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S.C. wins second-straight NIT championship
Mar 30 2006 11:03PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - With consecutive NIT championships, South Carolina coach Dave Odom and Hall of Famer Joe Lapchick now have something in common. And that's as far as Odom wanted to go with comparing his team to Lapchick's St. John's squads that won back-to-back titles in 1943 and 1944, when the NIT was even more prestigious than the NCAA tournament.
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Slaughter declares for NBA draft
Mar 30 2006 9:07PM (CT)
SAN DIEGO (AP) - San Diego State junior forward Marcus Slaughter has declared for the NBA draft and hired an agent, which eliminates any chance of him returning to school.
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Final Four Notebook
Mar 30 2006 8:04PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The three big-name teams at this year's Final Four start a combined four freshmen and seven sophomores.
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Michigan vs. S.C. for NIT title tonight
Mar 30 2006 7:57PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Michigan and South Carolina meet tonight for the NIT championship. The Wolverines won the title in 2004 with most of the same players who have led this year's run to Madison Square Garden. The Gamecocks won it all last season and four of their starters are back to try to do it again.
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Coaches hope NCAA will expand tourney
Mar 30 2006 7:23PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Jim Boeheim wants more schools playing in the NCAA tournament, and his coaching colleagues appear to agree.
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UCLA's Mbah a Moute is prince of a fellow
Mar 30 2006 7:19PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Luc Richard Mbah a Moute grew up in Cameroon passionate about playing with a round ball. Now, five years after trading soccer for basketball, the freshman's innate rebounding ability is a big reason UCLA is in the Final Four.
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Curry takes over as Texas Tech coach
Mar 30 2006 7:11PM (CT)
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - Kristy Curry was hired by Texas Tech to replace Marsha Sharp as women's basketball coach, leaving Purdue after making the NCAA tournament in each of her seven seasons leading the Boilermakers.
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Noah goes from part-time player to star
Mar 30 2006 6:48PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Wearing headphones and hustling to get to his biological anthropology class, Joakim Noah noticed someone following him.
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Larranaga celebrates 20 years at Mason
Mar 30 2006 6:28PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Some people have to die before good things are said about them. Jim Larranaga only had to make it to the Final Four.
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Mason might look to cash in on slipper
Mar 30 2006 6:24PM (CT)
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - George Mason's run to the Final Four could have benefits that last far beyond this weekend. If the experience of former upstart Gonzaga is any sign, the Virginia college could cash in its Cinderella slipper for some serious bling.
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Brand sees NCAA academic progress
Mar 30 2006 6:20PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - No school could match the postseason success of Florida, George Mason, LSU or UCLA on the basketball court. The classroom marks of those teams weren't as tough to beat.
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Mason heads into intriguing Final Four
Mar 30 2006 6:14PM (CT)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - In a small college gym about five minutes from where he grew up, backup guard Jordan Carter sweated through practice, the next step on the road to a place he never imagined he would reach.
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Lacrosse overshadows Duke's Final Four run
Mar 30 2006 5:03PM (CT)
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - This should have been the time for Gail Goestenkors and the Duke women's basketball team to get the sort of attention that usually follows Mike Krzyzewski's storied men's program.
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