May 23, 2013
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Aggies win first NCAA title
INDIANAPOLIS — Scoring, rebounding, even making a key steal, Danielle Adams saved her best game for the biggest stage and brought Texas A&M its first national championship. Adams scored 22 o...
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Briefs
Racers’ second round beats Big Blue field The Murray State men’s golf team erased a five-shot deficit in the final round and won the Big Blue Intercollegiate for the second straight season at ...
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Wolfpack chooses Gottfried
RALEIGH, N.C. — Mark Gottfried said all the things North Carolina State fans wanted to hear: He plans to contend for a national champwionship, be a fixture in the NCAA tournament and go toe-to-...
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Women’s finale presents contrast
This looks like a case of the unstoppable force meeting the immovable object. A Notre Dame team whose offense is so good and varied that a Hall of Fame coach who played them four times this seas...
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UConn crowned
Connecticut holds Butler to record-low offense for third men’s championship HOUSTON — The only thing that could stop Kemba Walker and Connecticut’s amazing run was the final buzzer. On a ni...
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Upsets govern women’s Final 4
INDIANAPOLIS — Even Maya Moore’s magic wasn’t enough for Connecticut this time. Skylar Diggins scored 28 points and Notre Dame upset UConn 72-63 on Sunday night, ending the brilliant career of M...
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’Cats await decisions
HOUSTON — John Calipari doesn’t expect it to take 13 years to get Kentucky back to the Final Four. The coach would prefer next spring, though it’s unclear who will be along for the ride. The ...
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Underdogs Butler, UConn finally have their day
HOUSTON — Butler coach Brad Stevens loves an underdog, whether it’s his team back in the Final Four or Connecticut making an unprecedented five-games-in-five-nights run through the Big East tourna...
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Butler returns to finals with another resolute effort
HOUSTON — The lovable underdog label is long gone. Now Butler is determined to drop that “first loser” tag, too. Shelvin Mack scored 24 points and Zach Hahn came up big off the bench, ending the...
Apr 03, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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End of the run
HOUSTON — When it’s win or go home, nobody’s better than Kemba and the kids. Kemba Walker scored 18 points Saturday night to lift Connecticut to its 10th straight victory since finishing off ...
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Mid-major survivors remain defensive
HOUSTON — That Butler and VCU proudly wear the same small-conference, lovable underdog label is readily apparent. Less obvious is their shared devotion to the not-so-sexy practice of hard-nosed,...
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Wildcats close on ‘redemption’
  HOUSTON — Brandon Knight can run through the list of Kentucky’s issues over the winter as easily as the straight-A student can rip through an exam. Missed shots, inexperience and untimely...
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Old friends reunite at Final Four
HOUSTON — Throughout the 2011 NCAA Tournament, Darius Miller and Shelvin Mack have ended their almost daily talks/texts with the same message. See you in Houston. Wednesday night, the Kentu...
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Ex-Wildcats lament the missing title experience
The game still haunts DeMarcus Cousins a year later. Whenever the former Kentucky center’s mind wanders to last year’s dismal 73-66 loss to West Virginia in the NCAA tournament’s East Regiona...
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Harrellson responds to Kentucky’s need
LEXINGTON — Kentucky center Josh Harrellson could hear the murmurs when the NCAA ruled freshman big man Enes Kanter permanently ineligible in January. The thought was the Wildcats were done ...
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