Celtics won their ninth straight, 124-113 over the Bulls on Saturday night.
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North Carolina beats Tom Izzo, Michigan State in March Madness again to reach Sweet SixteenMar 23, 2024 7:44 pm - RJ Davis scored 20 points to help North Carolina beat Michigan State 85-69 in the NCAA Tournament on Saturday, pushing the Tar Heels to the Sweet Sixteen while keeping th...
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March Madness has Drew brothers' coaching patriarch jetting across the countryMar 23, 2024 7:34 pm - MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Former Valparaiso legend Homer Drew is racking up frequent flyer miles crossing the country to support his sons while they coach in the opening weekend o...
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Clark has double-double as No. 1 seed Iowa defeats Holy Cross, 91-65Mar 23, 2024 6:15 pm - Caitlin Clark is a self-admitted perfectionist. So when things weren't going her way early in No. 1 seed Iowa's NCAA Tournament opener she got frustrated.
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Back to school: Handful of coaches in women's NCAA Tournament leading their alma matersMar 23, 2024 4:50 pm - Kellie Harper always knew she wanted to coach college basketball, but she never thought it would be at her alma mater, Tennessee. That's because she thought Pat Summitt w...