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Wildcats’ veterans support freshmen
LEXINGTON — Until a week ago, Josh Harrellson’s NCAA tournament experience consisted largely of towel waving. The Kentucky senior center admits he grew pretty good at it while spending most o...
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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NCAA’s second week promises Sweet plots
For the second straight year, the NCAA tournament had a wild first weekend filled with upsets, buzzer beaters and virtuoso performances by star players. And, for the second straight year, peo...
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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FCA names Kennedy as ‘Barnabas’ award winner
The Fellowship of Christian Athletes named Murray State head coach Billy Kennedy as its 2011 John Lotz “Barnabas” Award winner. The annual award, started in 2003, is given to a basketball coa...
Mar 24, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Pearl out as Vols’ coach
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee fired Bruce Pearl after a season in which the coach was charged with unethical conduct for lying to NCAA investigators during a probe into recruiting. In a statem...
Mar 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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’Cats rewarding Calipari’s patience
Kentucky coach John Calipari kept saying all season he liked his team. He said it when the Wildcats suffered through a miserable 1-7 record on the road in the Southeastern Conference. He reiter...
Mar 22, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Sports
Texas Tech hires former UK coach LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech hired Billy Gillispie as the new men’s basketball coach, two seasons after he was fired at Kentucky. Gillispie will be introduced...
Mar 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Oh, brother
Morris siblings lead Kansas past Illinois, into third round TULSA, Okla. — In a bracket filled with upsets, top-seeded Kansas is jumping for joy. Twin brothers Marcus and Markieff Morris co...
Mar 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Maintaining silent objectivity difficult when March Madness hits home
On Mondays, Dusty Luthy Shull will wrap up the previous week in sports — from her view on the sidelines. I frequently forget what it’s like to be a fan. My job demands that I be objective. I...
Mar 21, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Georgia State sweeps ’Breds
Georgia State pushed across three runs in the seventh and eighth innings to break a tie and hand Murray State an 11-6 defeat in college baseball Saturday at The Field at Panthersville in Atlanta, ...
Mar 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Knight lights Sweet path for Kentucky
TAMPA, Fla. — It’s not taking Brandon Knight long to build an impressive resume in the NCAA tournament. A game-winning shot in the closing seconds of his debut. A career-best 30 points in his...
Mar 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Illini’s Weber still ducks Self’s image
TULSA, Okla. — Bruce Weber once held a mock funeral to lay Bill Self’s memory to rest once and for all at Illinois. Tonight, it’ll pop up again when Self leads top-seeded Kansas (33-2) agains...
Mar 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Kennedy sees Racers’ successes, but regrets commitment
Make no mistake, the Murray State men’s basketball team had a successful season, according to coach Billy Kennedy. The program reached it’s 24th 20-win season, finishing at 23-9, won its 22nd re...
Mar 20, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Harper fulfills Tyndall’s vision
DENVER — On the verge of seeing his unheralded, 13th-seeded Morehead State program turn into something much more impressive, the coach could have called a play for his NBA-bound center or his g...
Mar 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Knight’s only score prevents UK from upsetting stumble
TAMPA, Fla. — Kentucky’s leading scorer, freshman Brandon Knight, hadn’t made a shot the whole game. Now, with the team’s NCAA tournament life in his hands, he had to try to score against the I...
Mar 18, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Louisville puts target on Faried
DENVER — They know a little something about hoops history in the Bluegrass State, and Kenneth Faried has a small slice of his own. Faried plays for tiny Morehead State, located in the northea...
Mar 17, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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