Articles filed under Basketball
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Dynamic duo to square offMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - HOUSTON -- Everyone knows about the freshman guard who does everything. It's Derrick Rose of Memphis, and the biggest question about his NBA future isn't whether he will...
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Hansbrough, Tar Heels beat Washington State 68-47Mar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- North Carolina went from running it up to locking it down. Now the Tar Heels are a step away from the Final Four again, hoping they can avoid another ...
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Inside Thursday's NCAAMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Thursday's heroes Kevin Love, UCLA Any chance this complete power forward could fall to the Bulls in the draft? Love, who piled up 29 points and 14 rebounds in UCLA's vi...
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Louisville dominates, gets date with CarolinaMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Louisville's suffocating defense has coach Rick Pitino a step away from a sixth trip to the Final Four. Earl Clark scored 17 points and had 12 rebound...
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Raymond's late 3-pointers lift Xavier over West VirginiaMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- Three-pointers saved Xavier. Missed free throws doomed West Virginia. B.J. Raymond made two 3-pointers in the last 1:18 of overtime Thursday night and the Mus...
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Warren grad getting Division I attentionMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - Tom Shields, College of Lake County's men's basketball coach, had a talk with freshman center Julian Jones in early January. Shields had watched the 6-foot-7, 215-pound ...
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Firing Skiles was a big mistakeMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - "He's got heart." It's a simple line from "Invincible," the movie about Philadelphia bartender Vince Papale trying to make the NFL's Eagles in an open tryout in 1976. O...
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'We're not giving ourselves a great shot'Mar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - The Bulls won't be mathematically eliminated from the playoff race if they lose tonight in Atlanta. But a defeat would drop them 4 games behind the Hawks for the final p...
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Next challenge for Curry: Wisconsin's vaunted defenseMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - DETROIT -- Stephen Curry went off for 70 points -- 70 points! -- in the first two games of the NCAA Tournament. Against two of the stingiest defensive teams in the coun...
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Close call for UCLAMar 27, 2008 11:00 pm - PHOENIX -- UCLA can make a double-digit victory look difficult. With Kevin Love scoring a career-high 29 points, the Bruins nearly frittered away a 21-point halftime lea...