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Top-seeded LSU mows down Duke 59-49
Mar 28 2005 11:57PM (CT)
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - LSU was finally picking on someone its own size, and it looked at first like the top-seeded Lady Tigers had gone soft from feasting on lesser opponents.
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Michigan State heads to Final Four again
Mar 28 2005 10:19PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Michigan State recovered from Kentucky's 3-point prayer that sent the game into overtime, taking over in the second extra session and pulling away for a 94-88 victory Sunday to cap a weekend filled with heart-stopping finishes. The Spartans are headed to their fourth Final Four in seven years, and will face North Carolina on Saturday.
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Pitino right on schedule with Louisville
Mar 28 2005 10:19PM (CT)
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Rick Pitino is right on schedule. College basketball's great rebuilder needed four seasons to guide Louisville from crumbling program to the Final Four, just like he did at Kentucky in the early 1990s. He got Providence there in two years in the mid-1980s and is the first coach to take three teams this far in the NCAA tournament.
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West Virginia nicks Kentucky 70-65 in 2OTs
Mar 28 2005 9:06PM (CT)
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Meg Bulger had 31 points and 11 rebounds and West Virginia extended its longest postseason run ever, holding off Kentucky 70-65 in double overtime in the semifinals of the Women's NIT on Monday night.
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Stanford star Wiggins no ordinary freshman
Mar 28 2005 8:59PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Stanford's Candice Wiggins is not your average college freshman. For most of the season, she wasn't even as old as one. No matter: Just six weeks past her 18th birthday, Wiggins is a difference-maker, a composed and mature player the Cardinal are counting on to help restore the program's Final Four tradition.
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Tar Heels struggle in loss to Baylor
Mar 28 2005 8:45PM (CT)
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Nearly everything that helped North Carolina to its first 30-win season in 10 years failed the top-seeded Tar Heels when it mattered most.
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Lady Bears upend top-seeded UNC 72-63
Mar 28 2005 8:38PM (CT)
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - The red hot Lady Bears are headed to the Final Four, a feel-good story for a Texas school usually on the sidelines when titles are passed around. Sophia Young scored 19 points and grabbed 11 rebounds and No. 2 seed Baylor beat top-seeded North Carolina 72-63 Monday night in the finals of the Tempe Regional. Young, whose mother came from the West Indies to see her play for the first time, was named the regional's MVP.
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California suspends WR Jordan, DB Hicks
Mar 28 2005 6:55PM (CT)
BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - California receiver Robert Jordan and a freshman teammate were suspended by coach Jeff Tedford on Monday for their arrests during a traffic stop in February.
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Utah's Andrew Bogut to enter NBA draft
Mar 28 2005 6:51PM (CT)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Andrew Bogut couldn't pass up the opportunity to be the top pick in the NBA draft. The Utah center announced Monday that he would forgo his final two years of eligibility to enter the draft, confirming what his coach, teammates and Utes fans have known was coming.
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Big Ten puts two teams in Final Four
Mar 28 2005 6:44PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Excuse the Big Ten if it gloats a bit these days. Dissed and dismissed all year as being weaker than the other power conferences, the Big Ten is showing its mettle when it counts. After putting three teams in the regional finals of the NCAA tournament, the Big Ten is sending Illinois and Michigan State to the Final Four this weekend.
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Arizona State practices after slaying
Mar 28 2005 6:32PM (CT)
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - The Arizona State football team resumed spring practice on Monday in the wake of a shooting that left a former player dead and running back Loren Wade jailed on suspicion of murder.
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Washington, Memphis recover from NIT
Mar 28 2005 5:47PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Memphis freshman Darius Washington Jr. is 18-of-20 from the foul line in the NIT. So? If only he had that stroke a few weeks ago, maybe he and the Tigers would've made a run in the NCAA tournament instead of settling for a consolation prize.
