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Amato fired after 7 years with Wolfpack
Nov 26 2006 10:58PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina State fired football coach Chuck Amato on Sunday, a day after he completed his seventh season at his alma mater.
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Arizona State fires coach Dirk Koetter
Nov 26 2006 10:39PM (CT)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Arizona State fired football coach Dirk Koetter on Sunday after he led his team to a bowl the last three seasons but rarely beat the best in the Pac-10.
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Huskies extend home win streak to 24
Nov 26 2006 8:56PM (CT)
STORRS, Conn. (AP) - This season, Connecticut didn't wait until the second half to put Albany away. Freshman Gavin Edwards scored 16 points, and sophomore Marcus Johnson had 14 in leading the 18th-ranked Huskies to a 86-55 win over the Great Danes in Sunday.
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Jarrett had some incentive against Irish
Nov 26 2006 8:30PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dwayne Jarrett did a number on Notre Dame _ again. And he's still carrying a grudge against the Fighting Irish. "Actually, they recruited me," Jarrett said after catching three touchdown passes in Southern California's resounding 44-24 victory over the Irish on Saturday night.
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Texas Tech upsets No. 21 UCLA 71-60
Nov 26 2006 8:14PM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Erin Myrick had 16 points and grabbed 12 rebounds, and Alesha Robertson scored 17 points to lead Texas Tech to a 75-60 victory over No. 21 UCLA on Sunday in the fifth-place game of the Rainbow Wahine Classic.
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No. 4 Gators keep finding ways to win
Nov 26 2006 7:52PM (CT)
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Florida has finally established an identity under second-year coach Urban Meyer. "We're a bunch of scraping, fighting guys that find a way," Meyer said Sunday, a day after his fourth-ranked Gators beat rival Florida State 21-14 to end the regular season.
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Lady Vols too much for Middle Tennessee
Nov 26 2006 7:15PM (CT)
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Middle Tennessee has already played two teams coach Rick Insell thinks could reach the Final Four. He hopes the experience of losing to defending national champion Maryland and No. 4 Tennessee will help get his Blue Raiders there someday.
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No. 24 Cardinals rout N. Colorado 82-52
Nov 26 2006 7:04PM (CT)
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) - Angel McCoughtry had 19 points, 12 rebounds and three steals, and Chauntise Wright added 20 points and nine rebounds off the bench to lead No. 24 Louisville past Northern Colorado 82-52 Sunday.
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Source: Arizona St. fires Dirk Koetter
Nov 26 2006 6:31PM (CT)
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Arizona State fired coach Dirk Koetter, who led his team to a bowl the last three seasons but rarely beat the best in the Pac-10.
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Georgia holds back Stanford 74-69
Nov 26 2006 6:26PM (CT)
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - A rare dip below .500 has Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer feeling impatient. A 5-0 start has Georgia coach Andy Landers wondering how good his No. 8 team might be when his best player makes her season debut in another week.
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No. 16 Wake Forest sheds loser's label
Nov 26 2006 6:04PM (CT)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Jim Grobe remembers when Wake Forest's long-struggling football program was nothing more than a punchline. After all, it was just three months ago. But after a remarkable worst-to-first turnaround, nobody's laughing at the 16th-ranked Demon Deacons anymore. Not after they've earned a spot opposite No. 23 Georgia Tech in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game.
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Adversity can't keep No. 8 Sooners down
Nov 26 2006 5:44PM (CT)
STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) - Through injury, instant replay and an investigation, Oklahoma is one step away from turning a season of adversity into a championship year. The Sooners won the Big 12 South with a 27-21 victory against Oklahoma State on Saturday, taking advantage of consecutive losses by Texas to earn a trip to Kansas City, Mo., for the conference championship game.
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Georgia holds back Stanford 74-69
Nov 26 2006 5:30PM (CT)
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Cori Chambers scored 21 points and Ashley Houts made four free throws in the final 30 seconds as No. 8 Georgia held off No. 11 Stanford 74-69 on Sunday. Stanford (2-3) lost both games of its weekend road trip to the Southeastern Conference, falling to No. 4 Tennessee 77-60 on Friday.
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No. 17 Spartans top Houston 68-55
Nov 26 2006 5:29PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Victoria Lucas-Perry scored 21 points to lead No. 17 Michigan State past winless Houston 68-55 on Sunday. Playing on the road for the first time, the Spartans (4-1) led by 14 but cold shooting in the second half kept the game close.
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No. 6 Buckeyes dominate Montana 83-43
Nov 26 2006 5:23PM (CT)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Jessica Davenport told her teammates to be patient on offense and to pick their spots. They took her advice. And Davenport did her part in an overpowering display, leading No. 6 Ohio State to an 83-43 rout of Montana on Sunday in the Buckeye Classic title game.
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Trojans make statement with 44-24 win
Nov 26 2006 3:40PM (CT)
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Too much speed, too much defense, and too much Dwayne Jarrett. With all that, Southern California didn't need last-second heroics to beat Notre Dame this year.
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No. 25 Hawaii rallies to beat Purdue
Nov 26 2006 3:47AM (CT)
HONOLULU (AP) - Hawaii and Purdue made their first-ever showdown a memorable one. Colt Brennan threw three fourth-quarter touchdowns, including the game-winning 23-yarder to Ian Sample with 1:27 left, and No. 25 Hawaii rallied to beat Purdue 42-35 on Saturday night.
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No. 10 Kansas holds off No. 1 Florida
Nov 26 2006 2:15AM (CT)
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Kansas sure grew up in a hurry. Just 10 days after losing to Oral Roberts _ and 24 hours after struggling to beat Ball State _ the youthful Jayhawks had the poise and precision to knock off the defending national champions.
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No. 21 Nevada gets hard-fought 78-70 win
Nov 26 2006 12:38AM (CT)
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Nevada coach Mark Fox gave the same halftime speech for a second straight game, telling his team to play better defense if it wanted to win. The message apparently hit home.
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No. 20 Wake wins to reach ACC title game
Nov 26 2006 12:11AM (CT)
COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Wake Forest had just defeated Maryland to advance to the Atlantic Coast Conference title game, and it was time to celebrate with a couple of thousand of their most faithful followers.
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No. 1 Terps rout Mississippi 110-79
Nov 26 2006 12:02AM (CT)
FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) - Shay Doron had 23 points and seven assists to help No. 1 Maryland rout Mississippi 110-79 on Saturday night in the Junkanoo Jam title game.
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