Articles filed under Basketball
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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...
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Illinois St., SIU make NIT field filled with NCAA near-missesMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - Virginia Tech and Arizona State are this year's Syracuse, and Hokies coach Seth Greenberg is suddenly sounding very much like Orange coach Jim Boeheim did last March. Th...
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March Madness will have to wait for the gamesMar 16, 2008 11:00 pm - INDIANAPOLIS -- Half the fun of March Madness is getting mad. And the selection committee spoiled it. How are we going to spend the next two days griping about who got s...
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Friends and family only at crazy SEC tourneyMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - ATLANTA -- The setting resembled a Pee Wee league game, with seats reserved for family and friends. Most everyone else headed for home while a Southeastern Conference t...
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Four-class system delivers big thrillsMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - Two, squared. Four classes instead of two. Has the IHSA's new, four-class system been twice as nice? That, of course, depends heavily upon who you ask. And the jury is n...
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Clemson outs Duke; North Carolina escapesMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Trevor Booker scored 18 points, Cliff Hammonds added 17, and Clemson -- the perennial pushover in the Atlantic Coast Conference -- stunned No. 7 Duke ...
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Richards holds offMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- Advocates of class expansion in boys basketball were vindicated Saturday night at Carver Arena. In the grand finale of the inaugural four-class state tournamen...
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Illinois St. women advance in MVCMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - ST. CHARLES, Mo. -- Maggie Krick scored 15 points, and Ashleen Bracey finished with 14 points and a game-high 16 rebounds to lead Illinois State to a 68-60 victory over ...
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Marshall takes Hare-raiserMar 15, 2008 11:00 pm - PEORIA -- As the final seconds ticked off the Carver Arena clock, Ryan Hare flung the ball as high as he could. When it came down, there was no disputing what he and his...