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Tennessee names Pearl basketball coach
Mar 28 2005 5:44PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Bruce Pearl, who led Wisconsin-Milwaukee on a surprising run through the NCAA tournament, was introduced Monday as Tennessee's new basketball coach. "This is a dream come true," the 45-year-old Pearl said after becoming Tennessee's sixth coach in 16 years. "I feel like I am prepared."
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Rutgers, Tenn. play with different lineups
Mar 28 2005 5:25PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Rutgers has something few teams that have played Tennessee in the postseason have been able to brag about: a regular-season blowout win against the Lady Vols.
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Sparks' shot spawns anxious moments
Mar 28 2005 5:06PM (CT)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - The wait, everyone agreed, seemed to take forever. And that was just to see whether Patrick Sparks' buzzer-beating shot was going to fall into the net.
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Spartan women aim to join men in finals
Mar 28 2005 4:55PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Michigan State president Lou Anna Simon was in a quandary in Kansas City. Minutes before the top-seeded Spartans women's team was about to tip off Sunday night in the round of 16, the men's team was locked in a close game with Kentucky in Austin, Texas, a berth in the Final Four at stake.
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UConn looks for new beginning after loss
Mar 28 2005 4:44PM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Charged with keeping alive Connecticut's extraordinary championship run, the Huskies all too often this season looked ordinary.
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Theus plans to borrow from Pitino
Mar 28 2005 4:32PM (CT)
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) - Reggie Theus has learned from one of the best as an assistant to Louisville's Rick Pitino, and plans to use some of his mentors' tricks as the new coach at New Mexico State.
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Recent Irish past doesn't interest Weis
Mar 28 2005 3:47PM (CT)
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Charlie Weis wants to use Notre Dame's storied past to rebuild the football program. He doesn't have much interest, though, in the recent past.
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Michigan State blitzes Vanderbilt 76-64
Mar 28 2005 7:09AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - What a great day to be a Spartan. Shortly after the men reached the Final Four on Sunday with a dramatic double-overtime victory over Kentucky, Kristin Haynie had a triple-double and led Michigan State's women past Vanderbilt 76-64 in the semifinals of the Kansas City Regional.
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Carolina tops Wisconsin to make Final Four
Mar 28 2005 7:07AM (CT)
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Rashad McCants made the big plays down the stretch, Sean May dominated inside and North Carolina is back in the Final Four for the first time in five years. McCants swished a clutch 3-pointer and had two huge blocks on the other end, leading the top-seeded Tar Heels to an 88-82 victory over Wisconsin on Sunday in the final of the Syracuse Regional.
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Stanford ends UConn's NCAA dominance 76-59
Mar 28 2005 5:57AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Women's basketball will have a new champion this year _ finally. Connecticut's remarkable run is over. Stanford made all the right plays down the stretch and got 21 points from freshman sensation Candice Wiggins to beat Connecticut 76-59 on Sunday night in the semifinals of the Kansas City Regional.
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Lady Vols to face Rutgers in Philly final
Mar 28 2005 5:55AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Shyra Ely scored 23 points and led the top-seeded Lady Vols into their 20th regional final with a 75-59 win over Texas Tech on Sunday. The Lady Vols (29-4) will play Rutgers in the Philadelphia Regional on Tuesday night for a trip to the Final Four in Ely's hometown of Indianapolis.
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Tennessee ready for Rutgers in rematch
Mar 28 2005 5:18AM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Tennessee's Shyra Ely plans on going home next week to play for a national championship. She even has her goal scrawled on the back of her sneakers: Homeward Bound.
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UConn seniors go out with first loss
Mar 28 2005 1:26AM (CT)
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Connecticut senior center Jessica Moore took a seat on the bench with 20 seconds left, and then it hit her.
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USC cornerback Eric Wright arrested
Mar 28 2005 1:22AM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Southern California starting cornerback Eric Wright has been arrested for investigation of sexual assault, police said Sunday.
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